Biographical Sketch
Virgilio Salanga, MD, holds the John and Margaret A. Krupa Chair in Neurology and is on Staff in the Department of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, where he has been since 1988. He is currently Program Director of the Electrodiagnostic Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Salanga was Chairman of the Department of Neurology there from 1998 to 2007. He has held many other posts at Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, including Program Director of Neurology Residency Training, Chairman of the Graduate Medical Education Committee, member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Education Committee.
Dr. Salanga is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio. He was Affiliate Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of South Florida in Tampa until 2007, and was Volunteer Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Miami School of Medicine until 2003. He was Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology at Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 1991 to 1993.
Dr. Salanga was appointed to Staff in the Department of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1973. He was Head of the Section of Adult Clinical Neurology (1979-1981), Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurology (1984-1987) and Program Director of Neurology Residency Training (1984-1987). While in Cleveland, he was Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medical Sciences at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, a Lecturer in the Department of Health Sciences at Cleveland State University, and a Visiting Consultant at the Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital.
Dr. Salanga received his AA (pre-med) degree and MD, magna cum laude, from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines (1967). He pursued an MS in neurology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and completed his internship and internal medicine residency at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Ill. He received further advanced training at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., with residencies in neurology, electroencephalography and electromyography. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in neurology (1975) and also by the American Board of Neurophysiology (formerly ABQEEG) and American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is licensed to practice in Florida, Ohio, Arizona and Washington states.
Dr. Salanga's specialty interests are in electromyography, electroencephalography and other electrodiagnostic techniques, neuropathies, myopathies, myasthenia gravis, headache, motor neuron diseases, multiple sclerosis and back pain. He participates in many professional societies and writes articles, abstracts and book chapters related to his topics of interest.
Specialty Interests
Electromyography, headache, Myasthenia Gravis, nerve and muscle diseases, Stroke
Industry Relationships
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doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 7/31/2008, Dr.
Salanga has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
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Consulting. Dr. Salanga receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
