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Matthew Wicklund, MD, FAAN
Professor
Matthew P. Wicklund, MD, FAAN, is currently professor of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA). His main areas of research interests include genetic and acquired muscle disorders.
Wicklund is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Psychology. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Colorado, Denver. He completed his internal medicine internship at Dartmouth, his neurology residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center in the United States Air Force, and his neuromuscular fellowship at The Ohio State University. He has obtained board subspecialty certification in neuromuscular medicine and clinical neuromuscular pathology.
Wicklund serves as director for the UT Health San Antonio MDA Multidisciplinary Care Center. He is a member of the Limb Girdle, Facioscapulohumeral and Myotonic Dystrophy Clinical Research Networks, and the Neuromuscular Study Group. He has participated in over 35 multi-center clinical trials in the areas of muscular dystrophy, ALS, and myasthenia gravis; and he has over 200 published articles, chapters and abstracts, and invited lectures at national meetings. Wicklund has previously served in the capacities of neurology residency program director, neuromuscular genetic counselor fellowship director, consultant to the Surgeon General of the Unites States Air Force, and chairman of neurology at Wilford Hall Medical Center.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1987 - MD - University of Colorado, Denver
- 1982 - BA - Biology and Psychology - University of Colorado, Boulder
Training
- 2001 - Fellowship - Neuromuscular - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1996 - Residency - Neurology - Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
- 1988 - Residency - Neurology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- 1988 - Internship - Internal Medicine - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
Highlights
2020 Best Doctors of America
2019 Top Doctors - Neuromuscularl Medicine
2016 Penn State Hershey Medical Center HCAPS Dean's List
2015 Penn State Health, Neurology Residency Teacher of the Year
2015 Penn State Health, 2015 Dean's Award for Excellence in TeachingAppointments
- 2023-Present - Professor of Neurology - UT Health San Antonio
- 2018-2023 - Professor of Neurology - University of Colorado School of Medicine
- 2012-2017 - Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics - Penn State College of Medicine
- 2011-2012 - Professor of Neurology - Penn State College of Medicine
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Board Certifications
- 2017 - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- 2017 - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine Board Recertification