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Edward Aul, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Director: EMG Lab, Department of Neurology
  • Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Specialty: Neurology
  • Co-Director: Division of Clinical Electrophysiology, Neurology

Education

  • BS in Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Resident in Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Resident in Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Fellow in Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Research Interests

  • The Importance of Formal Serum Iron Studies in the Assessment of Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Multicenter, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Lenalidomide in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1
  • A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Iron in Restless Legs Syndrome
  • The Diagnostic Value of F-wave Latency Measurements in Polyneuropathy
  • Warfarin Aspirin Recurrent Stroke Study (WARSS)
  • Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) trial

Licenses & Certifications

  • Clinical Neurophysiology, ABPN, United States
  • Medicine, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa, United States
  • Medicine, NBME, United States
  • Neurology, ABPN, United States
  • Medicine - training, Iowa Boaqd of Medicine, Iowa, United States
  • Medicine - training, Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine, Pennsylvania, United States

Selected Publications

  • Jerath, N. U., Aul, E., Reddy, C. G., Azadeh, H., Swenson, A. & Kimura, J. (2015). Prolongation of F-wave minimal latency: a sensitive predictor of polyneuropathy. The International journal of neuroscience. DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2015.1040492. PMID: 26000925.
  • Jerath, N. U., Strader, S. B., Reddy, C. G., Swenson, A., Kimura, J. & Aul, E. (2014). Factors influencing aversion to specific electrodiagnostic studies. Brain and behavior 4 (5) 698-702. DOI: 10.1002/brb3.240. PMID: 25328846.
  • Aul, E. A. (2006). Commonly tested nerves of the head and upper cervical region. In Kimura, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology. pp. 527-550. Elsevier.
  • Davis, B. J., Rajput, A., Rajput, M. L., Aul, E. & Eichhorn, G. R. (2000). A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial of iron in restless legs syndrome. European neurology 43 (2) 70-5. PMID: 10686463.
  • Razavi, M., Aul, E., Razavi, B. & Fincham, R. W. (2000). Exclusion criteria. Lancet 355 (9197) 38. PMID: 10615890.
  • Aul, E., Davis, B. J. & Rodnitzky, R. L. (1998). The importance of formal serum iron studies in the assessment of restless legs syndrome. Neurology 51 (3) 912. PMID: 9748060.
  • Davis, B. J., Aul, E., Granner, M. A. & Rodnitzky, R. L. (1994). Ranitidine-induced cranial dystonia. Clinical neuropharmacology 17 (5) 489-91. PMID: 9316702.
  • Caggiula, A. R., Antelman, S. M., Aul, E., Knopf, S. & Edwards, D. J. (1989). Prior stress attenuates the analgesic response but sensitizes the corticosterone and cortical dopamine responses to stress 10 days later. Psychopharmacology 99 (2) 233-7. PMID: 2508160.