Babak Tousi MD, FACP

Dr. Babak Tousi, MD, FACP, has dual fellowship training in geriatrics and movement disorders. He is the Head of the Clinical Trials Program at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and an associate professor of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Tousi’s clinical and research work focuses on neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Alzheimer’s disease, and mild cognitive impairment. His research has contributed to understanding the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of these disorders, including the identification of color vision impairment as a feature in both the prodromal and dementia stages of Lewy body disease.

As a principal investigator, Dr. Tousi has led numerous clinical trials targeting Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Lewy body dementia, helping to advance potential therapeutic interventions. He has been involved in designing and developing phase II–IV trials.