FaisalFectoMD, PhD

Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurophysiology, Neurodegenerative

Attending Neurologist at Advocate Medical Group

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1875 Dempster St
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Park Ridge, IL 60068
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Dr. Faisal Fecto is a board certified neurologist in Palo Alto, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Stanford Health Care and Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. He received his medical degree from Aga Khan Medical College and has been in practice 11 years. He specializes in neuromuscular medicine, neurodegenerative, and dementia & geriatrics and is experienced in general neurology, neurogenetics, neuromuscular medicine, and muscular dystrophy.

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Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 2019 - 2020
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsChief Residency, Neurology, 2018 - 2019
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Neurology, 2016 - 2019
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsInternship, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2016
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2012 - 2015
Northwestern UniversityDoctorate, PhD, Neuroscience, 2012
Aga Khan UniversityCertificate, Certificate in Medical Education: From Philosophy to Practice in Health Professions Education and PBL, 2005 - 2005
Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 2005, MD

American Academy of Neurology Fellow Scholarship American Academy of Neurology, 2020
Neurology on the Hill American Academy of Neurology, 2020
Resident Team Leader Award Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2019
Resident Teaching Award Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2018
Resident Lectureship Iowa Neurological Association, 2017
8th Annual Translational and Clinical Research Course for Clinician-Scientists American Neurological Association, 2016
The Center for Genetic Medicine Travel Fellowship Award Northwestern University, 2010, 2012
The Graduate School Conference Travel Grant Northwestern University, 2010-2012
Star Award for Medicine South Asia Publications, 2003-2004
Listed in: 125 Distinguished Men and Women: Leaders of the New Millennium (S. M. Mahmud, Ed.) Volumes 1 and 2 South Asia Publications, 2003-2004
University Fellowship Northwestern University, 2006
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PubMed

130 citations
Identification of TMEM230 mutations in familial Parkinson's disease
Han Xiang Deng, Yong Shi, Yi Yang, Kreshnik B. Ahmeti, Nimrod Miller
Nature Genetics. 2016-07-01
86 citations
Mutation in the novel nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein CHCHD10 in a family with autosomal dominant mitochondrial myopathy
Senda Ajroud-Driss, Faisal Fecto, Kaouther Ajroud, Irfan Lalani, Sarah E. Calvo
Neurogenetics. 2015-01-01
59 citations
Dendritic spinopathy in transgenic mice expressing ALS/dementia-linked mutant UBQLN2.
George Gorrie, Faisal Fecto, Daniel Radzicki, Craig Weiss, Yong Shi
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014-10-07

Journal Articles

Discovering the connection between familial and sporadic ALS: pathology trumps genetics.
Faisal Fecto, Han-Xiang Deng, Teepu Siddique, Future Neurology, 2010
Patterns of Tuberculosis in the Central Nervous System.
Soobia Raza, Aliyah Sadaf, Faisal Fecto, Rushna Pervez Ali, Ehsan. Bari and S. Ather Enam, Infectious Diseases Journal of Pakistan, 2004

Books/Book Chapters

Book: 100 Years of Neurology at the University of Iowa
Ramon Lim, Faisal Fecto, George RichersonEditors: Ramon Lim, Faisal Fecto, George Richerson.Blurb, San Francisco2019
In: Clinical Genomics: Practical Applications in Adult Patient Care
Chapter: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Page 637 - 640Wallery SS, Fecto F, Siddique TEditors: Stewart DR, Murray MF, Babyatsky MW, Giovanni MA, Alkuraya FS.McGraw Hill and the American College of Physicians2014

NINDS Research Education Grant (R25) for Residents and Fellows in NeurologyNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2020–2022
NINDS Research Education Grant (R25) for Residents and Fellows in NeurologyNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2019–2020
Link Foundation FellowshipGeorge Link, Jr. Foundation2012–2015
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award/Predoctoral T32 FellowshipNational Institute of Aging2009–2011
Northwestern University FellowshipNorthwestern University2006–2007

Postdoctoral Research FellowStanford University, Palo Alto, CA2020 - Present
Clinical Neuroscientist Training ProgramUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA2015 - 2019
Physician-Scientist Training ProgramUniversity of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA2015 - 2019
Postdoctoral Research FellowDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL2012 - 2015
PhD Candidate/Graduate StudentNorthwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Evanston, IL2006 - 2012
Summer Research ScholarDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK2003 - 2003
Summer Research ScholarDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA2002 - 2002
Research AssistantDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT2001 - 2001