Dr. Edmund J. Messina MD
Neurologist | Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1675 Watertower Place Suite 600 East Lansing Michigan, 48823About
Edmund J. Messina, MD, works at the Michigan Headache Clinic in East Lansing, Michigan. As well as working at the Clinic, Dr. Messina is the founder and Medical Director of Arbor Medicus, a patient and physician advocacy and educational website that takes a patients medical history, using cutting edge interactive video, and gives it to a doctor to better explain what the patient is going through. Dr. Messina, in his 31 years of experience, is also a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and has authored many computer programs relating to neurology and general medicine; currently actively developing expert medical systems and educational tools. In his spare time, Dr. Messina writes and makes films; which he has received awards for.
Education and Training
University of Illinois
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1977
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Headache Medicine Board Certified
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhibition of NO synthesis or endothelium removal reveals a vasoconstrictor effect of insulin on isolated arterioles.
- C-peptide induces a concentration-dependent dilation of skeletal muscle arterioles only in presence of insulin.
- General considerations for evaluation of cutaneous and skeletal muscle blood flow.
- Impaired nitric oxide modulation of myocardial oxygen consumption in genetically cardiomyopathic hamsters.
- Potential role of eNOS in the therapeutic control of myocardial oxygen consumption by ACE inhibitors and amlodipine.
- Nitric oxide-mediated arteriolar dilation after endothelial deformation.
- Inhibition of bradykinin vasodilation and potentiation of norepinephrine and angiotensin vasoconstriction by inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis in skeletal muscle of the rat.
- LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY: EFFECTS ON VASCULAR RESPONSES IN THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OBLITERANS.
- VASOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND THEIR SITE OF ACTION.
- Characteristics and origin of myogenic response in isolated mesenteric arterioles.
- Modified arteriolar responses to ATP after impairment of endothelium by light-dye techniques in vivo.
- Methylene blue inhibits vasodilation of skeletal muscle arterioles to acetylcholine and nitric oxide via the extracellular generation of superoxide anion.
- Similarities in the pharmacological modulation of reactive hyperemia and vasodilation to hydrogen peroxide in rat skeletal muscle arterioles: effects of probes for endothelium-derived mediators.
- Involvement of prostaglandins in arteriolar vasodilation to peroxides.
- Microvascular effects of endothelin-1.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine -
- Local, Regional, National, and International Public Speaking -
Awards
- Produced and Directed Film for PBS Life and Migraine
- Lily's Mom-Film it up for The Voice Award
Treatments
- Headache
- Headaches
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
Professional Memberships
- Member International Association of HealthCare Professionals
Internships
- Michael Reese Medical Center
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Association, Michigan State Medical Society, American Academy of Neurology, American Headache Society, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, The International Headache Society
Articles and Publications
- Has been Published
What do you attribute your success to?
Working Hard
Hobbies / Sports
- Making Films and Writing
Favorite professional publications
- New England Journal of Medicine
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