Mohamed Elkasaby, MD

About

Mohamed Elkasaby, MD, is a neurologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. He is trained in movement disorders and cognitive neurology. His special interests include Parkinson’s disease, dementia, tremor, dystonia, botulinum toxin injections and deep brain stimulation.

Dr. Elkasaby earned his medical degree from Ain Shams University in Egypt, where he completed his internship. He completed his neurology residency in Germany and worked as a neurology specialist there. He is board certified in neurology in Germany. He is a fellow of the European Board of Neurology.

He completed two years of clinical fellowship in movement disorders and neuromodulation at University Hospitals, and a clinical fellowship in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at University Hospitals.

Dr. Elkasaby has written several peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters focusing on movement disorders and dementia. Dr. Elkasaby has also served as a reviewer for prominent medical journals focusing on movement disorders and dementia. He is a Steering Committee Member at the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), which is a part of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Division of Neuroscience’s effort to facilitate the discovery, development and testing of new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, and is a part of Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Initiative as well. Dr. Elkasaby is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the European Academy of Neurology, the Movement Disorder Society and the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment.