Members
Below is a list of all Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center members. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Akhtar, Rizwan S
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Armakola, Maria
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Awatramani, Rajeshwar
Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders) and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Bio
1. Mechanisms underlying dopamine neuron development, function, diversity, and degeneration. 2. Mechanisms regulating peripheral nerve myelination in development and disease states.
Bega, Danny
Associate Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Bio
My clinical interests include Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes, tremors, dystonia, Huntington's disease, Wilson's disease, tic disorders, psychogenic movement disorders and gait... [more]
Caraveo Piso, Gabriela
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders) and Pharmacology
Gonzalez Latapi, Paulina
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Kim, Myung Jong
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Bio
Synaptic function, vesicle trafficking, genetic forms of Parkinson's disease, lysosomal disorders
Krainc, Dimitri
Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders), Neurological Surgery, Neuroscience and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Bio
The overarching goal of our scientific work has been to define key molecular pathways in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration and to uncover novel targets for therapeutic development. We have focuse... [more]
Kurani, Ajay
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Radiology
Bio
My research interests focus on understanding the basis of structural and functional deficits in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and atypical Parkinsonism. The go... [more]
Larson, Danielle N
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)