Overview
Board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology and electromyography and sleep medicine, Zahid Cheema, MD, FAAN provides general, comprehensive neurological care. He is director of the hospital?s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. As a specialist in neuromuscular disorders, he possesses specialized knowledge in the science, clinical evaluation and clinical management of disorders of the anterior horn cell, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction, and muscle including, but not limited to, neuropathy (all types), myopathy, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathy, brachial and lumbosacral plexopathy and focal nerve entrapment in arms or legs. He treats patients in two convenient locations in the Oklahoma City metro area.
Dr. Cheema is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Episodic Ataxia with Nystagmus. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Seizures, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, and Myasthenia Gravis.
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Locations
535 N.W. Ninth St., Suite 325, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Cheema isDistinguished. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Myasthenia GravisDr. Cheema isDistinguished. Learn about Myasthenia Gravis.
- Peripheral NeuropathyDr. Cheema isDistinguished. Learn about Peripheral Neuropathy.
- SeizuresDr. Cheema isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Tension HeadacheDr. Cheema isDistinguished. Learn about Tension Headache.
- Advanced
- Bell's PalsyDr. Cheema isAdvanced. Learn about Bell's Palsy.
- Cerebellar DegenerationDr. Cheema isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebellar Degeneration.
- Chronic PolyradiculoneuritisDr. Cheema isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis.
- Essential TremorDr. Cheema isAdvanced. Learn about Essential Tremor.
- Facial ParalysisDr. Cheema isAdvanced. Learn about Facial Paralysis.
- Familial Neurocardiogenic SyncopeDr. Cheema isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
- Experienced
- Alzheimer's DiseaseDr. Cheema isExperienced. Learn about Alzheimer's Disease.
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Andermann SyndromeDr. Cheema isExperienced. Learn about Andermann Syndrome.
- Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Boucher-Neuhauser SyndromeDr. Cheema isExperienced. Learn about Boucher-Neuhauser Syndrome.