Biography

Ahmed Awad, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric epilepsy, drug-resistant epilepsy, and pediatric neurology.

Dr. Awad earned his medical degree at Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine in Egypt. He completed a residency in pediatrics at One Brooklyn Health System-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in New York and a child neurology residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio. He received advanced training through a clinical neurophysiology fellowship, also at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in child neurology and clinical neurophysiology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025.

Dr. Awad is a member of the American Epilepsy Society.

Personal Note

When he’s not at work, Dr. Awad enjoys playing soccer and traveling with his family.

  • Medical Education - Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine - Egypt (2002-2010), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
  • Residency - One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center (2017-2020), Pediatrics
  • Residency - Nationwide Children's Hospital (2020-2023), Child Neurology
  • Fellowship - Nationwide Children's Hospital (2024-2025), Clinical Neurophysiology
  • American Epilepsy Society
  • ACNS Conference Trainee Scholarship 2025, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
  • Pediatric epilepsy
  • Drug-resistant epilepsy

Clinical Focus

  • Pediatric Epilepsy
  • Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

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