Mohammad Munir, MD, PhD, who is board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, received a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and a medical degree from Punjab Medical College in Pakistan. After earning his PhD, Dr. Munir was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, where he later served as Chief Resident in Neurology. Prior to relocating to Austin, where he currently treats neurology patients, Dr. Munir had a Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Disorders at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Munir is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, and his research works have been published in a number of medical journals, including the Journal of Neurochemistry and the Journal of Neuroscience.
Curriculum vitae of Mohammad Munir, MD (PDF) Education:
Fellowship Clinical Neurophysiology/Neuromuscular Disorders, 2002 – 2003
John Hopkins University
Baltimore MD
Residency Neurology, 1999 - 2001
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, TX
Intern Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, TX
Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Pharmacology, 1996 – 1998
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Doctorate in Pharmacology, 1990 – 1995
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, 1984
Punjab Medical College
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Clinical Appointments:
Medical Director, 2003-Present
Greater Austin Neurology Clinic
Austin, TX
Lecturer/Demonstrator Department of Pharmacology, 1988-1990
King Edward Medical College
Lahore, Pakistan
Superintendent Dispensary/Pharmacy Department, 1987 - 1988
Mayo Hospital
Lahore, Pakistan
Research Associate/Graduate Student, 1985 - 1987
Department of Pharmacology
University of Agriculture
Faisalabad, Pakistan
House Officer, General Surgery, 1984 - 1985
Punjab Medical College Hospital
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Licensure & Certification:
License – Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee (inactive), Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts. Board Certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2003
Board Certified in Neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005
Honors and Awards
Travel Scholarship Award, Fifth International Conference on the ‘Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain’, 2002
Resident Scholarship Award, American Pain Society, 2002
Resident Scholarship Award, American Academy of Neurology, 2002
Chief Resident, University of Texas Houston Medical School Department of Neurology, 2001
National Science and Technology Scholarship for a PhD Program, 1990
Editor, Medical College Union Gazette, 1983
Merit Scholarship for 5 – year Medical School, 1977
Merit Scholarship for 2 – year Pre – Medical College, 1975
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Neurology
Texas Neurological Association
Texas Medical Association
Travis County Medical Society
Publications
Akhtar MS and Munir M. Evaluation of gastric antiulcerogenic effects of Solanum nigrum, Brassica oleracea and Ocimum Basilicum in rats. J. Ethnopharmacol. 27:163-176, 1989
Littman L, Munir M, Flagg SD, and Robinson MB. Multiple mechanisms of inhibition of excitatory amino acid receptors coupled to phosphoinositide hydrolysis. J. Neurochem. 59:1893-1904, 1992
Munir M, Subramaniam S and McGonigle P. Polyamines modulate NMDA-induced neurotoxicity in vivo. Brain Res. 616:163-170, 1993
Munir M, Lu L, and McGonigle P. Excitotoxic cell death and delayed rescue in human neurons derived from NT2 cells. J. Neurosci. 15(12):7847-7860, 1995
Munir M, Lu L, Wang YH, Lou J, Wolfe BB, and McGonigle P. Pharmacological and immunological characterization of NMDA receptors in human NT2-N neurons. J. Pharm. Exp. Ther. 276(2):819-828, 1996
Brooks-Kayal AR, Munir M, Jin H, and Robinson MB. The Glutamate transporter GLT-1 is expressed in cultured hippocampal neurons. Neurochem. Int. 33(2):95-100, 1998
Schlag BD, Vondrasek JR, Munir M, Zelenaia-Tristskaya OA, Kalandadze AG, Rothstein JD, and Robinson MB. Regulation of Na(+)-dependent glutamate transporters by cyclic AMP analogs and neurons. Mol. Pharm. 53(3):355-69, 1998
Munir M, Correale DM, and Robinson MB. Substrate-induced up-regulation of Na(+)-dependent glutamate transport activity. Neurochem Int. Aug-Sep;37(2-3):147-62, 2000.
