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Lama Abdel Wahed, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Associate Residency Program Director
  • Associate Clerkship Director

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine, Damascus University, the Faculty of Medicine
  • Internship: University of Iowa, Department of Internal Medicine
  • Residency: University of Iowa, Department of Neurology
  • Fellowship: Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Diseases, University of Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Kothari DS, Tanenbaum ZG, Abdel-Wahed L, Cho TA, Hoffman HT. Palato-Pharyngo-Laryngeal Rhythmic Myoclonus in Neuro-Behcet Syndrome: A Case Report. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2022 Aug 23:34894221120124. doi: 10.1177/00034894221120124. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35997329.
  • Rettenmeier LA, Abdel-Wahed L, McKeon A, Groth CL. Paraneoplastic neuronal intermediate filament presenting as encephalopathy and myoclonus: a case report and literature review. J Neurol. 2022 May 23. doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11191-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35604468.
  • Rettenmeier LA, Abdel-Wahed L, Abdelmotilib H, Conway KS, Narayanan N, Groth CL. COVID-19-associated necrotizing encephalopathy presenting without active respiratory symptoms: a case report with histopathology. J Neurovirol. 2021 Dec 30;1-5. doi: 10.1007/s13365-021-01042-3. Epub 2021 Dec 30. PMID: 34970720; PMCID: PMC8718039.
  • Abdel-Wahed L, Cho TA. Diagnosis of CNS infections. In: Marra CM, Editor-in-Chief. MedLink Neurology. San Diego: MedLink LLC. Available at www.medlink.com. Updated: August 26th, 2021. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1725152. Epub 2021 May 24. PMID: 34030191.
  • Bathla G, Abdel-Wahed L, Agarwal A, Cho TA, Gupta S, Jones KA, Priya S, Soni N, Wasserman BA. Vascular Involvement in Neurosarcoidosis: Early Experiences From Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 Aug 4;8(6):e1063. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000001063. PMID: 34349028; PMCID: PMC8340434.
  • Abdel-Wahed L, Cho TA. Immune-Mediated Myelopathies: A Review of Etiologies, Diagnostic Approach, and Therapeutic Management. Semin Neurol. 2021 May 24.
  • Zsom A, Tsekhan S, Hamid T, Levin J, Truccolo W, LaFrance WC, Blum AS, Li P, Wahed LA, Shaikh MA, Sharma G, Ranieri R, Zhang L. Ictal autonomic activity recorded via wearable-sensors plus machine learning can discriminate epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul;2019:3502-3506.
  • Abdel-Wahed L, Shaban A, Hayakawa M, Limaye K. Retrieved Arterial Clot Helps Guide Antibiotic Therapy in Infective Endocarditis. Am J Med. 2019 Jun 21. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.05.031. Epub 2019 Jun 21. PMID: 31229432.
  • Mendez AA, Bosco A, Abdel-Wahed L, Palmer K, Jones KA, Killoran A.A Fatal Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis with Two False-Negative Polymerase Chain Reactions. Case Rep Neurol. 2018 Aug 29;10(2):217-222. doi: 10.1159/000492053. PMID: 30283319; PMCID: PMC6167650.