The University of Toledo

Faculty - Imran I. Ali, M.D.

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

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, Executive Curriculum Committee Year, University of Toledo, 2004-
Chair, Clinical Curriculum Committee, University of Toledo, 2002-2004
Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2008-
Curriculum Governance Committee Medical University of Ohio, 2004
LCME Review Committee, 2003-2004

National (select)

AAN Education Committee, 2009-
Chair, AAN Undergraduate Education Subcommittee 2009-
American Epilepsy Society Practice Committee, 1999-2002
Chair, Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors, 2007-2010
ACNS Planning Committee, 2004, 2010
ACNS Scientific Review Committee, 2004
AES/ACNS Scientific Program Committee, 2005
American Academy of Neurology Scientific Program Review Committee, 2005
American Academy of Neurology Education Program Review Committee, 2008-

AWARDS AND HONORS

Dean's Award for Excellence in Education, University of Toledo, 2010
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology, 2009
Best Doctors in America 2007-8, 2009-10
Leonard P. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, 2007
Robert T. Tidrick Golden Apple for Teaching Excellence in Clinical Sciences, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
MUO/UT Commitment to Excellence Silver Award, 2006
Fellow, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, 2006
American Academy of Neurology and A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award, 2005
Neurology Choice Award for Outstanding Neurology Attending, 2004-2005
Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, Medicial University of Ohio, 2004 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Siddiqui F, Herial N and Ali I I. Cumulative Effect of Vagal Nerve Stimulator in Intractable Seizures Observed Over a Period of Three Years.  Epilepsy and Behavior 2010; 18:299-302.

Koffman BM, Greenfield LJ, Ali II, Pirzada NA.  Neurologic complications of surgeries for obesity.  Muscle Nerve 2006; 33: 166-176.

Ali I I , Savolaine E, Pirzada N A, Tomito M, Santoro TS. Possible Role of the Hippocampus in the Pathogenesis of Cognitive Impairment in Neuropyschiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Medical Hypothesis and Research 2004; 1: 111-119

Ali I I , Pirzada N A, Kanjwal Y, Wannamaker B, Medhkour A, Klotz M T, Vaughn B V. Complete Heart Block with Ventricular Asystole During Left Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior 2004; 5: 768-771

Ali I I , Schuh L, Barkley G, Gates J R. Antiepileptic Drugs and Reduced Bone Mineral Density. Epilepsy and Behavior 2004; 5:296-300

Ali I I , Pirzada N, Vaughn B. PLEDs after complex partial status epilepticus associated with increased focal cerebral blood flow. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2001; 18(6): 565-569

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Undergraduate Neurological Education
Chronic Effects of Antiepileptic Therapy
Epilepsy in Women
EEG in Status Epilepticus