Emad N. Estemalik MD, MBA

Emad Estemalik MD, MBA, is the Section Head for Headache and Facial Pain at the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic. He joined the department in 2013. He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Headache Medicine by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties. He is a member of the American Headache Society.

Dr. Estemalik completed his residency at Cleveland Clinic in 2012. He also completed a one-year fellowship in Headache Medicine following his residency. He received his MD from the Ain Shams University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt, in 2005. He is also a graduate of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University from which he holds an MBA degree.

Dr. Estemalik serves on the leadership committee of Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute. His role includes executing Cleveland Clinic’s vision and help achieve a high-performing institute while integrating education, research, and medical innovation. His focus is to enhance the capabilities of medical informatics while directing the institute’s programmatic domestic and international growth and further enhance the development of service lines that better serve patients.

Dr. Estemalik speaks Arabic, German, French, and Spanish. He often takes care of international patients who travel to Cleveland Clinic for headache treatment. He also serves on Cleveland Clinic’s Global Patient Services advisory board and oversees the Neurological Institutes International Patients service line.

Dr. Estemalik’s areas of interest are migraine headaches, trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, and facial neuralgias. He is a national and international speaker on various topics of headache disorders and their comorbidities. He is an active participant in various headache clinic trials at Cleveland Clinic. He is an active reviewer for the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine and the Pain Practice Journal.