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Uzma Usman, MBBS

Assistant Professor
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Director, Yale ALS/Motor Neuron Disease Clinic, Director, ALS Association Yale, Neurology

Associate Director of Yale MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Clinic, Neurology, Neuromuscular Division

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Assistant Professor

Director, Yale ALS/Motor Neuron Disease Clinic, Director, ALS Association Yale, Neurology; Associate Director of Yale MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Clinic, Neurology, Neuromuscular Division

Biography

Dr. Uzma Usman is an Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurology at Yale School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences and did Residency and Fellowship at Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Medicine and American Board of Electro-diagnostic Medicine. Her areas of interest and expertise are ALS/Motor Neuron Disease/Lou Gehrig's disease, Inflammatory myopathies and immune mediated neuropathies including CIDP and GBS. 

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Education & Training

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Barrow Neurological Institute (2019)
Neuromuscular Fellowship
Barrow Neurological Institute (2018)
Neurology Residency
Barrow Neurological Institute (2017)
ALS Fellowship
University of Alberta (2010)

Research

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Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Uzma Usman's published research.

Publications

2023

2022

  • Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS.
    Miller TM, Cudkowicz ME, Genge A, Shaw PJ, Sobue G, Bucelli RC, Chiò A, Van Damme P, Ludolph AC, Glass JD, Andrews JA, Babu S, Benatar M, McDermott CJ, Cochrane T, Chary S, Chew S, Zhu H, Wu F, Nestorov I, Graham D, Sun P, McNeill M, Fanning L, Ferguson TA, Fradette S, VALOR and OLE Working Group. Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS. N Engl J Med 2022, 387: 1099-1110. PMID: 36129998, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2204705.
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2005

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Research Advisory Board

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    Yale University

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    Yale University Program evaluation Committee

Clinical Care

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Clinical Specialties

Neuromuscular Medicine; Neurology

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Board Certifications

  • Clinical Neurophysiology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    2019
  • Electrodiagnostic Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2019
  • Neuromuscular Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Neurology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    2017

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