Zachary London MD

Zachary Nathaniel London, M.D. is a Professor in the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. London grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University in 1997. He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, graduating in 2001. He completed a Preliminary Medicine Internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor in 2001, followed by Neurology Residency at the University of Michigan. After graduation from residency, he did a one-year fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology/EMG at the University of Michigan. He joined the University of Michigan faculty as a neuromuscular neurologist in 2006 and has served as Program Director of the neurology residency program. Dr. London’s scholarly focus is the development of interactive educational tools, with a focus on educational board games. He is the founder of Neurd Games, which includes popular titles such as The Lesion: Charcot’s Tournament, The Plexus, Endowed Chairs: Neurology, Formaina, and Field Cut. He also created EMG Whiz, a popular web-based EMG training simulator, and mobile applications to teach the tenets of neuroanatomic localization.

He has published online learning modules for the American Academy of Neurology and other national organizations, in addition to traditional publishing research regarding medical education and electrodiagnostic studies. Dr. London has been recognized with numerous national teaching awards, including the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) A.B. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurologic Education in 2023, The American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Innovation Award in 2021, and the American Neurological Association (ANA) Distinguished Teacher Award in 2017. At the University of Michigan, he received the 2013 Silver Shovel Award, the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize in 2015, and, in 2017, the Kaiser Permanente Award. Departmental honors include the Status Pedagogicus Award in 2008 and the James Albers Collegiate Professorship in 2018. He has been an honorary member of the GALENS medical society for most years since 2011. Dr. London regularly speaks at national meetings on topics of medical education, game development, and clinical neurophysiology. He has served as chair or member of committees and workgroups for the AAN, ANA, AANEM, and ACGME, including serving as the Chair of the Consortium of Neurology Program Directors. Outside his work, Zach London is a founding board member of the Penny Seats Theatre Company in Ann Arbor.