Ali Shalash, MD, PhD

• Atypical Parkinson's
• Genetics of Parkinson’s
• Advanced Parkinson’s therapies
• Biomarker assessment
• Clinical
• Parkinson's disease
• YOPD

Ali Shalash graduated from the faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 1998, completed his PhD in 2007, and his professorship of neurology in 2017. He received short fellowships in movement disorders in the UK and Germany. Ali is the founder of the first movement disorders group and clinic at his institute and country and is currently the head of the Ain Shams Movement Disorders group and co-chair of the movement disorders chapter of the Egyptian Society of Neurology.
Ali led distinguished national and international clinical research and published several papers in high-impact journals in different fields of movement disorders, particularly Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor and collaborated with international experts in several publications. He is the founder of the Egyptian Parkinson’s disease research group, which conducted multicenter national studies He received awards from his country and institute, and the Movement Disorders Society (MDS) for his remarkable scientific contribution.
Ali organized and created several national and international, live and online educational activities in the field of movement disorders. Recently, Ali has participated as a consultant with the WHO for the launching of Parkinson’s Disease: A Public Health Approach: Technical Brief and PD Global Disparities 2022, and WHO Report; Improving Access to medicines for Neurological Disorders 2024.
Currently, Ali is the chair of the MDS-Africa education committee, the current Chair-elect of the MDS-Africa section and associate editor of movement disorders clinical practice.