The University of Toledo

Faculty - Boyd Moreau Koffman, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurology
Email: boyd.koffman@utoledo.edu

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Multiple sclerosis
Neuromuscular Disorders

EDUCATION  

M.D.
George Washington University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 1990

Ph.D.
Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 1990

Internship
George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC 1990-1991

Neurology Residency
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 1991-1994

Fellowship
Neuromuscular Diseases Section, National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1994-1997

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo (formerly Medical College of Ohio), Toledo, OH 7/1998-12/2006
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 1/2006-present

CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)
Initial Certification - April 1996
Maintenance of Certification - April 2007

MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

HONORS

Listed in the Best Doctors in America 2009-2012

Outstanding Neurology Attending, University of Toledo Department of Neurology Resident's Choice Award, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2009-10
Outstanding Program Volunteer, Northwestern Ohio Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2009
Outstanding Professional, Northwestern Ohio Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2004

 

EDITORIAL

 

AdHoc Reviewer:

     ACTA Neurologica Scandinavica 2006
     Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2004
     Muscle & Nerve 1999, 2003-2005
     Cephalgia 1999

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Book chapters:

Koffman BM.  Inclusion body myositis.  In:  The 5-minute Neurology Consult.  Second edition.  Lynn DJ, Newton HB, Rae-Grant AD, eds.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD  2012.

Koffman BM.  Polymyositis.  In:  The 5-minute Neurology Consult.  Second edition.  Lynn DJ, Newton HB, Rae-Grant AD, eds.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD  2012.

Koffman BM.  Toxic myopathies.  In:  The 5-minute Neurology Consult.  Second edition.  Lynn DJ, Newton HB, Rae-Grant AD, eds.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD  2012.

Koffman BM, Daboul I.  Bariatic Surgery.  In:  Neurology of Internal Medicine.  José Biller, MD, editor.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD  2007, pp  250-255.

 

Papers:

 

Bollineni A, Pirzada N, Elsamaloty H, Koffman BM.  West Nile virus polyradiculitis with good prognosis.  J. Neurovirol. 2013.  2013 Apr 30.  DOI:  10.1007/s13365-013-0163-0  [Epub ahead of print]

Nicholas-Bublick S, Koffman BM.  Varying clinical presentations of a family afflicted by cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) and spinal cord cavernous malformations (SCCMs).  Radiology Case Reports.  2012;7:1-5.

Koffman BM, Mutgi S, Crooks RK, Khuder S, Herial NA.  Impact of oral health in multiple sclerosis and epilepsy:  a neurology clinic survey.  Spec Care Dentist. 2012 Jul;32(4):150-4.

Kiraly A, Koffman B, Hacker M, Gunning W, Rasche S, Quinn A.  A Novel Aza-Anthrapyrazole Blocks the Progression of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis After the Priming of Autoimmunity.  Clinical Immunology.  2011;141:304-316.

Koffman BM, Mandel S, Katz OA.  Neurological complications of bariatric surgery.  Practical Neurology 2006;5:19-21.

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