Overview
Dr. Ahmet Hoke is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Professor of Neuroimmunology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Director of the Daniel B. Drachman Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Director of the Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his medical training at Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey followed by his PhD studies in developmental neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing his neuromuscular training at University of Calgary, Canada, he returned to Johns Hopkins University as faculty and rose through the ranks. He is the recipient of several awards including Derek Denny Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award (2005) and Wolfe Neuropathy Research prize (2018) given by the American Neurological Association, Myung Memorial Lecture Award (2017) by the Korean Neurological Association, Nejat Eczacibasi Medical Scientist Award (2019) by the Eczacibasi Foundation, Turkey, and Alan J. Gebhart Prize in Excellence in Neuropathy Research (2022) by the Peripheral Nerve Society. He is an Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors of the American Neurological Association, and Vice-President of the Toxic Neuropathy Consortium. He serves on several editorial boards and is the Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
Dr. Hoke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hereditary Hyperekplexia. His top areas of expertise are Wallerian Degeneration, Peripheral Neuropathy, Tomaculous Neuropathy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Arthrogryposis, and Prostatectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 152 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Hereditary Hyperekplexia.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Hoke has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Neurologist Scott Newsome specializes in the care of patients with neuroimmunological and neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. He works within the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has special interest in evaluating and treating patients with multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica and stiff person syndrome. After completing fellowship training, Dr. Newsome joined the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers, and he is the director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Consultation and Infusion Center and the Stiff Person Syndrome Center. He is also director of the Johns Hopkins Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infectious Disease Fellowship Program and co-director of the Multiple Sclerosis Experimental Therapeutics Program. Dr. Newsome received his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, with honors. During his neurology residency, he was awarded the Golden Apple Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, and later was chosen to be chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in neuroimmunology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with the support of a Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Identifying and testing novel therapies and therapeutic strategies for multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders is Dr. Newsome’s main research focus. Other research endeavors include validating the use of new quantitative clinical outcome measures and imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis and identifying risk factors of disease onset and severity, response to treatment and long-term outcomes in neuroimmunological disorders. An adviser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Dr. Newsome has also served as president of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Dr. Newsome is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hereditary Hyperekplexia. His top areas of expertise are Stiff Person Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transverse Myelitis, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).
Olwen Murphy is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Murphy is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hereditary Hyperekplexia. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Stiff Person Syndrome, Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), and Optic Neuritis.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
With fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology and additional training in neuro-vestibular disorders, Dr. Daniel Gold sees patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders (affecting vision, eyelids, pupils, or causing nystagmus or double vision) in addition to oto-neurologic disorders (causing dizziness and vertigo). Videos 2018 Best Consulting Physician Award Tele-(Dizzy) Medicine. Dr. Gold is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hereditary Hyperekplexia. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Brown Syndrome, and Stiff Person Syndrome.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Peripheral NeuropathyDr. Hoke isElite. Learn about Peripheral Neuropathy.
- Wallerian DegenerationDr. Hoke isElite. Learn about Wallerian Degeneration.
- Distinguished
- Tomaculous NeuropathyDr. Hoke isDistinguished. Learn about Tomaculous Neuropathy.
- Advanced
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseDr. Hoke isAdvanced. Learn about Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis
- Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2
- Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 (HSN1)
- Experienced
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)Dr. Hoke isExperienced. Learn about Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM).
- Andermann SyndromeDr. Hoke isExperienced. Learn about Andermann Syndrome.
- Arthrogryposis Multiplex CongenitaDr. Hoke isExperienced. Learn about Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita.
- Autonomic NeuropathyDr. Hoke isExperienced. Learn about Autonomic Neuropathy.
- Chronic Demyelinizing Neuropathy with IgM Monoclonal
- Chronic PolyradiculoneuritisDr. Hoke isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis.