Dr. Mohamad Ag Mikati MD
Pediatrician
2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Mohamad Mikati is a pediatrician practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Mikati is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Mikati diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Mikati can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- 1991
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 2003
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gabapentin in the treatment of refractory partial epilepsy in children with
- Early onset neonatal spontaneous pneumopericardium.
- Unusual presentation of Kearns-Sayre syndrome in early childhood.
- Successful use of intravenous immunoglobulin as initial monotherapy in Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
- Anticonvulsant action and long-term effects of gabapentin in the immature brain.
- Classification of epilepsy syndromes and role of genetic factors.
- Isolated adipic aciduria.
- Effect of antiepileptic drugs on bone density in ambulatory patients.
- Efficacy, tolerability, and kinetics of lamotrigine in infants.
- Hippocampal programmed cell death after status epilepticus: evidence for NMDA-receptor and ceramide-mediated mechanisms.
- Stages of status epilepticus in the developing brain.
- A syndrome of autosomal dominant alternating hemiplegia: clinical presentation mimicking intractable epilepsy; chromosomal studies; and physiologic investigations.
- Localized morphea: a rare adverse effect of valproic acid.
- Effects of epilepsy surgery on quality of life: a controlled study in a Middle Eastern population.
- Effects of creatine and cyclocreatine supplementation on kainate induced injury in pre-pubescent rats.
Awards
- Duke University 2009 Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor and End
- 2008 Hamdan Award for pioneering contributions to the m, Government of Dub
- Hans Zellweger Award for distinguished achievement, American 2008 University of Beirut
- 1994 Honorary Member, Epilepsy Association of Greater Boston
- Harvard Community Health Plan 1989 Peer Recognition Award
Treatments
- Epilepsy, Neurological Disorders, Seizures
Fellowships
- Boston Children's Hospital, Clinical Neurophysiology 1987
- Pediatric Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1980
- Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital Boston 1985
- Pharmacology (Research), Children's Hospital Boston and Boston VA Medical Center (Massachusetts) 1986
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