Aziz Shaibani, Neuromuscular specialist
Dr. Shaibani is a graduate of the university of Mosul in Iraq in 1983. He completed neurology residency and neuromuscular fellowship at Baylor college of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 1995. Dr. Shaibani is board certified in 5 areas: neurology, neuromuscular medicine, neurophysiology, Electrodiagnostic medicine, and neuromuscular pathology. He is the director of the Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas; a comprehensive regional neuromuscular center. He is a clinical professor of medicine at Baylor College of medicine and an adjunct professor of neurology at KUMC.
He has been the principle investigator of 85 clinical trials (totaling up to $17 million), mostly focused on diabetic neuropathy, ALS, and myopathies. Dr. Shaibani published and co-published many articles and abstracts in peer reviewed journals including “NEJM” and “Muscle and Nerve”. He is the author two editions of an award-wining book entitled “video atlas of neuromuscular diseases.
Dr. Shaibani is a fellow of the American academy of neurology, American neurological association, American college of physicians, and American association of the neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine. He is also the president elect of Texas neurological society, the largest neurological society in the nation, advocating for Texas 1400 neurologists. Dr. Shaibani trained many residents and students from Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas.. The academic interest of Dr. Shaibani is; the impact of placebo on the outcome of neuromuscular clinical trials.
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