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Steven W. Bailey Reveals Diagnosis of Congenital Myasthenia Syndrome

Grey’s Anatomy actor Steven W. Bailey has revealed a neuromuscular disorder has left him requiring a wheelchair.

On Friday (January 2, 2026), Bailey – known for playing the bartender Joe in the long-running ABC medical drama – shared the news that he had been diagnosed with Congenital Myasthenia Syndrome (CMS) in a series of posts on his X account.

“I would like to share something crucial with you about my life and my career,” he wrote. “I’ve spent years being cautious, private, and quiet about something that has been shaping my life and my work. That time is over.”

“Out of career caution, diagnostic uncertainty, and being private about such things in general, I have been hiding my battle with this disease for over five years. Time to stop.”

You may know me from Grey’s Anatomy as Joe the bartender – or from appearances on modern Family, You, Chicago Fire, or some other appearance.

I would like to share something important with you about my life and my career.

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– steven W.Bailey (@theStevenBailey) January 3,2026

Bailey,who has also appeared in Buffy, Angel and NCIS continued: “CMS is a genetic disease that disrupts the dialog between the brain and the muscle at the ‘nerve/muscle junction’… or whatever doctors call it. There are billions of these junction dodads in a body, and an increasing number of mine seem to be on the blink. Troublesome,little buggers – right? The point is: my muscles aren’t clearly receiving all my brain’s orders to do all the swell things muscles are meant to do. It’s