July 25, 2006

Birmingham, Ala. – Shin Oh, M.D., professor of neurology and pathology and director of the division of neuromuscular disease in the Department of Neurology at UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) has received the Distinguished Researcher Award for 2006 from the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM). The award is bestowed annually to honor those who have made continuous significant contributions to clinical neurophysiology research.

Oh, also director of the muscle/nerve histopathology laboratory at UAB Hospital, is the author of four textbooks related to the diagnosis of neuromuscular disease. He is an internationally known clinician, researcher and educator.

“Dr. Oh has been extremely generous in sharing his abundant knowledge and experience in the field of neuromuscular disease,” said Janice M. Massey, M.D., of Duke University and currently AANEM president. “His dedication to education is demonstrated by his published textbooks which clearly describe both basic and more advanced electrodiagnostic techniques and their interpretation.”

Oh joined the UAB faculty in 1970 after earning his medical degree from Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea, and completing residency training in Korea and at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Oh will receive the award at the AANEM annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Oct.13.