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Dimah Saade, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology

Education

  • BS in Biology, American University of Beirut
  • MD in Medicine, American University of Beirut
  • Resident in Pediatric Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Fellow in Neuromuscular Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Clinical Research Fellow, NINDS, NINDCS

Licenses & Certifications

  • Permanent Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa, United States
  • Board Certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Board Certified in Neuromuscular Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Selected Publications

  • Iyer A., Saade D., et al. (2021). ‘Ethical Challenges for a New Wave of Early-Phase Pediatric Gene Therapy Trials". Genetics in Medicine (accepted).
  • Diana X. Bharucha-Goebel, Gina Norato, Dimah Saade, Eduardo Paredes, Victoria Biancavilla, Sandra Donkervoort, Rupleen Kaur, Tanya Lehky, Margaret Fink, Diane Armao, Steven J. Gray, Melissa Waite, Sarah Debs, Gilberto Averion, Ying Hu, Wadih Zein, A. Reghan Foley, Minal Jain,  Carsten G. Bönnemann. ‘Giant Axonal Neuropathy: Cross Sectional Analysis of a Large Natural History Cohort’. Brain (accepted).
  • James J. Dowling, Hernan D. Gonorazky, Dimah N. Saadé, Michael W. Lawlor, and Darryl C. De Vivo. (2021). Merritt's Neurology-Wolters Kluwer, Ch147.
  • Marshall, K. L., Saadé, D, et al. (2020). "PIEZO2 in sensory neurons and urothelial cells coordinates urination." Nature 588(7837): 290-295.
  • Saade, D. N., et al. (2019). "The Use of Muscle Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders of Muscle in the Age of Next Generation Genetics." Seminars in Pediatric Neurology 29: 44-54.
  • Nagi, S. S., Marshall AG, Makdani A, Jarocka E, Liljencrantz J, Ridderström M, Shaikh S, O'Neill F, Saade D, Donkervoort S, Foley AR, Minde J, Trulsson M, Cole J, Bönnemann CG, Chesler AT, Bushnell MC, McGlone F, Olausson H. (2019). "An ultrafast system for signaling mechanical pain in human skin." Science Advances 5(7).
  • Mohassel, P., Liewluck T, Hu Y, Ezzo D, Ogata T, Saade D, Neuhaus S, Bolduc V, Zou Y, Donkervoort S, Medne L, Sumner CJ, Dyck PJB, Wierenga KJ, Tennekoon G, Finkel RS, Chen J, Winder TL, Foley AR, Kock M, Bönnemann CG. (2019). "Dominant collagen XII mutations cause a distal myopathy." Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 6(10): 1980-1988.
  • Estañ, M. C., Fernández-Núñez E, Zaki MS, Esteban MI, Donkervoort S, Hawkins C, Caparros-Martin JA, Saade D, Hu Y, Bolduc V, Chao KR, Nevado J, Lamuedra A, Largo R, Herrero-Beaumont G, Regadera J, Hernandez-Chico C, Tizzano EF, Martinez-Glez V, Carvajal JJ, Zong R, Nelson DL, Otaify GA, Temtamy S, Aglan M, Issa M, Bönnemann CG, Lapunzina P, Yoon G, Ruiz-Perez VL (2019). "Recessive mutations in muscle-specific isoforms of FXR1 cause congenital multi-minicore myopathy." Nature Communications 10(1).
  • Donkervoort, S., Sabouny  R, Yun P, Gauquelin L, Chao KR, Hu Y, Al Khatib I, Töpf A, Mohassel P, Cummings BB, Kaur R, Saade D, Moore SA, Waddell LB, Farrar MA, Goodrich JK, Uapinyoying P, Chan SHS, Javed A, Leach ME, Karachunski P, Dalton J, Medne L, Harper A, Thompson C, Thiffault I, Specht S, Lamont RE, Saunders C, Racher H, Bernier FP, Mowat D, Witting N, Vissing J, Hanson R, Coffman KA, Hainlen M, Parboosingh JS, Carnevale A, Yoon G, Schnur RE; Care4Rare Canada Consortium, Boycott KM, Mah JK, Straub v, Foley AR, Innes AM, Bönnemann CG, Shutt TE.  (2019). "MSTO1 mutations cause mtDNA depletion, manifesting as muscular dystrophy with cerebellar involvement." Acta Neuropathologica 138(6): 1013-1031.
  • Ahmad, O. F., Saadé, D, et al. (2019). "Utility of neuromuscular ultrasound for electromyographic needle localization within diseased muscle." Muscle and Nerve 60(6): E38-E40.