Neurology Part 1 Written Course Faculty Members


Lukas, Rimas, MD

(Medical Editor, Neurology Courses, American Physician Institute)


Board Certifications:
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

  • Position:
  • Instructor, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL;
  • Co-Director, Neurology Medical Student Clerkship Program, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL;

  • Education:
  • MD, Rush University, Chicago, IL






  • Aamir Badruddin, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

  • Position:
  • Clinical Instructor, Medical College of Wisconsin

  • Education:
  • MD, Rush University, Chicago, IL






  • Joshua Baron, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • Neurology, with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

  • Position:
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center
  • Attending Staff Physician, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

  • Education:
  • MD, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA






  • Dane Chetkovich, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • Neurology

  • Position:
  • Professor of Neurology and Physiology, Northwestern University

  • Education:
  • MD, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
  • PhD, Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX






  • Praveen Dayalu, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

  • Position:
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

  • Education:
  • MD Degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.







  • Jack Krasuski, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

  • Position:
  • Executive Director and Founder, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies;
  • Lecturer of Psychiatry Courses.

  • Education:
  • MD Degree, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL






  • Rocio Lopez-Diego, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • Neurology

  • Position:
  • Clinical Instructor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  • Education:
  • MD, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
  • PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA






  • Matthew McCoyd, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • Neurology

  • Position:
  • Professor of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
  • Assistant Neurology Residency Program Director, Loyola University Chicago
    Department of Neurology

  • Education:
  • MD, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL






  • Jeff Nichols, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • Ophthamology

  • Position:
  • Clinical Associate of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago
  • Director, Neuro-ophthalmology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

  • Education:
  • MD Degree, University of Illinois at Chicago






  • Kenneth Silver, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Special Competence in Child Neurology

  • Position:
  • Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Co-Director, Neurogenetics Clinic University of Chicago Children’s Hospital

  • Education:
  • MD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan






  • Fernando Testai, MD


    Position:
  • Assistant Professor in Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • Education:
  • MD, University of Buenos Aires
  • PhD, Neurochemistry, University of Buenos Aires







  • Manuel Utset, MD


    Board Certifications:
  • The American Board of Pathology, Combined Certification, Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology

  • Position:
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Director of Neuropathology Services, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

  • Education:
  • MD, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
  • PhD, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (Human Genetics)




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