Join Dr. Ahmet Hoke, Director of the Merkin Center for Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration at Johns Hopkins, for a wide-ranging presentation on current perspectives and research of neuropathy on October 22 at 11 a.m. PDT, 1 p.m. Central, and 2 p.m. EDT.

This is a special webinar presentation as part of WNA’s Ouchtober Initiative, designed to bring more attention and advocacy to the condition.

More on Dr. Ahmet Hoke:

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. 

Dr. Hoke’s clinical practice and research focuses on idiopathic, toxic, and inflammatory neuropathies and he is the principal investigator of several natural history studies aimed at developing biomarkers and understanding genetic underpinnings of peripheral neuropathies.