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Ahmad Beydoun is affiliated with the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Beydoun's work include epilepsy research and treatment, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genomics and rare diseases, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, and drug transport and resistance mechanisms.

Recent publications reflect this broad research scope. Notable papers include "GWAS meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy identifies 26 risk loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture" published in 2023 in Nature Genetics, "Current role of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in the management of epilepsy" published in 2020 in Seizure, "Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes" published in 2024 in Nature Neuroscience, "Efficacy and tolerability of treatment with lacosamide in children: Postmarketing experience from the Middle East" published in 2020 in Seizure, and "FARS2 Mutations: More Than Two Phenotypes? A Case Report" published in 2020 in Frontiers in Genetics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Beydoun include Wassim Nasreddine, Maya Dirani, Ghassan Hmaimess, Jaafar Wazne, and Omar Nawfal.

The primary venues where Beydoun publishes are Seizure, Epilepsia Open, Epilepsia, Epilepsy & Behavior, and Frontiers in Genetics. These journals reflect the clinical and genetic aspects of their research.

Best Publications

  • Gabapentin for the Symptomatic Treatment of Painful Neuropathy in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Miroslav Backonja;Ahmad Beydoun;Keith R. Edwards;Sherwyn L. Schwartz

  • Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: treatment of new onset epilepsy: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

    J. A. French;A. M. Kanner;J. Bautista;B. Abou-Khalil

  • Cerebral processing of acute skin and muscle pain in humans.

    Peter Svensson;Satoshi Minoshima;Ahmad Beydoun;Thomas J. Morrow;Thomas J. Morrow

  • Efficacy and Tolerability of the New Antiepileptic Drugs, II: Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy: Report of the TTA and QSS Subcommittees of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

    Jacqueline A. French;Andres M. Kanner;Jocelyn Bautista;Bassel W. Abou-Khalil

  • Variability of laser-evoked potentials: attention, arousal and lateralized differences

    Ahmad A. Beydoun;Ahmad A. Beydoun;Thomas J. Morrow;Thomas J. Morrow;Joanne F. Shen;Joanne F. Shen;Kenneth L. Casey;Kenneth L. Casey

  • Safety and efficacy of two pregabalin regimens for add-on treatment of partial epilepsy

    A. Beydoun;B. M. Uthman;A. R. Kugler;M. J. Greiner

  • Safety and Efficacy of Oxcarbazepine: Results of Randomized, Double-Blind Trials

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  • Oxcarbazepine monotherapy for partial-onset seizures: A multicenter, double-blind, clinical trial

    Ahmad Beydoun;R. C. Sachdeo;W. E. Rosenfeld;G. L. Krauss

  • Valproate-induced thrombocytopenia: a prospective monotherapy study

    Wassim Nasreddine;Ahmad Beydoun

  • Lacosamide: pharmacology, mechanisms of action and pooled efficacy and safety data in partial-onset seizures.

    Ahmad Beydoun;Joseph D'Souza;David Hebert;Pamela Doty

  • Safety and tolerability of oxcarbazepine in elderly patients with epilepsy

    Ekrem Kutluay;Kevin McCague;Joseph D’Souza;Ahmad Beydoun

  • Safety and Efficacy of Divalproex Sodium Monotherapy in Partial Epilepsy: A Double-blind, Concentration-response Design Clinical Trial

    A. Beydoun;J. C. Sackellares;V. Shu

  • Gabapentin : pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety

    Ahmad Beydoun;B. M. Uthman;J. C. Sackellares

  • Interictal epileptiform activity in elderly patients with epilepsy

    Ivo Drury;Ahmad Beydoun

  • Focal cerebral magnetic resonance changes associated with partial status epilepticus.

    Thomas R. Henry;Ivo Drury;James A. Brunberg;Page B. Pennell

  • Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) as monotherapy in patients with partial seizures

    R. Sachdeo;A. Beydoun;S. Schachter;B. Vazquez

  • Current role of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in the management of epilepsy.

    Ahmad Beydoun;Sophie DuPont;Dong Zhou;Maha Matta

  • Gabapentin monotherapy : II. A 26-week, double-blind, dose-controlled, multicenter study of conversion from polytherapy in outpatients with refractory complex partial or secondarily generalized seizures

    A. Beydoun;J. Fischer;D. R. Labar;C. Harden

  • Topical capsaicin selectively attenuates heat pain and A δ fiber-mediated laser-evoked potentials

    Ahmad Beydoun;D. B.S. Dyke;T. J. Morrow;T. J. Morrow;K. L. Casey;K. L. Casey

  • Oxcarbazepine in painful diabetic neuropathy : results of a dose-ranging study

    A Beydoun;A Shaibani;M Hopwood;Y Wan

  • Laser-evoked cerebral potentials and sensory function in patients with central pain

    K. L. Casey;A. Beydoun;A. Beydoun;J. Boivie;B. Sjolund

  • Gabapentin for the Symptomatic Treatment of Painful Neuropathy in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Miroslav Backonja;Ahmad Beydoun;Keith R. Edwards;Sherwyn L. Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth L. Casey
Kenneth L. Casey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas J. Morrow
Thomas J. Morrow University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bassel Abou-Khalil
Bassel Abou-Khalil Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Basim M. Uthman
Basim M. Uthman Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Steven C. Schachter
Steven C. Schachter Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas R. Henry
Thomas R. Henry University of Minnesota
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University
Georgia Montouris
Georgia Montouris Boston University
Carl W. Bazil
Carl W. Bazil Columbia University
John M. Stern
John M. Stern University of California, Los Angeles

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