Nizar Chahin, M.D.

  • Associate Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Chahin is only accepting new patients with myositis.

Dr. Chahin, having trained in three fellowships at mayo clinic and having been on staff for many years at both university of North Carolina and Connecticut, has extensive expertise in diagnosing and treating patients with diverse neuromuscular disorders (disorders that affect muscle or nerves or the connection between muscle and nerves). His main interest is in diagnosing and treating patients with inflammatory myopathy, a disease that causes inflammation in the muscle.

In his spare time, Dr Chahin enjoys spending time with his family.

Education and training

  • Residency

    • University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

  • Fellowship

    • -Muscle disease fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2003-2005
    • -Peripheral nerve disease fellowship, Mayo clinic, Rochester, MN, 2005-2006
    • -EMG fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2006-2007

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
    • Clinical neurophysiology
    • Neuromuscular medicine
    • Clinical neuromuscular pathology

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Neurology

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Benefits of Early Versus Late Initiation of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Treatment of Patients With Anti–3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Reductase Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy

    Arthritis Care and Research
    1. Kyle Sharf
    2. Toan Do
    3. Daniela Ghetie
    4. Dongseok Choi
    5. Nizar Chahin

  • Neurosarcoidosis manifesting as focal sacral inflammatory radiculopathy

    BMJ Case Reports
    1. Yousef Aldughaythir
    2. Anson Wilks
    3. Daniela Ghetie
    4. Nizar Chahin

  • Safety and clinical activity of autologous RNA chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in myasthenia gravis (MG-001)

    The Lancet Neurology
    1. Volkan Granit
    2. Michael Benatar
    3. Metin Kurtoglu
    4. Miloš D. Miljković
    5. Nizar Chahin
    6. Gregory Sahagian
    7. Marc H. Feinberg
    8. Adam Slansky
    9. Tuan Vu
    10. Christopher M. Jewell
    11. Michael S. Singer
    12. Murat V. Kalayoglu
    13. James F. Howard
    14. Tahseen Mozaffar
    15. Adam D. Slansky
    16. Denise Pereira
    17. Julie Steele
    18. Maria Elena Paredes
    19. Cara Benjamin
    20. Krishna Komanduri
    21. Ali Aamer Habib
    22. Julia Kimberly Fong
    23. Luis De La Cruz
    24. Diana Dimitrova
    25. Manisha Chopra
    26. Kelly Holley
    27. Gabrielle DeMaria
    28. April Tenorio
    29. Naraly Requena
    30. Beverly Mackanzie Brooks
    31. Niraja Suresh
    32. Jerrica Farias
    33. Minhtran Ngo Casi
    34. Adam Chowdhury
    35. Hafsa Kamboh
    36. C. Andrew Stewart
    37. Mehmet Tosun
    38. Yufei Shang
    39. Matthew T. Duverney
    40. Maria Kireeva
    41. Emily English
    42. Christopher Jewell

  • Coexisting sporadic late onset nemaline myopathy and AL amyloid myopathy – incidental or related?

    Neuromuscular Disorders
    1. Orly Moshe-Lilie
    2. George Banks
    3. Eva Medvedova
    4. Ahmad Masri
    5. Nizar Chahin

  • Unusual cases of Anti-SRP necrotizing myopathy with predominant distal leg weakness and atrophy

    Neuromuscular Disorders
    1. Orly Moshe-Lilie
    2. Daniela Ghetie
    3. George Banks
    4. Barry G. Hansford
    5. Nizar Chahin

  • CIDP mimics

    BMC Neurology
    1. Orly Moshe-Lilie
    2. Erik Ensrud
    3. Thomas Ragole
    4. Chahin Nizar
    5. Diana Dimitrova
    6. Chafic Karam

  • Safety and efficacy of avalglucosidase alfa versus alglucosidase alfa in patients with late-onset Pompe disease (COMET)

    The Lancet Neurology
    1. Jordi Diaz-Manera
    2. Priya S. Kishnani
    3. Hani Kushlaf
    4. Shafeeq Ladha
    5. Tahseen Mozaffar
    6. Volker Straub
    7. Antonio Toscano
    8. Ans T. van der Ploeg
    9. Kenneth I. Berger
    10. Paula R. Clemens
    11. Yin Hsiu Chien
    12. John W. Day
    13. Sergey Illarioshkin
    14. Mark Roberts
    15. Shahram Attarian
    16. Joao Lindolfo Borges
    17. Francoise Bouhour
    18. Young Chul Choi
    19. Sevim Erdem-Ozdamar
    20. Ozlem Goker-Alpan
    21. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk
    22. Kristina An Haack
    23. Christopher Hug
    24. Olivier Huynh-Ba
    25. Judith Johnson
    26. Nathan Thibault
    27. Tianyue Zhou
    28. Mazen M. Dimachkie
    29. Benedikt Schoser
    30. Anthony Behin
    31. Matthias Boentert
    32. Gerson Carvalho
    33. Nizar Chahin
    34. Joel Charrow
    35. Patrick Deegan
    36. Hacer Durmus Tekce
    37. Fanny Duval
    38. Angela Genge
    39. Ludwig Gutmann
    40. Robert D. Henderson
    41. Julia B. Hennermann
    42. Tarekegn Hiwot
    43. Derralynn Hughes
    44. Amel Karaa
    45. Chafic Karam
    46. Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
    47. Hirofumi Komaki
    48. Pascal Laforet
    49. Nicola Longo
    50. Vera Malinova

