Dr. Nabih Manih Ramadan, MD

Expert Publications

• Diagnosis of migraine: empirical analysis of a large clinical sample of atypical migraine (IHS 1.7) patients and proposed revision of the IHS criteria.
• Selective seratonin 1F (5-HT(1F)) receptor agonist LY334370 for acute migraine: a randomised controlled trial.
• Comments on the failure of intensive self-regulatory treatment with chronic daily headache.
• Assessing the efficacy of drugs for the acute treatment of migraine: issues in clinical trial design.
• The nociceptive flexion reflex in humans -- review article.
• Acute treatments: some blind alleys.
• Acute treatments: future developments.
• Emerging trends in the pharmacotherapy of chronic pain.
• The link between glutamate and migraine.
• Human focal cerebral ischemia: evaluation of brain pH and energy metabolism with P-31 NMR spectroscopy.
• TCD and headache.
• Headache in ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Part I: Clinical features.
• 5-HT1F receptor agonists in acute migraine treatment: a hypothesis.
• Headache in ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Part II: Mechanisms and predictive value.
• NMR spectroscopic and magnetoencephalographic studies in migraine with aura: support for the spreading depression hypothesis.

Media Releases

Get to know more about Neurologist Dr. Nabih Manih Ramadan, who serves patients in Urbana, Illinois.

Dr. Ramadan is a fellowship-trained neurologist who works at Carle Neuroscience Institute in Urbana, Illinois. His medical interests include cerebrovascular diseases, clinical trials methodologies, headache medicine, health outcomes research, and inter-professional health delivery.

Carle Neuroscience Institute is home to a dedicated team of board-certified neurosurgeons and neurologists specializing in medical and surgical care for patients with complex brain and spine conditions. The neurologists and neurosurgeons have extensive experience in assessing the needs of patients with neurological diseases. The team includes neurosurgeons with various subspecialties, neurologists with various subspecialties, neuroradiologists, and physiatrists.

Licensed to practice medicine in many states, including Illinois and Missouri, Dr. Ramadan is affiliated with Carle Foundation Hospital. He also is a clinical professor of neurology at Carle Illinois Medical School. 

His acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut in 1985. He then went on to serve his residency in neurology at University Hospital in Cincinnati in 1988 and his fellowship in cerebrovascular diseases at Henry Ford Hospital in 1990. Dr. Ramadan has earned a Masters of Business Administration with a focus on health system at Keller Graduate School of Management DeVry University in 2008. 

An expert in his field, Dr. Ramadan is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), where he is also a Fellow. The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting high-quality patient care for the public through the initial and continuing certification of psychiatrists and neurologists.

A prestigious member of several professional organizations, he is affiliated with the American Academy of Neurology and the American Medical Association.

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Neurologists are licensed medical specialists who diagnose and treat disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles of patients. They examine a patient’s mental and physical status, conduct medical tests and scans, and evaluate the results to diagnose and treat the patient.

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