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Office
2799 West Grand Boulevard
220 Cherry Street, SE
Detroit, MI 48202Phone+1 313-916-2585Fax+1 313-916-3014
Summary
- Abbas Jowkar, MD, has board certifications in neurology, neuromuscular medicine, clinical neurophysiology, and electromyography. He earned his medical degree from Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College in Gulbarga, India. Prior to becoming a neurologist, he was a Physician Assistant in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Harper University Hospital with Detroit Medical Center. He completed a transitional residency in internal medicine at Sinai Grace Hospital and a neurology residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan. He also completed fellowships in Clinical neurophysiology from Wayne State University, and a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, South Carolina. He lives in Dearborn Heights with his family.
Dr. Jowkar is an Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) care provider.
Education & Training
- University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 2018 - 2019
- Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityResidency, Neurology, 2011 - 2014
- Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Sinai-Grace)Internship, Transitional Year, 2010 - 2011
- Wayne State UniversityMS, Physician Assistant Studies, 2003 - 2005
- M. Rampure Medical CollegeClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- MI State Medical License 2005 - 2026
- MI State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- NC State Medical License 2018 - 2019
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine
- ABEMAmerican Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Award of Merit Wayne State University, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2005
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 62 citationsGuillain Barré Syndrome and its variants as a manifestation of COVID-19: A systematic review of case reports and case series.Shitiz Sriwastava, Saurabh Kataria, Medha Tandon, Jenil Patel, Riddhi Patel
Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2021-01-15 - 3 citationsAnti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GAD) syndromes may have more aggressive disease course in African Americans and early onset of presentation compare to Cauca...Shitiz Sriwastava, Meghana Srinivas, Anila Kanna, Kalyan Yarraguntla, Abbas Jowkar
Eneurologicalsci. 2019-09-11
Journal Articles
- Hyperglycemia-induced involuntary movements (aka, C-HBG syndrome) with bilateral putaminal involvementSriwastava S, Ketarpal N, Basha O, Desai, A, Srinivas M, Jowkar A, Curr Neurobiol, 1/1/2018
- Older Age, Hypertension and Diabetes Influence the Proportion of Salvageable Ischemic Tissue Following StrokeMohamed W, Jowkar A, Bhattacharya P, Stroke, 1/1/2013
Abstracts/Posters
- Relevance of ethnicity and anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (anti-GAD) initial anti-GAD positive titers in two groups compared in patient with Anti gad associ...Sriwastava S, Srinivas M, Yarraguntla K, Jowkar A, George E, AAN (American Academy of Neurology) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2019
- F/M wave area and F-wave duration quantify spinal hyperexcitability in glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibody positive patients with stiff person syndrome.Shbeb M, Sriwastava S, Yarraguntla K, Jowkar A, George E, AAN (American Academy of Neurology) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2019
- IgG4 related Neuropathy vs ANCA associated vasculitis: A case report.Chauhan V, Butt, B, Jowkar, A, AAN (American Academy of Neurology), Boston, MA, 1/1/2017
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Lectures
- Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Radiculopathies.1/27/2019
- Lumbosacral plexus and nerves of the leg - Anatomy and Electrodiagnostic Assessment.1/31/2018
- Median nerve - Anatomy and Electrodiagnostic Assessment.1/19/2018
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Other
- Myasthenia crisisNigam, Jowkar
https://www.emguidewire.com/core-concepts-shownotes/myasthenic-crisis - Myasthenia Gravis.Jowkar, A, Medscape Drugs & Diseases
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1171206-overview
1/1/2017 - Electrodiagnostic Features of a Molecular Genetic Proven Case of HNPP.Sriwastava S, Khan M, Xu J, Vemuri P and Jowkar A, Austin Med Sci - Volume 2 Issue 1
1/1/2017
Authored Content
- Myasthenia GravisAugust 2018
Other Languages
- Hindi, Urdu, Farsi
External Links
- Neurology - personal websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/neuro82010/home
- Neuromuscular - personal websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/neuromuscular-aj/home
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