Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS

Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research is focused around the role of visual dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disease outcomes (especially hallucinations and other neurocognitive sequelae) using national health surveys and administrative claims data. He has also examined the prevalence and health care utilization patterns associated with visual impairment in the older adult population. He obtained his MD at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He also holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. After completing his neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hamedani obtained fellowship training in both neuro-ophthalmology and movement disorders.