Abdullah Z. Alqahtani
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 5, 
Baltimore, MD 

Overview

Abdullah AlQahtani specializes in inherited and noninherited neuromuscular neurological diseases. Dr. AlQahtani obtained his medical degree from the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. He also completed an internship and earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and he obtained residency training in neurology at the University Hospitals of Cleveland-Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. After completing a neuromuscular fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. AlQahtani joined the neurogenetics branch of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He worked on natural history studies of disease progression and phenotype-genotype correlation. His research focuses on the identification of biomarkers of disease progression in neuromuscular diseases.

Dr. Alqahtani is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Alqahtani is currently accepting new patients.

Specialties

Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

Licenses

Psychiatry & Neurology in OH

Board Certifications

American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology

Fellowships

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Neurogenetics, 2023
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Neuromuscular Medicine, 2020

Hospital Affiliations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Languages Spoken

English
Arabic

Gender

Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 5, Baltimore, MD 21224

Clinical Research

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