Professor of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Director, University of Minnesota Ataxia Center

• Over 65 publications in neuroscience and functional brain imaging including papers in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the American Academy of Science.
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) and American Board of Neurology

EDUCATION
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan, M.D., B.S.

CERTIFICATION

October 1988, Royal College of Physicians of the UK (MRCP-UK). London, UK

November 1991, American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry January 1999

AWARDS
Bob Allison Ataxia Research Foundation 2003
Veteran Affairs Administration Merit Review Grant 2002, 2006, 2011
Minnesota Medical Foundation 2001
Francis M. Foster Award (Wisconsin Neurological Society) 1994

PATENTS
US 9,867,758 B2: Device and Method for Gait Synchronized Sensory
Stimulation of the Lower Extremities (2018).

MEDICAL LICENSE
Minnesota – No.44165 (active)
Washington, D.C. – No. MD31989 (inactive)
Wisconsin – No. 36831(inactive)
General Medical Council (UK) – No. 91/2415 (inactive)

CURRENT HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES
University Medical Center, Fairview
University Medical Center, Fairview -Riverside
Fairview Ridges Hospital
Minneapolis VA Medical Center

EXPERIENCE
Professor of Neurology 2014 to Present University of Minnesota
Associate Professor of Neurology University of Minnesota

2007 to 2014 Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Minnesota

2000 to 2007 Staff Physician, Neurology Service 2000 to Present Minneapolis VA Medical Center

Senior Staff Fellow, 1997 – 2000 Human Motor Control Section (movement disorders and neuro-imaging)
Medical Neurology Branch, NINDS, NIH Bethesda, Maryland
Neurology Resident 1994 – 1997 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
Neurology Research Registrar 1993 – 1994 Southend General Hospital, UK
Senior House-Officer in Neurosurgery 1992 – 1993 Dundee Royal Infirmary University of Dundee, Scotland
Senior House-Officer in Neurology 1993 – 1993 Dundee Royal Infirmary University of Dundee, Scotland
Senior House-Officer Internal Medicine 1991 – 1992 University of Southampton Hospital Southampton, UK
Senior House-Officer in Internal Medicine 1990 – 1991 Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan
Junior House-Officer 1989 – 1991 Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan