Lawrence Korngut
Investigator
Neuromuscular Neurologist, Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
NMD4C Involvement: Pillar 2: Clinical Research, Theme 5: Open Science
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Dr. Lawrence Korngut is a neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist and former Director of the Calgary Neuromuscular Program and the Calgary ALS and Motor Neuron Disease Clinic. His research includes phase II and III clinical trials of new therapies for neuromuscular conditions. He is the National Principal Investigator of the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry that now includes 48 participating clinics and over the past ten years has recruited over 5500 patients.
Dr. Korngut completed his undergraduate degree in Life Sciences at Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), medical school and neurology residency at Western University (London, Canada), neuromuscular clinical and research fellowship and Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He serves as the Director of Innovation and Commercialization at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute.
Within NMD4C Dr. Korngut will bring in his experience of Canadian networking in CAN-NMD and participates in the network’s work in trial capacity building.
Recent Publications
Rudnicki, SA, Giacomelli, E, Herder, K, Ingre, C, Kupfer, S, Malik, FI et al.. The Use of Durable Medical Equipment in COURAGE-ALS, a Phase 3, Multicentre, Randomized Clinical Trial for ALS. Muscle Nerve. 2026. PMID:41553108
Jacob, SM, Son, B, Bagheri, S, Lee, S, Leckie, J, Chohan, B et al.. The Oral Microbiome in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Shows Differentially Abundant Organisms in Limb Versus Bulbar Onset Disease: A Binational Study. J Clin Neurol. 2026.22 (1)66-75 PMID:41517814
Kools, J, Korngut, L, Petrillo Ballantyne, J, Roozen, I, de Haas, R, Hill, A et al.. A toolkit for new facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy trial sites. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2025. 22143602251399244 PMID:41451875
Osman, H, Adamji, Z, Lintern, S, Smith, IC, Grant, A, Lessard, LER et al.. Counting the Cost: The Hidden Financial Realities of Neuromuscular Disease Through Patient and Family Perspectives. Health Expect. 2025.28 (6)e70529 PMID:41405177
Baumeister, TR, Westeneng, HJ, van den Berg, L, Canadian ALS Neuroimaging Consortium (CALSNIC), Kalra, S, Iturria-Medina, Y et al.. Multimodal Neuroimaging-Guided Stratification in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reveals Three Disease Subtypes: A Multi-Cohort Analysis. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025.46 (14)e70341 PMID:40990258
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