  • Safety, efficacy, and tolerability of efgartigimod in patients with generalised myasthenia gravis (ADAPT)

    The Lancet Neurology
    1. James F. Howard
    2. Vera Bril
    3. Tuan Vu
    4. Chafic Karam
    5. Stojan Peric
    6. Temur Margania
    7. Hiroyuki Murai
    8. Malgorzata Bilinska
    9. Roman Shakarishvili
    10. Marek Smilowski
    11. Antonio Guglietta
    12. Peter Ulrichts
    13. Tony Vangeneugden
    14. Kimiaki Utsugisawa
    15. Jan Verschuuren
    16. Renato Mantegazza
    17. Jan De Bleeker
    18. Kathy De Koning
    19. Katrien De Mey
    20. Annelien De Pue
    21. Rudolf Mercelis
    22. Maren Wyckmans
    23. Caroline Vinck
    24. Linda Wagemaekers
    25. Jonathan Baets
    26. Eduardo Ng
    27. Jafar Shabanpour
    28. Lubna Daniyal
    29. Shabber Mannan
    30. Hans Katzberg
    31. Angela Genge
    32. Zaeem Siddiqi
    33. Jana Junkerová
    34. Jana Horakova
    35. Katerina Reguliova
    36. Michaela Tyblova
    37. Ivana Jurajdova
    38. Iveta Novakova
    39. Michala Jakubikova
    40. Jiri Pitha
    41. Stanislav Vohanka
    42. Katerina Havelkova
    43. Tomas Horak
    44. Josef Bednarik
    45. Mageda Horakova
    46. Andreas Meisel
    47. Dike Remstedt
    48. Claudia Heibutzki
    49. A. Visser
    50. N. Chahin

  • Diagnosis of paraproteinemic neuropathy

    Journal of the neurological sciences
    1. Chafic Karam
    2. Orly Moshe-Lilie
    3. Nizar Chahin
    4. Thomas Ragole
    5. Eva Medvedova
    6. Rebecca Silbermann

  • Nusinersen in adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy

    Neurology
    1. Orly Moshe-Lilie
    2. Amy Visser
    3. Nizar Chahin
    4. Thomas Ragole
    5. Diana Dimitrova
    6. Chafic Karam

  • Refractory CIDP

    Journal of the neurological sciences
    1. Jamila Godil
    2. Matthew J. Barrett
    3. Erik Ensrud
    4. Nizar Chahin
    5. Chafic Karam

  • Screening for genetic mutations in patients with neuropathy without definite etiology is useful

    Journal of Neurology
    1. Braden Vogt
    2. Nizar Chahin
    3. Wojciech Wiszniewski
    4. Thomas Ragole
    5. Chafic Karam

  • Unwarranted, long term, alglucosidase alfa enzyme replacement therapy in two non-Pompe disease patients

    Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
    1. Chafic Karam
    2. Thomas Ragole
    3. Orly Moshe-Lilie
    4. Nizar Chahin

  • Bright tongue sign in patients with late-onset Pompe disease

    Journal of Neurology
    1. Chafic Karam
    2. Diana Dimitrova
    3. Elizabeth Yutan
    4. Nizar Chahin

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ameliorate MEGF10 myopathy

    Human molecular genetics
    1. Madhurima Saha
    2. Skylar A. Rizzo
    3. Manashwi Ramanathan
    4. Rylie M. Hightower
    5. Katherine E. Santostefano
    6. Naohiro Terada
    7. Richard S. Finkel
    8. Jonathan S. Berg
    9. Nizar Chahin
    10. Christina A. Pacak
    11. Richard E. Wagner
    12. Matthew S. Alexander
    13. Isabelle Draper
    14. Peter B. Kang

  • Diagnostic utility of exome sequencing in the evaluation of neuromuscular disorders

