Dr. Adetoun Musa serves as the AIM-AHEAD Fellow at the Texas Kidney Foundation (TKF), where she leads pioneering research at the intersection of chronic kidney disease, cardiometabolic health, and neurological outcomes. A double board-certified neurologist and epileptologist, Dr. Musa combines clinical expertise, innovation, and community engagement to advance TKF’s prevention-first mission.
Dr. Musa earned her B.A. in Neuroscience and M.D. from the University of Virginia, completed her internship at Rush University, and trained in Neurology at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where she was honored as Resident of the Year in 2013. She later completed a fellowship in Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology at Hofstra/Northwell. She has served as Director of the Epilepsy Center of Excellence (ECoE) at the Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital and as Site Director for the Neurology Residency Program, before moving into broader leadership in clinical practice and research.
Through her TKF AIM-AHEAD Fellowship, Dr. Musa directs the project “Extraction of Datamarkers of Health and Neurological Sequelae in Cardiometabolic Disease: An Epidemiogenetic Study using AI/ML.” Drawing on TKF’s 14,561-participant dataset and NIH’s All of Us dataset of 200,000 participants, she examines the links between kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity with neurological outcomes such as dementia and epilepsy. Her team’s findings show that creatinine, age, BMI, blood pressure, and diabetes are strong predictors of kidney and neurobehavioral outcomes, while race is not—underscoring the urgent need for precision biomarkers in place of race-based assumptions. Early AI/ML models have demonstrated promising predictive accuracy for epilepsy (AUC ~0.74) and dementia (AUC ~0.75), offering a pathway toward more personalized and equitable care.
Beyond her fellowship, Dr. Musa is the Co-founder and CEO of the Kingdom Healing Institute, a direct-care specialty practice, and Co-founder and Chairwoman of The Kingdom Healthcare System, a nonprofit that provides free screenings, counseling, and affordable care through neighborhood-based health fairs and clinics. Known for her philosophy of personalized, holistic, and faith-integrated medicine, she has earned perfect patient ratings for compassion, listening, and empowerment. She also continues to serve as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at UT Health San Antonio and faculty at the University of the Incarnate Word, where she mentors the next generation of healthcare professionals.
At TKF, Dr. Musa embodies the promise of AIM-AHEAD—leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce health disparities, advance equity, and deliver healthier futures for Texans and beyond.