 
                Ahmed Zayed Obeidat, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Locations
- Froedtert Hospital
- Neuroscience Center – Specialty Clinics
Specialties
- Neurology
Languages
- English, Arabic
New & Established Patients Call
Education
- MD - Doctor of Medicine
- PhD
Research Experience
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant, Newborn
- Jordan
- Male
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neural Tube Defects
Clinical Expertise
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant, Newborn
- Jordan
- Male
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neural Tube Defects
- Neuromyelitis Optica
Methodologies and Techniques
- Adult
- Electrophysiology
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant, Newborn
- Jordan
- Male
- Motor Neurons
- Neural Tube Defects
- Renshaw Cells
- Synapses
Leadership Positions
- A Nominated Member of Wright State University for the American Association for theAdvancement of Science/ Program for Excellence in Science, 2011 – Present.
- Appointed to the Board of Directors of Global Music and Wellness (a non-profit organization based in Cincinnati, OH) – current term: January 2018 - January2021
- Chair, Graduate Student Assembly Research Symposium Organizing Committee, 2012.
- Co-Chair - the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers MS Professionals-in-Training Special Interest Group (MS-PiT), (2016 – Present)
- Co-Chair of “Presidential Search Committee”. Society for Arab Neuroscientists (2016)
- Elected by Wright State University for membership in The Phi Kappa Phi HonorSociety: Top 10% in each Graduate program, 2010 – Present.
- Elected to represent Jordan University of Science & Technology in the 24th PlenarySession of the Interaction Council, under the patronage of King Abdullah II. Dead Sea, Jordan, 5/2006.
- Elected to represent Jordan University of Science and Technology in the “East-WestInitiative,” student leadership forum, held at the Marriott Hotel Amman, Jordan, 6/2008.
- Elected to serve as the “Secretary” for the First International Brain Research Organization(IBRO) – United Arab Emirates neuroscience school, Al Ain, UAE, 1/2007.
- International Online Medical Conference Abstract Review Committee, 2008, 2009.
- Invited to serve as the discussion leader for the session of “Interneurons in Health andDisease” during the “Inhibition in the CNS” Gordon Research Conference, Lewiston,ME, 8/2015.
- Member of Student Board Committee of the 1st and 2nd International OnlineMedical Conference (2008, 2009).
Educational Expertise
- Humans
- Incidence
- Jordan
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neural Tube Defects
- Neuromyelitis Optica
Publications
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                            (Alrabadi B, Marouf M, Bandak N, Refai Y, Alhassan L, Alghzawi Y, Obeidat AZ.) Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2025 Nov;258:109170 PMID: 41110904 10/20/2025 
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                            (Mowry EM, Qian P, Meador W, Lynch S, Narayan R, Borazanci A, Robertson D, Qureshi S, Graves J, Silversteen J, Esch M, Tornes L, Riley C, Kaisey M, Sicotte N, Pawate S, Gyang T, Rempe T, Obeidat AZ, Ganesh G, Ryerson LZ, Smith T, Rose J, Carass A, Chalayon O, Kruse-Hoyer M, Salami M, Liu A, Dewey B, Chen JM, Ogburn E, Koch C, Prince J, Cassard SD, Newsome SD, treat-MS Trial Team.) Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Oct 22:108117 PMID: 41135813 10/25/2025 
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                            (Hart PH, Emig CJ, Obeidat AZ, Trend S, Kermode AG, Qureshi F, MacMahon J.) Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Oct 04;104:106788 PMID: 41075342 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105018119910 10/12/2025 
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                            (Sabet H, Zanaty MA, Arafa A, El-Moslemani M, Olama SM, Saleh MGA, Abbas A, Obeidat AZ.) Neurol Sci. 2025 Aug;46(8):3477-3490 PMID: 40229470 PMCID: PMC12267325 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105002433414 04/15/2025 
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                            (Obeidat A, Sotirchos E, Tkachuk V, Kim HJ, Przybyl L, Fam S.) Neurology. 2025 Apr 08;104(7_Supplement_1):1837 PMID: 40194099 04/07/2025 
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                            (Gurski CJ, Hajiyeva Z, Veltri AJ, Fenton K, O'Dell S, Obeidat AZ, Dittel BN.) J Neuroimmunol. 2025 Feb 15;399:578519 PMID: 39731832 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85213253349 12/29/2024 
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                            (Gurski CJ, Hajiyeva Z, Veltri AJ, Fenton K, O'Dell S, Obeidat AZ, Dittel BN.) J Neuroimmunol. 2025 Feb 15;399:578502 PMID: 39643951 PMCID: PMC12076485 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85211034715 12/07/2024 
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                            Clinical decision support improves autoimmune/paraneoplastic antibody panel utilization. (Nerenz RD, Hooshmand SI, Jackowiak E, Shirilla D, Yang Y, Yang K, Obeidat AZ.) Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Jan 28;163(1):109-120 PMID: 39255415 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85217064358 09/10/2024 
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                            (Gales SM, Obeidat AZ, Neall A, Lloyd KA, Belviso N, Levin S, Bozin I, Mendoza JP, Lewin JB, Kornberg MD.) Brain Disorders. June 2025;18 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004586449 06/01/2025 
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                            (Montalban X, Vermersch P, Arnold DL, Bar-Or A, Cree BAC, Cross AH, Kubala Havrdova E, Kappos L, Stuve O, Wiendl H, Wolinsky JS, Dahlke F, Le Bolay C, Shen Loo L, Gopalakrishnan S, Hyvert Y, Javor A, Guehring H, Tenenbaum N, Tomic D, evolutionRMS investigators.) Lancet Neurol. 2024 Nov;23(11):1119-1132 PMID: 39307151 09/23/2024 
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                            (Abboud H, Subei A, Sengul B, Shin RK, Goulette P, Walch R, Coté J, Pace R, Obeidat AZ, Ferayorni L, Gholizadeh S.) Front Immunol. 2024;15:1526563 PMID: 39867894 PMCID: PMC11757099 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85215693085 01/27/2025 
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                            Cardiac events in the setting of ofatumumab treatment: An association or A Co-incidence? (Hamna Khan, Michelle Maynard, Ahmed Z Obeidat.) Neuroimmunology Reports. Khan, Hamna, Michelle Maynard, and Ahmed Z. Obeidat. Cardiac events in the setting of ofatumumab treatment: An association or A Co-incidence?. Neuroimmunology Reports 6 (2024): 100228. 12/01/2024