Deema Fattal, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Balance Disorders Clinic
Education
Higher Education:
BS, (Physics) American University of Beirut
MD, American University of Beirut
Post-graduate Medical Education:
Internship in Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, PGY1
Residency in Neurology, Saint Louis University, PGY2
Residency in Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, PGY3&4
Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology, UI Hospitals & Clinics
Training in Neuro-Otology, University of Pittsburgh
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Honors and Awards
1989 — BS in Physics with high distinction
1993 — MD degree with distinction
1995-97 — Award of the resident with outstanding teaching for two consecutive years
2002 — Above and Beyond Call of Duty Award, University of Iowa
2004-05 — Director, Balance and Gait Disorders, AAN Annual Meeting
2004-07 — Medical Care Seminar to Law Students, presenter: The Vegetative State, UI
2005 — Annual Refresher Course for the Family Physician, presenter: Primary Care Evaluation of Dizziness, UI
2006 — Federal Award (Veterans Administration Medical Center): position performance upgrade for patient work and teaching
Professional Activities/Editorial Boards
Professional and Academic Positions:
Director, Balance Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, U of I College of Medicine
Assistant Professor (Clinical) Department of Neurology, U of I College of Medicine
Staff Physician/Clinical Consultant, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City IA
Professional Affiliations:
American Academy of Neurology, AAN
Behavioral Neurology Section of AAN
Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology Section of AAN
Women in Neurology Section of AAN
Professional Service:
Oral Board Examiner for American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical and Research Interests
Balance and Gait Disorders Related to Cerebral dysfunction
Balance in Traumatic Brain Injury
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Recent Publications/Reviews/Clinical Trials
Publications:
Denburg N, Shivapour D, Wright J, Tranel D, Howard M, Fattal D. Neuropsychological Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Post Shunt Surgery, in submission, 2007.
Hsu S, Chaloupka J, Fattal D. Rapidly Progressive Fatal Bihemispheric Infarction Secondary to Moyamoya Syndrome in Association with Graves' Thyrotoxicosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 27, 643-47, 2006.
Fattal D. Balance and Gait Disorders. Publication: American Academy of Neurology, 2005.
Fattal D, Rizzo M. The vestibular system and cognition. In: Principles and Practice of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology. Rizzo, Matthew and Eslinger, Paul, Eds. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, Mosby, Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
Fattal D. Balance and Gait Disorders. Medlink Corporation. Retrieved from www.medlink.com/medlinkhome/info_serv.htm. Available January 2004.
Clinical Trials
Principal Investigator, "Differentiating Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus from Vascular Parkinsonism Using Motion Analysis and Diffusion Tensor Imaging".
Summary: Differentiating Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Vascular Parkinsonism Patients using MRI-Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Gait Analysis. 07/01/06-06/30/08
Principal Investigator, "Diffusion Tensor Imaging Abnormalities as Predictor of Gait and Cognitive Dysfunction in mild Traumatic Brain Injury".
Summary: Using MRI-Diffusion Tensor in mTBI to assess relationship between the MRI changes with gait and cognitive changes in MTBI. 07/01/06-06/30/08
Consultant, "Prefrontal Brain Structures, Aging, and Decision-Making".
Summary: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award investigating the hypothesis that some seemingly normal older personals (i.e. without overt neurological or psychiatric disease) have deficits in reasoning and decision-making, due to hypofunction in a neural system which includes the ventromedial prefrontal cortices. 8/1/04-07/31/09 (Denburg, PI)
In the News
Address
Office: Department of Neurology; 2157 RCP, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-356-8753
Fax: 319-356-4505
E-mail: deema-fattal@uiowa.edu
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