Ahmad El Kouzi, MD

Ahmad El Kouzi, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Movement Disorders at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He earned a medical degree from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon and completed a residency in Neurology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He completed fellowship training in Movement Disorders at the University of Florida.

He is the recipient of the prestigious Smallwood Fellowship Award and a Recognition of Excellence Award by the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida. Dr. El Kouzi's special interest is in Deep Brain Stimulation to treat Movement Disorders including Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor and Dystonia. He is the first author on multiple peer reviewed journal papers and scientific abstracts related to Parkinson's Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation. 

He provides care for patients with movement disorders and other neurological diseases at SIU Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. El Kouzi currently serves as the Director of the Parkinson's Disease Center at SIU Medicine and is the principal investigator on many clinical trials related to Parkinson's Disease.