Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD

Professor Ahmet Hoke is professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director for the Neuromuscular Division and Director of the Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration Center at Johns Hopkins. He received his MD from Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey and PhD from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and NM fellowship at University of Calgary, before returning to Johns Hopkins as faculty in 1999.

Ahmet’s clinical practice and research focuses on peripheral neuropathies and nerve regeneration, with particular attention to translational studies on developing therapies that prevent axonal degeneration and enhance peripheral nerve regeneration. He has served on NIH and other study sections, edited a book and wrote over 150 articles and reviews. He is currently a Director of the Peripheral Nerve Society, chair of scientific advisory board of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Neurology and Associate Editor of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

During the 2022 PNS meeting (Miami, Florida) he was awarded the prestigious Alan J Gebhart Prize for Excellence in Peripheral Nerve Research.