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As neurologists, our physicians at Michigan Neurology Institute are highly trained to treat disorders of the nervous system, which include diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles. Some of the more common problems that neurologists diagnose and treat are strokes, epilepsy (seizures), headaches, dementias (Alzheimer's disease), multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and various forms of pain. Neurologists may serve as consultants to other physicians and may provide long-term care to patients with chronic neurological disorders. Our medical staff includes the following physicians: Drs. Aboukasm, Cullis, and Leheta are certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).
Dr. Aboukasm received his medical degree from St. Joseph's University School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon in 1984; in 1985 he went on to earn a diploma in clinical bacteriology-virology from the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris France. He holds several board certifications, including the American Board of Sleep Medicine, the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. He has completed ten years of post-doctoral training including, at Henry Ford Hospital, a fellowship in neurology, a fellowship in epilepsy/EEG and serving as Neurology Chief Resident. Dr. Aboukasm is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He currently serves as Director of the Neurophysiology Department at St. John Hospital Medical Center and on staff at Beaumont Grosse Pointe and Henry Ford Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and St. John Macomb Hospital in Warren, Michigan. He is a member of the AAN and a fellow of the ACP.
After completing undergraduate work at the University of Michigan Honors College, Dr. Cullis received his medical degree in 1979 with distinction in clinical pharmacology from the University of Birmingham, England. Dr. Cullis was Chief Neurology Resident at Wayne State University School of Medicine from 1982 to 1983, and he received his fellowship in electromyography there from 1983 to 1984. In 1984 he completed postgraduate training in movement disorders in the Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College Hospital Medical School in London, England. He is currently a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and holds board certifications in Neurology and with the American Society of Neurorehabilitation. Dr. Cullis is the Chief of Neurology at St. John Hospital and Director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic at St. John Hospital and Medical Center. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Leheta completed his undergraduate work at Wayne State University, then in 1983 received his medical degree from Nikolaus Copernicus Academy of Medicine in Krakow, Poland (Jagiellonian University Medical College). His postgraduate education included training in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, Residency in Neurology at University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, from 1986 to 1989, and a fellowship in epilepsy and neurophysiology at Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 1990. During his training as an epileptologist, he received several honors, including the junior Investigator Travel Awardee of the American Epilepsy Society (1990) and the Epilepsy Foundation of America, MERRITT PUTNAM Clinical Research Fellowship Award (1988). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as well as the American Society of Neuroimaging Comprehensive Neurosonology examination. In ad! dition to his appointment as President of Michigan Neurology Institute, he is Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
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 Michigan Neurology Institute - East, P.C.
25100 Kelly Road
St. John Office
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