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Dr. Amato is the Principal Investigator for the NN109 MAGINE study. He is the vice-chairman of the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Neuromuscular Division and Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is also a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He is the director of the Partners (BWH/MGH) Neuromuscular Medicine fellowship program. Dr. Amato is an author or co-author on over 250 published articles, chapters, and books. He co-wrote the textbook Neuromuscular Disorders with Dr. Jim Russell. He has been involved in clinical research trials involving patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, peripheral neuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, and myopathies.