Dr. Naoum Issa

Associate Professor

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Biography

Naoum Issa, MD PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Chicago, specializing in the treatment of epilepsy. He closely works with patients to control seizures and is passionate about offering advanced options for epilepsy that is resistant to anti-seizure medications. Dr. Issa serves as the section chief of epilepsy, and his research focuses on detecting and diagnosing neurological disorders using painless electrophysiological techniques. He collaborates with neuromuscular specialists to apply methods used for seizure diagnosis to detect neurological disorders like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). With over 90 scientific papers and book chapters published, his work appears in respected journals including Nature Communications, Neurology, and Epilepsia. Dr. Issa has a robust teaching career at the Pritzker School of Medicine and has received several awards for excellence in teaching, including the L.D.H. Wood Preclerkship Teaching Award and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award. He is recognized as a fellow of the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

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Awards

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A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award

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L.D.H. Wood Preclerkship Teaching Award

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Faculty Honoree

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
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TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
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Writing
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IELTS
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Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
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Department of Philosophy