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.
• Tarakad A, Jankovic J. " Essential tremor and Parkinson's disease: Exploring the relationship " Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2018 ; 8 : 589.
  Pubmed PMID: 30643667.
• Tarakad A, Jimenez-Shahed J. " VMAT2 inhibitors in neuropsychiatric disorders " CNS Drugs. 2018 ; 32 (12) : 1131-44.
  Pubmed PMID: 30306450.
• Tarakad A, Jankovic J. " Anosmia and ageusia in Parkinson's disease " Int Rev Neurobiol. 2017 ; 133 : 541-56.
  Pubmed PMID: 28802932.
• Tarakad A, Jankovic J. " Diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease " Semin Neurol. 2017 ; 37 (2) : 118-26.
  Pubmed PMID: 28511252.

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Memberships

Houston Area Parkinson's Society

Medical Advisory Board - Education Chair (07/2019)