Ali Fatemi

Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Dr. Fatemi is a pediatric neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. He is the head of the Experimental Cellular Therapy Program for Cerebral Palsy and the Neurogenetics Clinical Program. In the clinic, he evaluates children with cerebral palsy to identify the underlying cause of their disability. In the laboratory, he and his team investigates the role of various stem cells and precursor cells in animal models of childhood brain injuries.