Nakul Katyal, MBBS
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- Assistant Professor
College Unit(s)
Biography and Education
Biography
Nakul Katyal MD, completed his neurology residency training at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he also served as the chief resident. Furthering his expertise, he underwent fellowship training in Neuromuscular Medicine at the prestigious Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
His dedication to advancing both research and clinical practice has been acknowledged through numerous esteemed accolades, such as the 2021 AANEM President’s Research Initiative Award. Additionally, he holds the position of review editor for several reputable journals, including the Frontiers in Neurology.
An active participant in the field, he is a member of prominent organizations such as the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the Peripheral Nerve Society. Furthermore, he serves as an AANEM Young Ambassador and contributes to the Young Leadership Council.
His research interests encompass Myasthenia gravis and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Personal Statement
The majority of neuromuscular conditions are categorized as rare diseases. Patients often encounter significant delays in receiving a diagnosis and may even need to relocate from their local areas to access optimal medical treatment.
As a dedicated neuromuscular expert, my passion lies in unraveling the complexities of these conditions and providing compassionate care to individuals and families affected by them. My expertise extends beyond mere clinical practice; I am driven to contribute to research efforts aimed at unlocking new insights and therapies for these often-overlooked conditions.
Through collaboration, innovation, and unwavering dedication, my mission is to bring about impactful improvements for patients in Kentucky grappling with neuromuscular conditions.
Specialties
- Neurology
- Neuromuscular Disease
Conditions
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Myotonic disorders
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Periodic paralysis
- Myopathies
- Neuropathies
Procedures Performed
- Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)
- Needle Electromyography (EMG)
Faculty Rank
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Awards and Honors
- 2021 President’s Research Initiative Award, awarded by American Association of Neuromuscular and Electro-diagnostic Medicine (AANEM).
- Chief Resident Physician Neurology at University of Missouri-Columbia 2021-2022
- 2021 Residency and Fellowship Abstract Award, awarded by AANEM.
- 2022 Residency and Fellowship Member Award, awarded by AANEM
- 2023 Residency and Fellowship Member Award, awarded by AANE
Professional Memberships
Committee Membership
1. Young Leadership Board Liaison (AANEM) (10/2024-10/2025)
2. News Science Editorial Board Committee member (AANEM) (3/28/2022-10/31/2024)
3. Young Leadership Council member (AANEM) (9/21/2022-10/14/2025)
4. Young leadership ambassador (AANEM) (8/31/2022-10/31/2024)
Organization Membership
1. American Academy of Neurology
2. American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
3. American Neurological Association
4. Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS)
5. The ALS Association
Research
1. Saniya Pervin, Nakul Katyal. Sciatic neuropathy with clinico-radiological pattern consistent with intraneural perineurioma: An underrecognized cause of progressive mononeuropathy. Accepted for poster presentation at American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, 2024 and American Neurological Association meeting 2024.
2. Saniya Pervin, Nakul Katyal. Sequential development of herpes zoster radiculopathy followed by brachial plexopathy in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes, exhibiting favorable response to steroids. Accepted for poster presentation at American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, 2024 and American Neurological Association meeting 2024.
3. Olivia Ault, Nakul Katyal. Complex repetitive discharges and myopathic electromyographic changes in Lambert eaton myasthenic syndrome. Accepted for poster presentation at American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, 2024.
4. Supreeth Gowda, Shreyak Sehgal, Nakul Katyal. Dry Beriberi and Wernicke’s encephalopathy due to thiamine deficiency with albuminocytological dissociation mimicking Guillain Barre Syndrome: A diagnostic conundrum. Accepted for poster presentation at American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, 2024.
5. Nakul Katyal, Raghav Govindarajan. Clinical experience with Rozanolixizumab for treatment of Acetylcholine receptor antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis. Accepted for poster presentation at American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, 2024.
6. Lauren Williams, Nakul Katyal, Raghav Govindarajan. Clinical experience with Rozanolixizumab for treatment of Acetylcholine receptor antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis. Accepted for poster presentation at Myasthenia Gravis Foundation Association (MGFA) meeting, 2024.
7. Nakul Katyal, Raghav Govindarajan, Neelam Goyal, Srikanth Muppidi, Suraj Muley. Clinical Experience With Ravulizumab for Treatment of Acetylcholine Receptor Positive Generalized Myasthenia Gravis. American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, November, 2023. (Awarded with Resident and Fellowship Member Award) and American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2024.
8. Nakul Katyal, Katherine Clifford, Martavius Lovall, Neelam Goyal, Srikanth Muppidi. Effect of applying inclusion and exclusion criteria of phase III complement inhibitor and FCRN inhibitor trials to acetylcholine receptor-positive generalized myasthenia gravis patients in routine clinical care. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2024 and MGFA meeting November, 2023.
