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Meet Dr. Mahajan.

Dr. Shalini Mahajan

Dr. Shalini Mahajan is a triple board-certified neurologist and one of the few specialists in the Los Angeles region with advanced training and expertise in three highly specialized fields neuromuscular medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine and neuromuscular pathology.

Dr. Mahajan earned her medical degree from the University of Delhi and completed her residency in Neurology at the University of Southern California. She subsequently completed two highly specialized fellowships: one at University of Southern California focused on neuromuscular medicine and pathology, and another at University of California, Los Angeles focused on Neuro-electrodiagnostics and genetics. She is board certified in Neurology and Neuromuscular Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. Dr. Mahajan has performed and interpreted muscle and nerve biopsies and has extensive experience evaluating patients with complex autoimmune neuromuscular disorders. With her multidisciplinary training, she is able to uniquely integrate cutting-edge genetic diagnostic techniques with muscle pathology and advanced laboratory sciences into her clinical management.

Dr. Mahajan is also actively involved in academic medicine, education, and research. She has published in the field of neuromuscular medicine and has lectured to physicians, medical trainees, and patients. She is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the World Muscle Society.

Her clinical areas of focus include:

  • Inflammatory and autoimmune muscle diseases
  • Myositis associated with lupus and other systemic autoimmune disorders
  • Peripheral neuropathies, including autoimmune neuropathies
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Motor neuron diseases, including ALS
  • Muscular dystrophies and inherited neuromuscular conditions
  • Complex or previously undiagnosed neuromuscular disorders

At Attune Health, Dr. Mahajan works closely with rheumatologists and other specialists to provide coordinated, multidisciplinary care for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory neurological disease. This collaboration allows patients to benefit from a more unified approach—particularly when a condition affects both the nervous system and other organ systems.

Guided by a patient-centered philosophy, Dr. Mahajan takes the time to understand each patient's unique clinical history and individual concerns, ensuring each patient feels heard while working toward an accurate diagnosis and the personalized treatment they deserve.

Services

Neurology Services

Nerve conduction study and EMG

Nerve conduction study (NCS) checks how well electrical signals travel through your nerves. Small electrical pulses are applied to the skin over a nerve. Sensors measure how quickly and strongly the nerve responds. It can help identify nerve damage, slowed nerve signals, or nerve compression. It can help detect compressed nerves such as in carpal tunnel syndrome or damaged peripheral nerves, such as in peripheral polyneuropathy.

Electromyography (EMG) checks the electrical activity inside your muscles and how the muscles respond to signals from the nerves. The results can help determine whether a problem originates in a muscle, a nerve, or the connection between them. It can help investigate muscle weakness, muscle wasting, certain nerve disorders, and problems involving nerve roots near the spine.

Dr. Shalini Mahajan performing a nerve conduction study
Dr. Mahajan performing a nerve conduction study.

Watch the procedure

How a nerve conduction study and EMG are done

A short office walkthrough Dr. Mahajan shared for patients.

Skin Punch Biopsy

A skin punch biopsy for small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a minor procedure that removes a tiny piece of skin at 3-4 different sites at the office so a laboratory can measure the small nerve fibers in it. Small nerve fiber endings help you feel pain, heat, and cold. Some also help regulate automatic body functions, such as sweating and blood vessel activity.

Skin punch biopsy procedure: local anesthesia, punch biopsy, sample removed, hemostasis, and aftercare
Skin punch biopsy, from local anesthesia through aftercare.

Muscle Biopsy

An open muscle biopsy is a surgical procedure in which a small piece of muscle tissue is removed through an incision in the skin so that it can be examined under a microscope. It is performed to investigate suspected muscle diseases or disorders when blood tests, imaging, or other tests do not provide a definitive diagnosis. It can help with diagnoses of inflammatory muscle diseases (myositis), muscular dystrophies, metabolic muscle disorders, and unexplained muscle weakness

Dr Mahajan performs open muscle biopsies as an outpatient surgical procedure under light anesthesia (MAC) to obtain a small sample of muscle tissue. The muscle tissue obtained surgically and sent to Neuropathology laboratory for histopathologic and if needed electron microscopic analysis.

Normal skeletal muscle histology stained with hematoxylin and eosin and modified Gomori trichrome
Normal skeletal muscle, H&E and modified Gomori trichrome.

Contact

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To request an appointment or a referral, call our office and choose the neurology option. Our team will confirm your benefits and coordinate your visit.

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