Ali R. Rezai, M.D.

Chairman, Center for Neurological Restoration
Director, Brain Neuromodulation Center
Jane and Lee Seidman Chair in Functional Neurosurgery
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Ali Rezai, M.D. joined the faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) in January 2000.  His research focus and clinical area of expertise is in the neurosurgical management of patients with intractable movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and dystonia, psychiatric conditions such as depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain, and traumatic brain injury conditions.  Dr. Rezai has been named as one of the best doctors in America in Castle and Connolly’s guide to America’s Top Doctors for 2001 and 2005 and he holds five patents for surgical techniques and neuromodulation devices.

Dr. Rezai has published over 80 articles and over 20 book chapters. He serves on several editorial boards including Neurosurgery Journal and edited a book on neurosurgery for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Dr. Rezai has given over 250 lectures nationally and internationally, and chaired numerous symposia in functional neurosurgery. Dr. Rezai holds the Jane and Lee Seidman Chair in Functional Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and is the recent recipient of NorTech’s annual Innovation Award in 2005, the Bottrell Neurosurgical Award, The Congress of Neurological Surgeons Clinical Fellowship Award, and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Investigator Award.

Prior to joining CCF, Dr. Rezai was the director of the Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at New York University Medical Center.  He earned his medical degree with honors from the University of Southern California and underwent neurosurgical training at New York University.  Subsequently he completed his sub-specialty training in functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.