Faculty - Imran I. Ali, M.D.
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Professor of Neurology
Associate Dean of Clinical Medical Education, Professionalism and Diversity
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Director, EEG Laboratory
Director, Student Clerkship
email: imran.ali@utoledo.edu
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Epilepsy in Adults
Status Epilepticus
Epilepsy Surgery
Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Epilepsy
Neuroimaging in Epilepsy
Bone Density and Antiepileptic Medications
Neurologic Education
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EDUCATION
M.D.:
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 1984-1989.
Internship:
West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1990-1991.
Residency:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 1991-1994.
Fellowship:
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
1994-1996.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Associate Dean for Medical Education, Professionalism and Diversity, University of
Toledo, College of Medicine, 2/2007-
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, 1/2007-
Assistant Dean for Clinical Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Toledo,
7/2006-
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Ohio, 2001-2007
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Ohio, Tenure awarded
7/2004
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Ohio, 1996-2001
Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1994-1996
CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 1996 - Recertified 2006
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology 1996
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Added Qualifications in Clinical Neurophysiology
1999 - Recertified 2009
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Institutional (Select):
Chair, Clinical Curriculum Committee 2002- 2004
Clinical Curriculum Committee 1997-
LCME Steering Committee 2012-2013
Global Health Committee 2012 –
M.D. /Ph.D. Committee 2012 –
Medical Student Conduct and Ethics Committee 2012 –
Medical Student Scholarship and Awards Committee 2012 -
Health Care Strategic Planning Committee 2010
Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee 2007-
Senior Leadership Team COM 2007-
Chair, Diversity and Professionalism Advisory Council, UT COM 2009-
Chair, Deans Teaching Awards Committee 2006-2008, 2012, 2013
Chair, Clerkship Coordinators Committee 2009-
Medical Student Promotions Committee COM 2009-
Chair, Faculty Professionalism Committee (ad-hoc) 2009-
National (select):
Residency Review Committee for Neurology 2011-
RRC Program Requirement Review Subcommittee in Clinical Neurophysiology 2012-13
RRC Program Development Subcommittee in Epilepsy 2012-13
Board of Directors, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology 2013-
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Fellowship and Residency Education Committee
2013-
Chair, Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors 2007- 2010
Chair, AAN Undergraduate Education Subcommittee 2009-
AAN Education Committee 2009-
AAN A.B. Baker Section on Neurological Education, 2007-
AAN Neuroncology Topic Work Group Chair 2013-
AAN Headache Topic Work Group Chair 2012-
AAN Neuroimaging Topic Work Group Member 2012-
AAN Animal Studies Task Force 2009-2012
AAN Education Research Subcommittee 2009-
AAN Undergraduate Education Subcommittee 2007-
Chair Elect Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors 2006- 2007
ACNS Annual Meeting Planning Committee 2010
Alliance for Clinical Education Executive Council 2006-2012
Alliance for Clinical Education Publication Sub-Committee 2007-
ACNS Continuing Medical Education Committee 2006- 2009
ABRET Board of Directors 2006-2008
AES/ACNS Scientific Program Committee 2005- 2007
AAN Scientific Program Review Committee 2005-
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology Examination Review Committee 2005-
National Board of Medical Examiners Neurology Subject Examination Reviewer 2004-2006
ACNS Planning Committee 2004-2006
ACNS Scientific Program Review Committee 2004-2007
Representative Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors (CNCD) to Alliance for
Clinical Education (ACE) 2003-
Examiner American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology 2003-
Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2002-
American Epilepsy Society - Practice Committee 1999- 2002
Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors 1999-
AWARDS AND HONORS
National:
Best Doctors in America 2007, 08, 09, 12, 2013
AAN Clerkship Director Teaching Award 2012
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology 2009
AAN National Leadership Development Program 2008
Leonard P. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award 2007
Fellow, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society 2006
American Academy of Neurology and A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award 2005
Institutional:
Robert T. Tidrick Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence in Clinical Sciences
2005 - 2013
Special Hooder for Class of 2012, 2013 (elected by Class of 2013, 2014)
AOA Honor Medical Society 2011
Nominated for AAMC Gold Humanism in Medicine Award from UT 2011-12
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education 2010
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Papers (Peer Reviewed):
Vaughn Bradley V and Ali Imran. Sleep and Epilepsy: Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment. Neurology Clinics of North America 2012; 30(4): 1249-74
Hammoud Maya M, Dalrymple John L, Christener Jennifer G, Stewart Robyn, Fisher Jonathan,
Margo Katherine, Ali Imran I, Briscoe G, and Pangaro Louis N. Medical Student Documentation in EHR: A Collaborative
Statement from The Alliance for Clinical Education. Teaching & Learning in Medicine 2012; 24:257-266.
Ali Imran I, Herial NA, Orris M, Horrigan T, Tietjen GE. Migraine Prophylaxis with Topiramate
and Bone Health. Headache 2011; 51:613-6.
Ali Imran I, Shriner C, Gold, J. University of Toledo College of Medicine. Academic Medicine 2010; 85: s456-459.
Book Editor:
Guidebook for Clerkship Directors. 4th Edition, 2012. Gegensatz Press. Bruce Z. Morgenstern, MD, Chief Editor. Imran I Ali
MD, Michael Cahalane MD, Maya Hammoud, MD, Lyuba Konopasek MD, Shahram Lotfipour MD,
Douglas S. Paaw, Beat Steiner MD and Nutan Vadiya MD, Co-Editors.
PRESENTATIONS
Scientific Platform Presentations:
Shekhar R, Biecszad J, Khubchandani J, Dayananthan A, Dennis M, Brickman K, Ali I.
Cumulative Radiation Exposure in Epilepsy Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of Computerized
Axial Tomography. Presented 63rd AAN Meeting, Hawaii, 2011.
Ali I I, Herial N, Shriner C, Tietjen G, Pirzada N. Correlation of Standardized Patient Evaluation
With Clinical and Objective Assessment in a Neurology Clerkship. S06.002. Student
Non Peer reviewed Presentations:
Goldsmith A, McSweeny AJ, Dennis M, Ali I I. A pilot study of neural substrates involved in the processing of external versus
internal generated affective stimuli as revealed by functional magnetic resonance
imaging. VIII Annual Research Symposium in Psychiatry, Psychology & Behavioral Science. Medical
College of Ohio April 12, 2001
Verappan V, Pirzada N, Koffman B, Ali I I. Amantadine for treatment of akinetic mutism secondary to hypoglycemia. VIII Annual Research Symposium in Psychiatry, Psychology & Behavioral Science, Medical
College of Ohio April 12, 2001.
Poster Presentations:
Cole K, Ali I. Implementation of an Epilepsy Self-Management Protocol in the Outpatient
Neurology Clinic. Presented at AAN 2012
Perven G, Nair S, Ramsey-Williams V, Ali I. Treatment of Acute Repetitive Seizures and Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus with
Lacosamide. Presented at AES 2011
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Research in Medical Education (RIME) Reviewer, AAMC 2009-2012
Editorial Board-Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences 2006-
Reviewer-Epilepsy and Behavior 2006-
Ad hoc reviewer- BioMed Central 2006
AES Scientific Abstract Reviewer 2005-2007
ACNS Scientific Abstract Reviewer 2004-2008
AAN Educational Program Abstract Reviewer 2004-
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Chronic effects of antiepileptic therapy
Bone health and AED
Status Epilepticus
Medical Student Neurological Education
Epilepsy in Women
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