Faculty - Boyd Moreau Koffman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology
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, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
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.