Bashar Katirji, MD
- Director, Neuromuscular Center and EMG Laboratory, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Specialty: Neurology, Neurology-Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurology-Neurophysiology
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Location:UH Suburban Health Center
1611 S Green Rd
South Euclid, OH 44121
- Call: 216-844-3192
Biography: Bashar Katirji, MD
Expertise
Certifications & Memberships
- Neuromuscular Medicine - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Education
Fellowship | Electromyography
Electromyography - University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1983 - 1984)
Fellowship | Electromyography
Electromyography - Cleveland Clinic (1983 - 1983)
Residency | Neurology
Neurology - University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1980 - 1983)
Residency | Neurology
Neurology - University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1978 - 1980)
Internship | Rotating
Rotating - University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1977 - 1978)
Internship | Rotating
Rotating - University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1976 - 1977)
Medical Education
University Of Aleppo (1971 - 1977)
About
Bashar Katirji, MD, FACP, FAAN is a Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Neuromuscular Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center - Case Western Reserve University and Director of the Electromyography (EMG) laboratory. Dr. Katirji earned his medical degree from the Medical School at the University of Aleppo in Syria. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, he completed his neurology residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, followed by fellowship training in Clinical Electromyography at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He has previously been a Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Katirji specializes in the field of Neuromuscular Disorders and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He has published extensively and authored more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 50 chapters in neurologic textbooks. Dr. Katirji has also authored an EMG textbook, Electromyography in Clinical Practice, now in its third edition. and co-authored the textbook, Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, a widely utilized reference text in the US and abroad, now in its second edition. Dr. Katirji also co-authored a nerve conduction study manual for trainees and technologists. He has directed and lectured in numerous continuing medical education courses on neuromuscular disorders and electrodiagnostic testing at the American Academy of Neurology and the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine annual meetings, as well as at many other international associations' seminars. He is a reviewer of many U.S. and international neurologic peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Katirji enjoys teaching and writing and is very involved in clinical research with trainees. As the Program Director of Neuromuscular Fellowship since 1990, he has trained over 75 neuromuscular fellows and supervised EMG/Neuromuscular training of more than 400 neurology residents. Dr. Katirji has published with neuromuscular fellows and neurology residents more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and more than 20 chapters.
Dr. Katirji is married, with two children, one is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and one is in College. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, walking, biking, and neurologic writing.
Research & Publications
Research Interests
Neuromuscular Disorders, EMG and Nerve conduction studies, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Peripheral Neuropathies, Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndromes, Stiff Person Syndromes
Industry Relationships
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As of December 31, 2016, Bashar Katirji did not disclose any Outside Relationships with Industry.