Dr. Amer Awad is a neurologist with Ochsner Health in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan, and he completed neurology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He pursued fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology (epilepsy and neuromuscular) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Awad is board-certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He has been practicing general neurology since 2010 and has been on staff at Ochsner since 2018.

Dr. Awad provides individualized, comprehensive, and high-quality care to patients with wide range of neurological conditions, with special interest in epilepsy. He has expertise in various procedures such as electroencephalography (EEG), a test that evaluates brain’s electrical activity; electromyography (EMG),a diagnostic procedure that assesses the health of muscles and the nerves that control them; and therapeutic botulinum injections (Botox) for headaches and certain movement disorders. Outside of medicine, Dr. Awad enjoys traveling, hiking, reading, and spending time with his family.