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Michael Belanger, MD, is a neuromuscular physician who directs an academic specialty clinic in Denver, Colorado. He evaluates patients with motor neuron conditions and muscular dystrophies, and serves as a site investigator on clinical drug trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. His academic research investigates blood-based biomarker tracking and novel functional rating scales in progressive neuropathies. Belanger earlier oversaw university laboratory services for peripheral nerve diagnostics. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale before training in clinical medicine.