Mazen M. Dimachkie, MD, FAAN, FANA
Professor of Neurology & Director of Neuromuscular Division
Executive Vice Chairman & Vice Chairman for Research Program, Department of Neurology
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Mazen M. Dimachkie, MD, is ABPNboard-certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Neuromuscular Medicine and holds a UCNS certificate in Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology. He is a fellow of both the American Academy of Neurology and of the American Neurological Association.
After being on faculty at the UT-Houston Neurology Department 1995 to 2007, he was recruited to lead the prolific neuromuscular section, now a division at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City (KUMC). He is currently Professor of Neurology, Director of the Neuromuscular Division at the KUMC, and Director of the Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship. As the director of KUMC Neuromuscular Research, he manages one of the busiest neuromuscular clinical trials units in North America. He leads and participates in a wide variety of federally-funded neuromuscular research studies and industry-sponsored studies, nationally and internationally. He is a frequently invited lecturer in the fields of muscle disorders, myasthenia gravis, ALS, neuropathies and other neuromuscular topics.
He has authored or co-authored more than 400 abstracts, articles, and book chapters.
