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Neurologist Navid Valizadeh, MD, smiling in front of a white backdrop. He is wearing a white coat with an embroidered UT Health Austin logo.

Navid Valizadeh, MB, BCh

Appointments: 1-833-UT-CARES (1-833-882-2737)
Fax: 1-512-495-5680

Education

University of Galway, Ireland, MB, BCh

University College London, UK, MSc, Clinical Neurology


Residency/Fellowship

Residency, Neurology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Fellowship, Neurocritical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Biography and Education

Clinical Biography

Navid Valizadeh, MB, BCh, is a neurologist in UT Health Austin’s Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center. A trained neurointensivist, he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening diseases of the nervous system, including brain and spinal cord trauma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, stroke, and severe infectious and inflammatory conditions. Additionally, Dr. Valizadeh is an assistant professor and serves as the Associate Program Director of the Neurology Residency in the Department of Neurology at Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Valizadeh earned his medical degree from the University of Galway in Ireland and his masters in clinical neurology from University College London in the UK. He completed a residency in neurology at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center and a fellowship in neurocritical care at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Valizadeh’s clinical interests include autoimmune encephalitis, vasculitis, and other neuro-inflammatory diseases. He is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Specializations

  • Neurocritical Care

Board Certification

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurocritical Care
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology

Awards & Honors

  • Gold Humanism Honor Society

Locations

Locations

  • UT Health Austin Clinics
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A
    Austin, TX 78712
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