Abigail N. Schwaede, MD

Research Interests

  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Neonatal brachial plexus injury
  • Acquired immune-mediated neuropathy
  • Spinal muscular atrophy
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Biography

  • Attending Physician, Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

See Lurie Children's Provider Profile

Abigail Schwaede, MD, has been a pediatric neuromuscular physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago since 2020. She has expertise in treating a wide range of pediatric neuromuscular conditions, with a special interest in immune-mediated disease.

Education and Background

  • Fellowship in neuromuscular medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago 2019-2020
  • Residency in child neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus 2014-2016
  • MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University 2010