Ali Ghanem, MD MSc

| Essential Tremor Researcher @utswneurology | | MSc Global Health @UCLGlobalHealth | PGY-1 @HenryFordNeuro 🧠 |

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

Thrilled beyond words!
I'm glad to announce that I've matched into Neurology residency at @HenryFordNeuro.
This wouldn't have been possible without the tremendous support from my family, friends, and mentors who have believed in me since day one!

#Match2024 #neuromatch

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Do you know the essential tremor medication treatment updates for 2026? Spoiler alert: Medications for essential tremor are not awesome. Do treatment conversations need a reset? Essential tremor is one of the most common movement disorders and it results in action tremor that more commonly shows up when the hands are being used. Dash and colleagues describe in a new paper in Movement Disorders, an updated evidence-based review from the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society examining medical treatments for essential tremor. The group applied modern standards.
Key Points:
- Propranolol, primidone, topiramate and botulinum toxin showed tremor improvement in more than one trial, however the overall evidence quality was low.
- Many commonly used medications were supported by small studies w/ short follow-up and there were frequent methodological limitations.
- Using updated GRADE criteria, no available medical therapy met the threshold for confident efficacy due mostly to bias and imprecision.
My take: This is an important and sobering update. Essential tremor is common, disabling and frequently under-treated, yet our evidence base has not kept pace w/ the clinical need. Treatments do not help some folks, and we urgently need better designed, longer and more meaningful trials.
Here are 5 points that resonated w/ me:
1- Essential tremor remains a high burden condition affecting daily function and quality of life.
2- Widely used medications may help some folks, however the strength of evidence is weaker than many assume.
3- Short trials and small sample sizes continue to limit confidence in treatment recommendations.
4- Shared decision making matters and should incorporate benefits, side effects and individual goals.
5- The future of essential tremor medicines will depend on higher quality trials and innovation beyond incremental drug testing.
https://t.co/vfXtIsdjM1 @FixelInstitute @ParkinsonDotOrg #parkinson @tremorjournal @essentialtremor

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[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

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[Henry Ford Neuroscience @HenryFordNeuro]

The Henry Ford Health Department of Neurology is thrilled to introduce our incoming residents, the Class of 2029! Please join us in welcoming them to the Henry Ford Health Neurosciences family.

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

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[Henry Ford Neuroscience @HenryFordNeuro]

Please join us in welcoming our new Neurology resident class who had their orientation today. Welcome to the Neurosciences family! @IramZamanDO @DrAliNeuro

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

Special thanks to my mentor, Dr. Elan D. Louis, and all our co-authors!

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

Excited to share my latest publication in Annals of Neurology @ANA_journals
We present the most complete exposition of the longitudinal trajectory of cognitive impairment in an essential tremor cohort to date.
Link: https://t.co/MunQmNN8FQ
@WileyNeuro @UTSWNeurology @UTSWBrain

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

https://t.co/MunQmNMAQi

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

Our latest publication in Annals of Neurology @ANA_journals on the rates of Dementia and MCI in a prospective cohort of Essential Tremor patients. @WileyNeuro @WileyGlobal

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#Trending, don't miss out on what folks are reading: "Prevalence of and Annual Conversion Rates to Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Prospective, Longitudinal Study of an Essential Tremor Cohort" @TheNewANA1 @WileyNeuro

[Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements Journal @tremorjournal]

2 rating scales for ET- WHIGET, originally developed to differentiate ET from physiologic tremor, and TETRAS- were found to be highly comparable. Good news when comparing clinic visit assessments or research studies utilizing these 2 different scales! #Tremor #MovementDisorders

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

@anouti_ahmad Thank you!

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

Excited to share our latest publication in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements!
We examined the comparability of tremor severity ratings between the WHIGET and TETRAS tremor rating scales. Our data indicated that ratings provided by each scale are highly comparable.

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

https://t.co/ABLQgfLAqu

#EssentialTremor #MovementDisorders
#Research #Neurology

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[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

@anouti_ahmad @UTSWPedsRes @LisaVWMD @DrDrNatasha @TCotterMD Congrats Ahmad, well earned!

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

@HusseinZalzale @PittPsychiatry @TharickAPascoal Congrats Bro! Well deserved!!

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

@razan_el_sayed Well deserved Razan!! Congrats.

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

@TahaZidan97 @HenryFordNeuro Thank you!

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

Thrilled beyond words!
I'm glad to announce that I've matched into Neurology residency at @HenryFordNeuro.
This wouldn't have been possible without the tremendous support from my family, friends, and mentors who have believed in me since day one!

#Match2024 #neuromatch

[Ali Ghanem, MD MSc @AliGh97]

@AhmedReda162003 @HenryFordNeuro Thanks!