Osman Ozel, MD

Board-certified neurologist with clinical neurophysiology training, proficient in EEG interpretation and EMG/NCS. Skilled in procedural treatments, including Botox injections and occipital nerve blocks for headache management. Previous experience as a locum neurohospitalist.

• ABPN board-certified neurologist
• DEA License, 12/31/26
• New Mexico Physician License, MD2024-0641, 07/01/25
• Texas Physician License, V3403, 08/31/25
• Maryland Physician License, D0100361, 09/30/25
• ACLS, 04/01/26
• Controlled Substance Registration, 12/31/25

• Golden Needle Award, 2021-2022, Fastest door-to-needle time for tPA (16 min) at Houston Methodist Hospital Stroke Division.
• Travel Award, 2023, 148th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association.
• Travel Award, 2023, Annual Meeting of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Resident Summit.

• Persistent spinal cord enhancement in longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis associated with α-1- antitrypsin deficiency: A case report, NEUROIMMUNOLOGY REPORTS, 2022, Osman Ozel, Svetlana Eckert, Dejan Jakimovski, Nicholas Silvestri, David Hojnacki, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
• Recurrent, Bilateral, Sequential Orbital Inflammatory Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis, JOURNAL OF NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY, 2022, Osman Ozel, Mohammad Pakravan, Chaow Charoenkijkajorn, Andrew G Lee
• A prospective study to validate the expanded timed get-up-and-go in a population with multiple sclerosis, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL - EXPERIMENTAL TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL, 2022, Dejan Jakimovski, Katelyn S Kavak, Karen Zakalik, Lacey Bromley, Osman Ozel, Natasha Qutab, Svetlana Eckert, Channa Kolb, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
• Clinical Effects Associated with five-year retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in multiple sclerosis, JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2021, Dejan Jakimovski, Robert Zivadinov, Caila B Vaughn, Osman Ozel, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
• Visual Deficits and Cognitive Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis: Confounder, correlate or both, JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, 2021, Dejan Jakimovski, Ralph HB Benedict, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Osman Ozel, Tom A Fuchs, Norah Lincoff, Niels Bergsland, Michael G Dwyer, Robert Zivadinov
• Serum Neurofilament Light Chain and optical Coherence Tomography measures in MS: A longitudinal Study, NEUROLOGY-NEUROIMMUNOLOGY NEUROINFLAMMATION, 2020, Eleonora Tavazzi, Dejan Jakimovski, Jens Kuhle, Jesper Hagemeier, Osman Ozel, Murali Ramanathan, Christian Barro, Niels Bergsland, Davorka Tomic, Harald Kropshofer, David Leppert, Zuzanna Michalak, Norah Lincoff, Michael G Dwyer, Ralph HB Benedict, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Robert Zivadinov
• Dimethyl Fumarate in the Treatment of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Patient Reported Outcomes and Perspectives, PATIENT RELAT OUTCOME MEAS., 2019, Osman Ozel, Caila Vaughn, Svetlana P Eckert, Dejan Jakimovski, Alexis Lizarraga, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
• Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Trajectories in Young and Aging Multiple Sclerosis Patients: 5-year Longitudinal Study, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL, 2018, Caila Vaughn, Robert Zivadinov, Dejan Jakimovski, Osman Ozel, J Taubman, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
• Investigating Ethnic Differences in MS Using Spinal Cord Atrophy Measures: A Preliminary Analysis (P247), POSTER/ABSTRACT: ACTRIMS ANNUAL MEETING, 2023, Thomas J, Ozel O, Mehta V, Bayoumi A, Dongarwar D, Lincoln J
• Unusual CNS Manifestations of COVID-19: A Case Series, POSTER/ABSTRACT: ANA ANNUAL MEETING, 2023, Osman Ozel, Bing Liao
• Bilateral Sequential Brachial Plexus Neuritis Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Combination Treatment (P13-8.003), POSTER/ABSTRACT: AAN ANNUAL MEETING, 2023, Osman Ozel, Merry Chen, Karin Woodman
• Severe Tibial Neuropathy and Myonecrosis After Prolonged Surgery in Lithotomy Position (P13-8.008), POSTER/ABSTRACT: AAN ANNUAL MEETING, 2023, Osman Ozel, Sebnem Nash, Karin Woodman
• Pseudo-bulbar Affect and Tremors in GFAP Astrocytopathy: A Case Report Case Report References Diagnostic Workup, POSTER/ABSTRACT: ANA ANNUAL MEETING, 2023, Anza Zahid, Beatriz Thames, Osman Ozel, Sheetal Shroff, Mohammad O. Nakawah
• Acute Autoimmune Encephalitis With Features of Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis (BBE) and Two Abnormal Autoantibodies Presenting With Prominent Cerebellar Abnormality on MRI–A Case Report, POSTER/ABSTRACT: AAN NEUROIMMUNOLOGY MEETING, 2022, Ozel O, Lai E, Ramy M, Masdeu J, Rizk C, Poursheykhi M, Eid A, Karim S, Benitez S, Pascual B, Hodics T
• Optimizing The Utilization Of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke, POSTER/ABSTRACT: INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE, 2022, Danish Kerani, Himanshu A Patel, Tony J Zhang, Andy Lin, Osman Ozel, Farhaan S Vahidy, David McCane, Thao N Dinh, Ken Chyuan Ling, David Chiu, John J Volpi, RAJAN R GADHIA, Dipan J Shah, Mohammed Chamsi-Pasha, Tanu Garg
• Visual Assessment and its Relationship with Cognitive Performance in Multiple Sclerosis: Optical Coherence Tomography and Low-Contrast Letter Acuity Study, POSTER/ABSTRACT: AAN ANNUAL MEETING, 2021, Dejan Jakimovski, Ralph Benedict, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Osman Ozel, Tom Fuchs, Norah Lincoff, Niels Bergsland, Michael Dwyer, Robert Zivadinov
• Change in Expanded Timed Get-Up and Go is Associated with the Expanded Disability Status Scale and Timed 25-Foot Walk in the New York State Multiple Sclerosis Consortium, POSTER/ABSTRACT: AAN ANNUAL MEETING, 2020, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Katelyn Kavak, Natasha Qutab, Osman Ozel, Karen Zakalik, Caila Vaughn
• LIFEware Life Satisfaction and Pessimism are Correlated with the Beck Depression Inventory- Fast Screen and with Disability Progression in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (P3.2-009), POSTER/ABSTRACT: AAN ANNUAL MEETING, 2019, Caila Vaughn, Katelyn Kavak, Dejan Jakimovski, Osman Ozel, Ralph Benedict, Robert Zivadinov, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman

• Precision Biomarkers for MS, In-depth analysis of the utility of serum neurofilaments in MS clinical practice.
• Unlocking the Potential of Engineered Regulatory T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis, In-depth analysis of preclinical and clinical studies of regulatory T cells and study outcomes.