Omar Nofal, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School Departments Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Omar Nofal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. His clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and management of epilepsy, interpretation of video-electroencephalography (vEEG), and the presurgical evaluation of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. He joined the at UT Southwestern faculty in 2025. Dr. Nofal contributed to a large-scale database with new-onset seizures. This work has supported several ongoing research initiatives, including a descriptive study of patients with newly diagnosed idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). His additional research includes a case series evaluating outcomes following surgical interventions in patients implanted with responsive neurostimulation (RNS) devices, as well as comparative analyses of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) versus open resection in the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. His academic interests focus on optimizing surgical strategies for drug-resistant epilepsy and advancing comprehensive epilepsy care for patients with childbearing potential, with particular attention to management throughout the peripartum period. Education Medical School American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Lebanon (2015) Residency American University of Beruit (2021), Epilepsy Fellowship George Washington University Hospital (2024), Epilepsy Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center.Children's Medical Center (2025), Clinical Neurophysiology Research Interest Electroencephalography (EEG) Epilepsy Epilepsy Surgery Publications Long-term seizure and functional outcomes following peri-insular hemispherotomy Moussa B, Alok K, Nawfal O, Najjar M, Farhat S, Beydoun A Epilepsy and Behavior 2025 Dec 173 Persistence of EEG abnormalities in KCNT1-related DEE in an adult patient Kakwan H, Nofal O, Yuan D, Sheikh IS Epileptic Disorders 2025 Jun 27 489-491 Effectiveness and tolerability of cenobamate: A single center experience Saouda C, Nofal O, Makke Y, Eid A, Vinarsky V, Edelberg H, Lee SM, Koubeissi M Epilepsy Research 2025 Jan 209 Case report: Rapid recovery after intrathecal rituximab administration in refractory anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: report of two cases Reda M, Jabbour R, Haydar A, Jaafar F, El Ayoubi N, Nawfal O, Beydoun A Frontiers in immunology 2024 15 Standardized reporting of complications of epilepsy surgery and invasive monitoring: A single-center retrospective study Bsat S, Najjar M, Nawfal O, Farhat S, Chanbour H, Beydoun A Epilepsy and Behavior 2022 Sep 134 Refractory Morvan syndrome responsive to rituximab: a case report and review of the literature Nawfal O, Agha M, Makki A, Beydoun A Neuromuscular Disorders 2022 Aug 32 682-686 Bilateral Reappearance of the N20 Potential in a Normothermic Young Woman Post-Anoxic Brain Injury Nawfal O, El Halabi T, Dib G, Dirani M, Beydoun A Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2022 Jul 39 E21-E25 New-onset refractory status epilepticus as an early manifestation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults after COVID-19 Nawfal O, Toufaili H, Dib G, Dirani M, Beydoun A Epilepsia 2022 May 63 e51-e56 Predicting the occurrence of thrombocytopenia from free valproate levels: A prospective study Nasreddine W, Atweh SF, Beydoun AA, Dirani M, Nawfal O, Beydoun A Seizure 2022 Jan 94 33-38 Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia following Corneal Transplantation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Agha M, El Halabi T, Nofal O, Awwad S, Makki A Pain Medicine (United States) 2021 Jul 22 1707-1709 Results 1-10 of 12 1 2 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (AAN) (2017) American Epilepsy Society (AES) (2021)
