Ali G. Hamedani, MD, MHS specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of visual symptoms from neurologic disease, including optic nerve disorders (e.g. optic neuritis, ischemic optic neuropathy), visual field loss, double vision, abnormal eye movements, unequal pupil size, and eyelid abnormalities. Dr. Hamedani is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed his internship and a neurology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and a fellowship in neuro-opthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania/ Scheie Eye Institute. Prior to medical school, Dr. Hamedani received an MHS in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Hamedani has a particular clinical interest in visual symptoms and neuro-ophthalmic biomarkers in Parkinson disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, and his research uses national health surveys and administrative claims data to understand how vision affects outcomes and quality of life in older adults.
Board certified in neurology, Dr Hamedani sees patients at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and Pennsylvania Hospital.