Faculty - Noor A. Pirzada, M.D.

Professor and Interim Chair
Program Director, Neurology Residency Noor Pirzada

Director, EMG laboratory

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Myasthenia Gravis

Neuromuscular complications in the ICU
Diabetic Neuropathy

Botulinum toxin therapy
Novel techniques for educating medical students and Neurology residents

EDUCATION

M.D.: Government Medical College, Kashmir, India, 1980

Residency: Internal Medicine - Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania, 1991-1992
Neurology- Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-1995
Fellowship: EMG/Neuromuscular Disease, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1995-1996

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Interim Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, 2024 – present

Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, 2006 – present

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, 2001-2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, 1996 - 2001

CERTIFICATIONS

Meeting Continuing Certification Requirements, 2024
Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 1996, Recertified, 2005, 2015

EMG - American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine 1997, Recertified 2007, 2017
Clinical Neurophysiology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 1997, Recertified 2017
Vascular Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2008, Recertified 2017
Neuromuscular Medicine - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2008, Recertified 2017
Headache Medicine - United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties 2012
Epilepsy - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2013

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Neurology

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN)

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

National
Vice Chairman, ABPN (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology), 2016
ABPN Board of Directors, 2008-2016
ABPN Neurology Council, 2008-2016
Chair, ABPN Neurology Part A Examination Committee, 2011 – 2015
Vice Chair, ABPN Neuromuscular Medicine Certification and MOC Examination Committee, 2013-2016
Member, ABPN Neuromuscular Medicine Certification and MOC Examination Committee, 2013- Present
Chair, ABPN Vascular Neurology Steering Committee, 2011 – 2016
Chair, ABPN Credentialing Committee, 2013 – 2015
Examiner for the ABPN Oral Board Examination, 2002—2011
Member ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ) Neurology Milestone Writing Committee, 2012-2013
Member ACGME Neurophysiology Milestone Writing Committee, 2013-2014
Member of AAN (American Academy of Neurology) Grievance committee, 2015 – 2019
Member of AAN MRS (Member Research Subcommittee), 2015- 2018
Member AANEM ( American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine) Training Program Examination Committee, 2005-2008

Institutional
Delegated Credentialing Committee, University of Toledo 2008-2010
Executive Curriculum Committee, Medical University of Ohio 2006
Curriculum Subcommittee for Medical Students years 3 and 4, 2000
Selection Committee for Deans Teaching Award, Medical University of Ohio 1999, 2004
Graduate Medical Education Committee, Medical University of Ohio 1998–Present

TEACHING AWARDS

National
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Program Directors Consortium Recognition Award 2010
A. B. Baker national teaching award, awarded by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2002
Visiting Professor of Neurologic Education to the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 2005

Institutional
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education, University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences 2012Robert T Tidrick Golden Apple Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence in Clinical Sciences, University of Toledo 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Selected as Outstanding Neurology Attending Physician by Neurology Residents 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015
Sylvania School Mentor Appreciation Award 2001-2002
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Medical College of Ohio 1998

selected PUBLICATIONS

Papers

L.R. Faulkner, D. Juul, R.M. Pascuzzi, M.J. Aminoff, P.K. Crumrine, S.T. DeKosky, R.F. Jozefowicz, J.M. Massey, N. Pirzada, A. Tilton. Trends in American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology specialties and Neurologic Subspecialties Neurology. 2010 ;75(12):1110-7

Koffman B, Greenfield J, Ali I , Pirzada N. Neurologic complications after surgery for obesity Muscle Nerve 33:166-176 2006

Pirzada N, Medel M, Ali I. Colchicine neuromyopathy in a patient with normal renal function. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2001:7:374-376

Pirzada N, Ali I. “An interesting case of central pontine myelinolysis”. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2001;76:559-562

Pirzada N, Ali I, Dafer R. “Fluorouracil induced neurotoxicity”. Ann Pharmacother 2000;34:35-38

Book Chapters

Ali I, Pirzada N. Neurological complications associated with dialysis and chronic renal insufficiency. In Principles and practice of Dialysis. Lerma E, Ed. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. Fifth Edition. 2017

Pirzada N. Myasthenia Gravis. In The 5 minute Neurology Consult. Lynn DJ, Newton HB, Rae-Grant AD eds. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia 2012

The Neurology Examination. Pirzada N. and Pascuzzi R. in ABPN, past present and Future- 75th anniversary edition, American Psychiatric publishing 2011