Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas
Comprehensive clinical, neurophysiological, and pathological evaluation along with therapeutic intervention, teaching and research in a single location.
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The center is located in the 6624 Fannin Medical Tower, the hallmark of the Texas Medical Center which is the largest medical center in the world.
The Medical Director, Aziz Shaibani, MD, is affiliated with the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of the Texas Medical Center. Dr. Shaibani is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Neurology, Kansas University Medical Center, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Medicine and of the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is also certified in Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Shaibani is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), a title granted to physicians with distinguished achievements in Internal Medicine, and Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, and an active member of the American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Neurological Society, and Harris County Medical Society. Dr. Shaibani co-authored several book chapters, published many papers in peer reviewed journals and presented talks to local, national, and international neurology and neuromuscular meetings. His recent book, A Video Atlas of Neuromuscular Disorders won two prestigious international prizes and was reprinted twice. The Second Edition was released this year.
Dr. Shaibani is a past president of the Texas Neurological society and is the Course Director for the Annual Neuromuscular Seminar held since 2015.

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Dr. Shaibani has been elected to the best doctors in America since 2009. This list includes only 2% of physicians worldwide.
News from the Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas
November 2025
🏅 Lifetime Achievement Award — Texas Neurological Society
Dr. Aziz Shaibani will receive the Texas Neurological Society (TNS) Lifetime Achievement Award during the TNS Winter Conference (January 30 – February 2, 2026) in Austin, Texas.
Peer‑Reviewed Publications & Books
Peer‑Reviewed (2025)
Benedetti F, Thoen W, Shaibani A, Arduino C. Journal of Pain — Placebo nonresponders (experimental investigation).
Aggarwal R, Lundberg IE, Song YW, Shaibani A, et al. Arthritis & Rheumatology — Subcutaneous abatacept in active IIM (Phase 3 RCT).
Benedetti F, Shaibani A. Cardiology Clinics — Placebo, nocebo, and cardiovascular disease.
Accepted: Sertraline‑associated riboflavin‑responsive lipid storage myopathy (A. Taylor, A. Shaibani), Muscle & Nerve.
Placebo Effects in Neurology (Elsevier, 2025);
Placebo Responses in Neurologic Clinical Trials — Neurologic Clinics Series (Elsevier, 2025);
Coping with Myasthenia Gravis — 3rd ed., 1,700 copies sold; Video Atlas of Neuromuscular Disorders — 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press)
Announcements
“Coping with Myasthenia Gravis” is just released and it is a must to every patient with myasthenia gravis. An online complementary site is provided to those who get the book.

New Book
A Video Atlas of Neuromuscular Disorders (3nd Ed – 2024)
Has won the prestigious PROSE award

“A Video Atlas of Neuromuscular Disorders” won first prize in the annual British Medical Association awards, Neurology – Non-Surgical category