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Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Research Associate, Population Aging Research Center
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department: Neurology

Contact information
423 Guardian Drive
Blockley Hall 829
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S. (Biology)
Yale University, 2008.
M.H.S. (Epidemiology)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012.
M.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2013.
Post-Graduate Training
Internal Medicine Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2014.
Neurology Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2017.
Samantha and Michael Jordan Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania / Scheie Eye Institute / Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017-2018.
Neuroepidemiology Post-Doctoral Training Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2018-2020.
NeuroNEXT Clinical Research Fellows Training Program, University of Pennnsylvania, 2019-2020.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2017.
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Selected Publications

Rummey C, Ashizawa T, Billnitzer A, Davis M, Dietiker C, Duquette A, Geshwind M, Gupta A, Gomez C, Hamedani AG, Onyike C, Opal P, Paulson H, Perlman S, Schmahmann JD, Stephen C, Subramony SH, Srinivasan S, Wilmot GC, Zesiewicz T, Kuo SH, Rosenthal LS, Shakottai V, Moore L : SARA Progression Characteristics of SCA 1, 2, 3, and 6 in the CRC-SCA Natural History Study. International Conference on Ataxia Research November 2024.

Rosenthal LS, Rummey C, Ashizawa T, Billnitzer A, Davis M, Dietiker C, Duquette A, Geshwind M, Gupta A, Gomez C, Hamedani AG, Onyike C, Opal P, Paulson H, Perlman S, Schmahmann JD, Stephen C, Subramony SH, Srinivasan S, Wilmot GC, Zesiewicz T, Moore L, Kuo SH, Shakottai V : The North American Ataxia Natural History Study: Focus on biomarkers and other outcome measures. International Conference on Ataxia Research November 2024.

Peppel L, Lai R, Opal P, Schmahmann JD, Gomez CM, Paulson H, Zesiewicz TA, Perlman S, Wilmot G, Ying SH, Onyike CU, Bushara KO, Geschwind MD, Figueroa KP, Pulst SM, Subramony SH, Duquette A, Ashizawa T, Hamedani AG, Davis MY, Srinivasan SR, Burns MR, Moore L, Shakkottai VG, Rosenthal LS, Kuo SH, Lin CR: Increased Risk of Suicidal Ideation in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxias. International Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Society September 2024.

Hamedani AG, Chang AY, Chen Y, Vanderbeek BL: Disparities in glaucoma and macular degeneration healthcare utilization among persons living with dementia in the United States. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology May 2024 Notes: Platform presentation.

Chen-Plotkin A, Tropea TF, Hartstone W, Amari N, Baum D, Rick J, Suh E, Zhang H, Paul R, Han N, Zack R, Brody E, Albuja I, James J, Spindler M, Deik A, Aamodt W, Dahodwala N, Hamedani AG, Lasker A, Hurtig H, Stern M, Weintraub D, Vaswani P, Willis AW, Siderowf A, Xie S, Van Deerlin V: Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Parkinson’s disease at the clinic-wide level. npj Parkinson's Disease 3(10): 97, May 2024.

Peppel L, Lai R, Opal P, Schmahmann JD, Gomez CM, Paulson H, Zesiewicz TA, Perlman S, Wilmot G, Ying SH, Onyike CU, Bushara KO, Geschwind MD, Figueroa KP, Pulst SM, Subramony SH, Duquette A, Ashizawa T, Hamedani AG, Davis MY, Srinivasan SR, Burns MR, Moore L, Shakkottai VG, Rosenthal LS, Kuo SH, Lin CR: Increased Risk of Suicidal Ideation in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxias. American Academy of Neurology April 2024.

Lai RY, Rummey C, Amlang CJ, Lin CR Chen TX, Perlman S, Wilmot G, GomeCM, Schmahmann J, Paulson H, Ying SH, Onyike CU, Zesiewicz T, Bushara K, Geschwind M, Figueroa KP, Hamedani AG, Pulst SM, Subramony SH, Burns MR, Opal P, Duquette A, Ashizawa T, Moore L, Shakkotai VG, Rosenthal LS, Kuo SH: Fatigue Impacts Quality of Life in People with Spinocerebellar Ataxias. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice in press 2024.

Hamedani AG, Pham Nguyen TP, Willis AW, Tazare J: Application of high-dimensional propensity score methods to the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences in press 2024.

Hamedani AG, Chang AY, Chen Y, Vanderbeek BL: Disparities in glaucoma and macular degeneration healthcare utilization among persons living with dementia in the United States. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology in press 2024.

Pham Nguyen TP, Thibault D, Hamedani AG, Willis AW: Attitudes and beliefs towards medication burden and deprescribing in Parkinson disease. BMC Neurology in press 2024.

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