Positions

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Addresses

Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge St., 9th Floor
MS: BCM609
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2273
pdcmdc@bcm.edu

Education

MD from University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston

Houston, Texas United States

BS from Rice University

Houston, Texas United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine - Neurology

06/2015 - Houston, Texas United States

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine - Movement Disorders

06/2017 - Houston, Texas United States

Professional Interests

• Essential Tremor
• Dystonia
• Tourette Syndrome
• Atypical Parkinsonism
• Blepharospasm
• Huntington's disease
• Chorea
• Ataxia
• Hemifacial Spasm
• Paroxysmal Movement Disorders
• Functional Movement Disorders
• Restless Legs Syndrome
• Wilson's Disease

Websites

Selected Publications

• Hill EJ, Mangleburg CG, Alfradique-Dunham I, Ripperger B, Stillwell A, Saade H, et al "Quantitative mobility measures complement the MDS-UPDRS for characterization of Parkinson's disease heterogeneity." Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2021 84 : 105-11. Pubmed PMID: 33607526
• Kostick K, Storch EA, Zuk P, Blumenthal-Barby JS, Torgerson L, Yoshor D, et al "Strategies to mitigate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients treated with deep brain stimulation." Brain Stimul. 2020 13 (6): 1642-3. Pubmed PMID: 33017673
• Randomized, double-blind assessment of LFP versus SUA guidance in STN-DBS lead implantation: A pilot study "Ozturk M, Telkes I, Jimenez-Shahed J, Viswanathan A, Tarakad A, Kumar S, et al." Front Neurosci. 2020 14 : 611. Pubmed PMID: 32655356
• Tarakad A "Clinical rating scales and quantitative assessments of movement disorders." Neurol Clin. 2020 38 (2): 231-54. Pubmed PMID: 32279708