Ali Fatemi, MD
Pediatric Neurology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Ali Fatemi
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Neurology
Background
Dr. Fatemi received his medical degree from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria in 1999. After graduation, he served as a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Medical Chemistry in Vienna and at the Department of Pediatrics at the Vienna General Hospital. He then moved to the United States to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in neurogenetics and neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001.
During this initial period, Dr. Fatemi collaborated with a team of scientists and developed new imaging methods in patients with leukodystrophies (rare genetic diseases that affect the brain's white matter) and coordinated an internet-2 based imaging network for these diseases. He then left Kennedy Krieger Institute to train in general pediatrics and then completed a child neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fatemi returned to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2008 as faculty.
He is a member of the Child Neurology Society, the International Child Neurology Association, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Academy of Neurology and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He has served as ad hoc reviewer for the Journals Child Development and American Journal of Neuroradiology.
Centers and Institutes
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Neonatal Neurology
Research Summary
Dr. Fatemi is also a research scientist who focuses on genetic and acquired conditions that lead to cerebral palsy. In the laboratory, his team has developed a number of animal models of neonatal brain injury with a focus on testing different therapeutic interventions including stem cell therapies in these models. He has authored over 20 scientific articles and several book chapters and has co-edited a book on leukodystrophies.
Selected Publications
A Diagnostic Approach for Cerebral Palsy in the Genomic Era. Lee RW, Poretti A, Cohen JS, Levey E, Gwynn H, Johnston MV, Hoon AH, Fatemi A. Neuromolecular Med. 2014 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:25280894
A novel variant in GABRB2 associated with intellectual disability and epilepsy. Srivastava S, Cohen J, Pevsner J, Aradhya S, McKnight D, Butler E, Johnston M, Fatemi A. Am J Med Genet A. 2014 Nov;164(11):2914-21. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36714. Epub 2014 Aug 13. PMID:25124326
Clinical whole exome sequencing in child neurology practice. Srivastava S, Cohen JS, Vernon H, Barañano K, McClellan R, Jamal L, Naidu S, Fatemi A. Ann Neurol. 2014 Oct;76(4):473-83. doi: 10.1002/ana.24251. Epub 2014 Aug 30. PMID:25131622
Pathologic role of glial nitric oxide in adult and pediatric neuroinflammatory diseases. Ghasemi M, Fatemi A. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2014 Sep;45:168-82. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.06.002. Epub 2014 Jun 13. PMID:24933692
Systemic Injection of CD34+-Enriched Human Cord Blood Cells Modulates Poststroke Neural and Glial Response in a Sex-Dependent Manner in CD1 Mice. Kadam SD, Chen H, Markowitz GJ, Raja S, George S, Shotwell E, Loechelt B, Johnston MV, Kamani N, Fatemi A, Comi AM. Stem Cells Dev. 2014 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:25121827
Neurogenetics Fatemi A. Semin Neurol. 2014 Jul;34(3):237. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1386761. Epub 2014 Sep 5. No abstract available. PMID:25192501
Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
- Child Neurology Foundation
- Child Neurology Society
- International Child Neurology Association
- International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Society for Neuroscience
Locations
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- 707 North Broadway, Neurology Department, Baltimore, MD 21205
- phone: 443-923-2750
- fax: 443-923-2775
Expertise
Education
Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency, Neurology, 2008SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency, Pediatrics, 2005Medical University of Vienna
Medical Education, MD, 1999Board Certifications
Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2022Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)