9. Katyal Nakul , Katsumoto, Tamiko R.; Ramachandran, Kavitha J.; Yunce, Muharrem; Muppidi, Srikanth. Plasmapheresis in Patients With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Related Myositis Without Myasthenia Gravis. American Association of
Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine Annual Meeting, November, 2023. (Awarded with Resident and Fellowship Member Award).
10. Nakul Katyal, Karen Halldorsdottir, Neelam Goyal, Raghav Govindarajan, Srikanth Muppidi, Ali Habib. Clinical Experience With Efgartigimod For Treatment Of Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Positive Generalized Myasthenia Gravis. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2023.
11. Nakul Katyal, Neelam Goyal. Scapular Winging In Patients With Anti-Hydroxy Methyl Glutaryl CoA Reductase (HMGCR) Antibody Positive Immune Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM): A Case Series (P9-8.005). American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2023.
Selected Publications
1. Katyal N, Govindarajan R, Goyal N, Muley S, Muppidi S. Ravulizumab use for acetylcholine receptor-positive generalized myasthenia gravis in clinical practice. Front Neurol. 2024 Jun 11;15:1378080.
2. Katyal N, Katsumoto TR, Ramachandran KJ, Yunce M, Muppidi S. Plasma Exchange in Patients With Myositis due to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2023 Dec 1;25(2):89-93.
3. Yunce M, Katyal N, Monis GF, Muppidi S. Neonatal Fc receptor blockade as emerging therapy in diseases with plasma exchange indications. J Clin Apher. 2023 May 15. doi: 10.1002/jca.22055.
4. Katyal N, Halldorsdottir K, Govindarajan R, Shieh P, Muley S, Reyes P, Leung KK, Mullen J, Milani-Nejad S, Korb M, Goyal NA, Mozaffar T, Goyal N, Habib AA, Muppidi S. Safety and outcomes with efgartigimod use for acetylcholine receptor-positive generalized myasthenia gravis in clinical practice. Muscle Nerve. 2023 Nov;68(5):762-766.
5. Katyal N, Govindarajan R. Shortcomings in the Current Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Trials and Potential Solutions for Improvement. Front Neurol. 2017 Sep 29;8:521. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00521.
6. Nakul Katyal , Raghav Govindarajan. Neuromuscular Causes of Weakness in Critically Ill Patients. Am J Hosp Med 2017 Jul;1(3):2017.019 https://doi.org/10.24150/ajhm/2017.019
7. Katyal N, Singh I, Narula N, et al. Continuous Electroencephalography (CEEG) in Neurological Critical Care Units (NCCU): A Review [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 11]. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020;198:106145. doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.10614
8. Katyal N, Narula N, Acharya S, et al. Neuromuscular complications with SARS-COV-2 infection: A Review. Front. Neurol. doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.01052
9. Narula N, Rudman J, Katyal N, et. al. Seizure and COVID-19: Association And Review of Potential Mechanism. Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research. October 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr/2020.10.001.
10. Sushma Yerram, Nakul Katyal, Keerthivaas Premkumar, Premkumar Nattanmai and Christopher R. Newey. Seizure prophylaxis in the neuroscience intensive care unit. Journal of Intensive Care2018 6:17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-018-0288-6
11. Nakul Katyal. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.February 2018: StatPearls [Internet]. https://knowledge.statpearls.com/chapter/0/26063
12. Kaur H, Katyal N, Yelam A, et al. Malignant Hyperthermia. February 2019. Missouri medicine 116(2):154-159.
13. Murala, S., Katyal, N., Narula, N., Govindarajan, R., & Sahota, P. (2021). Sleep disorders in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis . RRNMF Neuromuscular Journal, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.17161/rrnmf.v2i4.15293
14. Nakul Katyal, Naureen Narula, Raghav Govindarajan, Pradeep Sahota, Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice, International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, vol. 2022, Article ID 4776328, 7 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4776328
15. Katyal N, Halldorsdottir K, Govindarajan R, Shieh P, Muley S, Reyes P, Leung KK, Mullen J, Milani-Nejad S, Korb M, Goyal NA, Mozaffar T, Goyal N, Habib AA, Muppidi S. Safety and outcomes with efgartigimod use for acetylcholine receptor-positive generalized myasthenia gravis in clinical practice. Muscle Nerve. 2023 Sep 11. doi: 10.1002/mus.27974.
16. Nakul Katyal, Tammy Hether, Raghav Govindarajan. Mentoring, Education, and Engagement: An Employee Training Technique to Improve Patient Experience and Employee Satisfaction: Case Study · January 24, 2018; New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst. https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.18.0273
17. Katyal N, Narula N, Govindarajan R. Clinical Experience with Eculizumab in Treatment-Refractory Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody-Positive Generalized Myasthenia Gravis. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2021;8(2):287-294. doi: 10.3233/JND-200584.