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Neelam Goyal, MD

Neelam Goyal

Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Fellowship: Stanford University Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship (2012) CA
Residency: Stanford University Neurology Residency (2011) CA
Internship: Winthrop University Hospital Internal Medicine Residency (2008) NY
Medical Education: SUNY Downstate School of Medicine Registrar (2007) NY
Board Certification: American Association of Neuromuscular, Electrodiagnostic Medicine (2013)
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology (2011)
Dr. Neelam Goyal completed her medical school education at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. She then finished her neurology residency including chief year followed by a fellowship year in neurophysiology with a focus on neuromuscular disorders and EMG nerve conduction studies at Stanford University Medical Hospital,.

After graduation, she joined the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine in 2012 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences in the division of Neuromuscular Medicine. She took on the position of co-Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association/ALS Clinic in 2016. In 2020, she was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor. She serves on multiple committees within Stanford, including the Clinical Assistant Professor Appointment and Promotions Committee and
Health Information Management Committee, as well as multiple committees within the American Association of Neuromuscular and Neurodiagnostic medicine (AANEM).

Dr. Goyal specializes in the diagnosis, management, and electrophysiological testing of neuromuscular disorder (including SFEMG), with expertise in immune-mediated disorders (myositis, myasthenia gravis, CIDP, and vasculitis) and ALS. Her research interest include monitoring and management of short and long-term toxicity of immunosuppressive agents. She also provides botulinum toxin for treatment of sialorrhea in ALS patients.