Mila Blaivas, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor

Campus Address: 
M4213 MSI
1301 Catherine Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan  48109-0602
Phone:   734/936-1889
blaivas@umich.edu

Clinical Interests | Research Interests | Biography | Publications

Departmental Annual Report

2000-2001 | 1999-2000

Clinical Interests

Correlation of clinical findings with the muscle and nerve biopsy pathology.

Research Interests

Collaboration with fellows and attendings in various clinical departments and research scientists on clinical and basic science research.

Brief Biography

Dr. Blaivas received her M.D. from the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute in 1961 and her Ph.D. from the USSR Academy of Medicine Brain Institute, Moscow in 1968. From 1967 through 1978 Dr. Blaivas held research positions at the USSR Academy of Medicine Brain Institute, the Institute of Morphology and Ecology of Animals, and other Institutes in the USSR. She came to the United States in 1978 and engaged in pathology training at the University of Michigan. She joined the Department of Pathology Faculty at the University of Michigan in 1985, where she has clinical and research expertise in the diagnosis of brain, skeletal muscles and peripheral nerve diseases.

Dr. Blaivas is often a speaker at continuing medical education events and specialty conferences and collaborates widely with clinical neurologists, rheumatologists, internists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, gynecologists, and basic scientists. In addition, Dr. Blaivas serves on the Medical School Admissions Committee.

Selected Publications

Gorelick J, Ross D, Marentette L, Blaivas M. Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma: Case series and review of the literature. Neurosurgery, 2000, 47(3):750-754.

Pandit M, DeLancey JOL, Ashton-Miller JA, Kyengar J, Blaivas M, Perucchini D. Quantification of intramuscular nerves within the female striated urogenital sphincter muscle. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000, 95(6):797-800.

Rickman DS, Tyagi R, Zhu XX, Boek ZP, Song SZ, Blaivas M, Misek DE, Isreal MA, Kurnit DM, Ross DA, Kish PE, Hanash SM. The gene for the axonal cell adhesion molecule TAX-1 is amplified and aberrantly expressed in malignant gliomas. Cancer Research, 2001, 61(5):2162-2168.

Turner RS, D'Amato CJ, Chervin RD, Blaivas M. The pathology of REM sleep behavior disorder with comorbid Lewy body dementia. Neurology, 2000, 55(11):1730-1732.

Smith AG, Urbanits S, Blaivas M, Grisold W, Russell JW. Clinical and pathologic features of focal myositis. Muscle & Nerve, 2000, 23(10):1569-1575.