    Neurology: Genetics
    1. Gloria T. Haskell
    2. Michael C. Adams
    3. Zheng Fan
    4. Krunal Amin
    5. Roberto J.Guzman Badillo
    6. Linran Zhou
    7. Christopher Bizon
    8. Nizar Chahin
    9. Robert S. Greenwood
    10. Laura V. Milko
    11. Yael Shiloh-Malawsky
    12. Kristy R. Crooks
    13. Natasha Strande
    14. Michael Tennison
    15. Christian R. Tilley
    16. Alicia Brandt
    17. Kirk C. Wilhelmsen
    18. Karen Weck
    19. James P. Evans
    20. Jonathan S. Berg

  • Clinical Reasoning

    Neurology
    1. Bhaskar Roy
    2. Nizar Chahin

  • Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium

    American Journal of Human Genetics
    1. Robert C. Green
    2. Katrina A.B. Goddard
    3. Gail P. Jarvik
    4. Laura M. Amendola
    5. Paul S. Appelbaum
    6. Jonathan S. Berg
    7. Barbara A. Bernhardt
    8. Leslie G. Biesecker
    9. Sawona Biswas
    10. Carrie L. Blout
    11. Kevin M. Bowling
    12. Kyle B. Brothers
    13. Wylie Burke
    14. Charlisse F. Caga-Anan
    15. Arul M. Chinnaiyan
    16. Wendy K. Chung
    17. Ellen W. Clayton
    18. Gregory M. Cooper
    19. Kelly East
    20. James P. Evans
    21. Stephanie M. Fullerton
    22. Levi A. Garraway
    23. Jeremy R. Garrett
    24. Stacy W. Gray
    25. Gail E. Henderson
    26. Lucia A. Hindorff
    27. Ingrid A. Holm
    28. Michelle Huckaby Lewis
    29. Carolyn M. Hutter
    30. Pasi A. Janne
    31. Steven Joffe
    32. David Kaufman
    33. Bartha M. Knoppers
    34. Barbara A. Koenig
    35. Ian D. Krantz
    36. Teri A. Manolio
    37. Laurence McCullough
    38. Jean McEwen
    39. Amy McGuire
    40. Donna Muzny
    41. Richard M. Myers
    42. Deborah A. Nickerson
    43. Jeffrey Ou
    44. Donald W. Parsons
    45. Gloria M. Petersen
    46. Sharon E. Plon
    47. Heidi L. Rehm
    48. J. Scott Roberts
    49. Dan Robinson
    50. Joseph S. Salama
    51. Sarah Scollon
    52. Richard R. Sharp
    53. Brian H. Shirts
    54. Nancy B. Spinner
    55. Holly K. Tabor
    56. Peter Tarczy-Hornoch
    57. David L. Veenstra
    58. Nikhil Wagle
    59. Karen Weck
    60. Benjamin S. Wilfond
    61. Kirk Wilhelmsen
    62. Susan M. Wolf
    63. Julia Wynn
    64. Joon Ho Yu
    65. Michelle Amaral
    66. Samuel J. Aronson
    67. Shubhangi Arora
    68. Danielle R. Azzariti
    69. Greg S. Barsh
    70. E. M. Bebin
    71. Barbara B. Biesecker
    72. Brian L. Brown
    73. Amber A. Burt
    74. Peter H. Byers
    75. Muge G. Calikoglu
    76. Sara J. Carlson
    77. Nizar Chahin
    78. Kurt D. Christensen
    79. Allison L. Cirino
    80. Laura K. Conlin
    81. Greg M. Cooper
    82. David R. Crosslin
    83. James V. Davis
    84. Kelly Davis
    85. Matthew A. Deardorff
    86. Batsal Devkota
    87. Raymond De Vries
    88. Pamela Diamond
    89. Michael O. Dorschner
    90. Noreen P. Dugan
    91. Dmitry Dukhovny
    92. Matthew C. Dulik
    93. Kelly M. East
    94. Edgar A. Rivera-Munoz
    95. Barbara Evans
    96. Jessica Everett
    97. Nicole Exe
    98. Zheng Fan
    99. Lindsay Z. Feuerman
    100. Kelly Filipski
    101. Candice R. Finnila
    102. Kristen Fishler
    103. Bob Ghrundmeier
    104. Karen Giles
    105. Marian J. Gilmore
    106. Zahra S. Girnary
    107. Steven Gonsalves
    108. Adam S. Gordon
    109. Michele C. Gornick
    110. William M. Grady
    111. David E. Gray
    112. Robert S. Greenwood
    113. Amanda M. Gutierrez
    114. Paul Han
    115. Ragan Hart
    116. Patrick Heagerty
    117. Naomi Hensman
    118. Susan M. Hiatt
    119. Patricia Himes
    120. Fuki M. Hisama
    121. Carolyn Y. Ho
    122. Lily B. Hoffman-Andrews
    123. Celine Hong
    124. Martha J. Horike-Pyne
    125. Sara Hull
