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
Blockley Hall 829
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Graduate Group Affiliations
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.
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.
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.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2017.
Selected Publications
Lawton C, Mendoza M, Hamedani AG, Wolfe GI, Suh J, Kupersmith M, Barnett-Tapia C: Evaluation of Measures for Ocular Manifestations in Myasthenia Gravis. Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America May 2025.Li M, Thibault D, Hamedani AG: Accounting for discordance between self-reported and performance-based measures of vision in population-based aging research. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology May 2025 Notes: Platform presentation.
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: Suicidal Ideation in Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences May 2025.
Xu A, Li M, Hamedani AG: Visual scanning and falls in older adults: the Mexico Health and Aging Study. American Geriatrics Society May 2025.
Huang A, Hamedani AG: Visual impairment, age-related eye disease, and sleep dysfunction in older adults. American Academy of Neurology April 2025.
Fraz MA, Kim BM, Chen JJ, Lum F, Chen J, Liu GT, Hamedani AG on behalf of the SOURCE Consortium: Nationwide prevalence and geographic variation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension among women in the United States. Ophthalmology 132(4): 476-483, Apr 2025.
Barnett-Tapia C, Lawton C, Mendoza M, Hamedani AG, Wolfe GI, Suh J, Kupersmith M: Evaluation of Measures for Ocular Manifestations in Myasthenia Gravis. American Academy of Neurology April 2025.
Huang AY, Ehrlich JR, Hamedani AG: Visual impairment, age-related eye disease, and sleep dysfunction in older adults Eye Apr 2025.
Vizcarra JA, Casey HL, Hamedani AG, Gomez CM: Reliability of Remote Video Ratings of the Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 132, Mar 2025.
Otinkorang K, Vizcarra Pasapera J, Hamedani AG on behalf of the CRC-SCA Consortium: Double vision in the spinocerebellar ataxias: prevalence, risk factors, and association with falls. North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society February 2025.