Colum D. MacKinnon, PhD

Clinical Neurophysiologist

Dr. MacKinnon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine with a cross appointment to Neurology. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Toronto, Canada, and conducted postdoctoral training in movement disorders at the Institute of Neurology in London. He has also worked in the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

His research is focused on the assessment of motor cortical function in neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and dystonia. He is currently examining the effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on the control of movement and posture; factors contributing to slowness in Parkinson's disease and dystonia; and neurological changes preceding movement in patients with PD and dystonia. In the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, he serves as consultant to the DBS neurosurgery team.