    126. Seema Jamal
    127. Brian C. Jensen
    128. Jennifer Johnston
    129. Dean Karavite
    130. Tia L. Kauffman
    131. Dave Kaufman
    132. Whitley Kelley
    133. Jerry H. Kim
    134. Christine Kirby
    135. William Klein
    136. Sek Won Kong
    137. Joel B. Krier
    138. Neil E. Lamb
    139. Michele P. Lambert
    140. Lan Q. Le
    141. Matthew S. Lebo
    142. Alexander Lee
    143. Kaitlyn B. Lee
    144. Niall Lennon
    145. Michael C. Leo
    146. Kathleen A. Leppig
    147. Katie Lewis
    148. Neal I. Lindeman
    149. Nicole Lockhart
    150. Bob Lonigro
    151. Edward J. Lose
    152. Philip J. Lupo
    153. Laura Lyman Rodriguez
    154. Frances Lynch
    155. Kalotina Machini
    156. Calum Macrae
    157. Daniel S. Marchuk
    158. Josue N. Martinez
    159. Aaron Masino
    160. Heather M. McLaughlin
    161. Carmit McMullen
    162. Piotr A. Mieczkowski
    163. Jeff Miller
    164. Victoria A. Miller
    165. Rajen Mody
    166. Sean D. Mooney
    167. Elizabeth G. Moore
    168. Elissa Morris
    169. Michael Murray
    170. David Ng
    171. Nelly M. Oliver
    172. Will Parsons
    173. Donald L. Patrick
    174. Jeffrey Pennington
    175. Denise L. Perry
    176. Katie Porter
    177. Bradford C. Powell
    178. Sumit Punj
    179. Carmen Radecki Breitkopf
    180. Robin A. Raesz-Martinez
    181. Wendy H. Raskind
    182. Dean A. Reigar
    183. Jacob A. Reiss
    184. Carla A. Rich
    185. Carolyn Sue Richards
    186. Christine Rini
    187. Scott Roberts
    188. Peggy D. Robertson
    189. Jill O. Robinson
    190. Marguerite E. Robinson
    191. Myra I. Roche
    192. Edward J. Romasko
    193. Elisabeth A. Rosenthal
    194. Maria I. Scarano
    195. Jennifer Schneider
    196. Christine E. Seidman
    197. Bryce A. Seifert
    198. Lynette M. Sholl
    199. Javed Siddiqui
    200. Elian Silverman
    201. Shirley Simmons
    202. Janae V. Simons
    203. Debra Skinner
    204. Elena Stoffel
    205. Natasha T. Strande
    206. Shamil Sunyaev
    207. Virginia P. Sybert
    208. Jennifer Taber
    209. Deanne M. Taylor
    210. Christine R. Tilley
    211. Ashley Tomlinson
    212. Susan Trinidad
    213. Ellen Tsai
    214. Eliezer M. Van Allen
    215. Jason L. Vassy
    216. Pankaj Vats
    217. Victoria L. Vetter
    218. Raymond D. Vries
    219. Sarah A. Walser
    220. Rebecca C. Walsh
    221. Allison Werner-Lin
    222. Jana Whittle
    223. Kirk C. Wilhelmsen
    224. Yaping Yang
    225. Carol Young
    226. Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher

  • Dermatomyositis as a presentation of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

    Journal of Neuroimmunology
    1. David Delman
    2. Xianming Peng
    3. Daniel C. Zedek
    4. Valerie Jewells
    5. Nizar Chahin
    6. Silva Markovic-Plese

  • Late-onset Becker muscular dystrophy

    Muscle and Nerve
    1. Tania Beltran Papsdorf
    2. James F. Howard
    3. Nizar Chahin

  • Toxoplasmic encephalitis during mycophenolate mofetil immunotherapy of neuromuscular disease

    Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation
    1. Danilo R. Bernardo
    2. Nizar Chahin

  • Characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers in a natural history study of golden retriever muscular dystrophy

    Neuromuscular Disorders
    1. Zheng Fan
    2. Jiahui Wang
    3. Mihye Ahn
    4. Yael Shiloh-Malawsky
    5. Nizar Chahin
    6. Sandra Elmore
    7. C. Robert Bagnell
    8. Kathy Wilber
    9. Hongyu An
    10. Weili Lin
    11. Hongtu Zhu
    12. Martin Styner
    13. Joe N. Kornegay

  • Pearls and Oy-sters

    Neurology
    1. Tania B.Beltran Papsdorf
    2. James F. Howard
    3. Nizar Chahin