Professional Background
Mazen M. Dimachkie, MD is a tenured Professor of Neurology and Director of Neuromuscular Division at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). Dr. Dimachkie is ABPN board-certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Neuromuscular Medicine and holds a UCNS certificate in Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology. He is Executive Vice Chairman and Vice Chairman for Research Program, Department of Neurology. He is the Associate Director of the Institute for Neurologic Discoveries at KUMC. Dr. Dimachkie has national and international reputation as a clinician, educator and researcher.
He was recruited from the UT-Houston to lead the prolific neuromuscular Section, now Division, at the KUMC and has done superbly since 2007. He directs the Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship which he founded at the KUMC. He directs the Tissue Biopsy Laboratory. He leads the Neuromuscular Clinics which coordinate the care of a large population of patients with muscle, nerve, neuromuscular junction and anterior horn cell disorders. In recognition of accomplishments, he was elected to be a Fellow member of the American Academy of Neurology then elected to the prestigious membership as fellow of the American Neurological Association. He serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) and has served on the IMACS Scientific Committee. He is recognized as a Partner of care with the MGFA.
He is a frequently invited lecturer in the fields of inflammatory muscle disorders, Pompe disease, myasthenia gravis, the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, ALS, peripheral neuropathies and other neuromuscular topics. He has authored or co-authored 200 full-length published articles, more than 300 meeting abstracts, and 28 book chapters. His work is frequently cited by others. His Google Scholar H-index score is 36 which is outstanding.
- BS, Chemistry with Distinction, American Univ. Beirut
- MD, American Univ. Beirut
- Other, Saint Agnes Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
- Other, Saint Agnes Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
- University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, Houston, TX
- University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, Houston, TX
- University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, Houston, TX
- Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Kansas Medical License, Kansas Board of Healing Arts
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Subspecialty Certification in Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties
- Muscle Study Group, Other, 2017 - Present
- Peripheral Nerve Society, Member, 2004 - Present
- National ALS Study Group, Member, 2003 - Present
- Neuromuscular Section, American Academy of Neurology, Member, 1998 - Present
