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Michael Chilungu, M.D., M.B.A.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-1200

URMFGA member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

groupAn Accountable Health Partner

assignmentNot Accepting New Patients

Faculty Appointments

Patient Care Setting

Neurology

Biography

Professional Background

Michael W. Chilungu, MD, MBA is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Chilungu received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from the University of Buffalo. He completed clinical residency training in neurology at Case Western Reserve University, followed by fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Dr. Chilungu is currently one of the neurohospitalists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he is primarily responsible for the provision of neurologic care to hospitalized patients on the general neurology inpatient, consultation, and inpatient stroke services at the Medical Center. He staffs a rapid follow up outpatient clinic, designed to see patients recently discharged from the inpatient neurology service, and is significantly involved in resident and medical student teaching in the inpatient setting, as well as in the outpatient resident clinics.

Dr. Chilungu has additional interests in clinical neurophysiology, providing interpretation of inpatient, outpatient, and intraoperative EEGs at the Medical Center.

Credentials

Education

2003
MD | SUNY State University of New York-Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (USA)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009
Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at University of Rochester Medical Center

07/01/2005 - 06/30/2008
Residency in Neurology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center

07/01/2004 - 06/30/2005
Internship in Internal Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center

08/01/2000 - 06/30/2003
Medical School at University at Buffalo School of Management

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Awards

1998
Phi Beta Kappa
Sponsor: University of Buffalo

1996
University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Early Assurance Program

1994
University Honors Scholar
Sponsor: University of Buffalo

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Publications

Journal Articles

2/2012
Curfman D, Chilungu M, Daroff RB, Alshekhlee A, Chelimsky G, Chelimsky TC. "Syncopal migraine." Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society.. 2012 Feb; 22(1):17-23. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

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