Amit was born in Montreal, Canada. Amit began to fulfill his dream with educational preparation at the University of South Carolina Honors College. He later earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Emory University in Atlanta and was then admitted to the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine, from which he received a doctor of medicine degree in 2002.
He completed his neurology residency at the University of Alabama Hospital, serving as chief neurology resident in the program from 2005 to 2006. Amit completed an additional year as an Epilepsy Fellow at UAB. Throughout his Neurology Residency, Amit was recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the Ortho-McNeil Top Scholar Epilepsy Award and the American Epilepsy Society’s National EpiFellows Award in 2006. He was board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 2007.
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