Dr. Al-Lozi is the Director of the Electrodiagnostic Laboratory, and Director of the Neuromuscular Medicine Training Program.

Dr. Al-Lozi is certified by the American Board of Neurology, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, added qualification, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the American Board of Neuromuscular medicine. He is certified in muscle pathology by the American Academy of Neurology. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the Missouri Medical Association.

Dr. Al-Lozi was awarded the Washington University Department of Neurology Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching Excellence multiple times, in 1996, 2005, 2006, and 2007. In 2003 Dr. Al-Lozi was given the Clinical Teacher of the Year Award at Washington University. During his training years, he received the Tom Preziosi Award for Clinical Excellence from Johns Hopkins Hospitals.

Medical Training

Originally from Amman, Jordan, Dr. Al-Lozi received his medical degree from King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. He went on to complete a residency in neurology at Johns Hopkins University and a fellowship in neuromuscular diseases at Washington University in St. Louis.

Selected Publications

Pestronk A, Florence J, Levine T, Al-Lozi MT, Lopate G, Miller T, Ramneantu I, Waheed W, Stambuk M. Sensory exam with quantitative tuning fork: rapid, sensitive and predictive of SNAP amplitude. Neurology 2004;62:461-4

North East ALS Consortium. The Use Of Statistical MUNE In A Multicenter Clinical Trial. Muscle Nerve 2004;30:473-469

Lopate G, Pestronk A, Al-Lozi M. Treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with high-dose intermittent intravenous methylprednisolone. Arch Neurol. 2005 Feb;62(2):249-54

Levine T, Pestronk A, Florence J, Al-Lozi, MT, Lopate G, Miller T, Ramneantu I, Waheed W, Stambuk M, Stone MJ, Choski R. Peripheral Neuropathies in Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. JNNP 2006;77:224-8

Lopate G, Pestronk A, Al-Lozi, M, Lynch T, Florence J, Miller T, Levine T, Rampy T, Beson B, Ramneantu I. Peripheral Neuropathy in an Outpatient Cohort of Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome. Muscle Nerve. 2006;33:672-6

Strom RG, Derdeyn CMAP, Moran CJ, Cross, DT, Esper GJ, Mazumdar A, Al-Lozi M, Lopate G, Pestronk A. Frequency of Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation in Patients with Unexplained myelopathy. Neurology. 2006;66:928-31

Pestronk A, Kos K, Lopate G, Al-Lozi M. Brachio-Cervical Inflammatory Myopathy: Proximal arm weakness and myositis with B-cell foci. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2006;54:1687-96

Gordon, P. H., Moore, D. H., Miller, R. G., Florence, J. M., Verheijde, J. L., Doorish, C., Hilton, J. F., Spitalny, G. M., MacArthur, R. B., Mitsumoto, H., Neville, H. E., Boylan, K., Mozaffar, T., Belsh, J. M., Ravits, J., Bedlack, R. S., Graves, M. C., McCluskey, L. F., Barohn, R. J., Tandan, R. and Western ALS study group: Efficacy of minocycline in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a phase III randomized trial. Lancet Neurol. 2007;6:1045-1053.

Gitcho MA, Baloh RH, Chakraverty S, Mayo K, Norton JB, Levitch D, Hatanpaa KJ, White CL 3rd, Bgio EH, Caselli R, Baker M, Al-Lozi MT, Morris JC, Pestronk A, Rademakers R, Goate AM, Cairns NJ. TDP-43 A315% mutation in familial motor neuron disease. Ann Neurol 2008;63:535-538

Armstrong TN, Dale AM, Al-Lozi MT, Franzblau A, Evanoff BA. Median and ulnar nerve conduction studies at the wrist: Criterion validity of the NC-Stat Automated Device. J Occup Environ Med. 2008; 50:758-764

Lopate,G.; Baloh,R.H.; Al-Lozi,M.T.; Miller,T.M.; Filho,J.A.; Ni,O.; Leston,A.; Florence,J.; Schierbecker,J.; Allred,P. Familial ALS with extreme phenotypic variability due to the I113T SOD1 mutation. Amyotroph.Lateral.Scler. 2009:1-5

Ziadman CM, Al-Lozi M, Pestronk A. Peripheral nerve size in normals and patients with polyneuropathy: an ultrasound study. Muscle Nerve 2009

American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine study group. Diagnotic Criteria for Late-Onset (childhood and adult) Pompe Disease. Muscle Nerve 2009;40:149-60

Gongvatana and CHARTER Study Group. White matter tract injury and cognitive impairment in hman immunodeficiency virus infected individuals. J Neurovirol 2009;15:187-95

Honors and Awards:

The Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching excellence, Washington University at Saint Louis, Department of Neurology (2007-2008)

Listed in America's Best Doctors: 2007- 2008, 2009-2010)

A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award. American Academy of Neurology 2007

The Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching excellence, Washington University at Saint Louis, Department of Neurology (2005-2006)

Listed in America's Top Physicians: 2005, 2009

The Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching excellence, Washington University at Saint Louis, Department of Neurology (2004-2005)

Clinical Teacher of the Year Award-Washington University School of Medicine-Saint Louis (2003)

The Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching Excellence, Washington University at Saint Louis; Department of Neurology (1995-1996)

Tom Preziosi Award for Clinical Excellence; Johns Hopkins Hospitals - Neurology Residency Program (1991)

King Hussein Award - highest ranked internal medicine resident in three year program (Master degree); University of Jordan (1985)