Movement Disorders Fellowship | Emory School of Medicine

Number of Fellows: 1-2 per year
Length: 1-2 years
Accreditation: non-accredited
Salary Level: PGY 5 Level

Program Overview

Emory Movement Disorders program offers a comprehensive movement disorders fellowship which accepts 1-2 fellows annually. The focus in the first year is on intensive clinical training, while optional second year can be tailored to fellows’ specific clinical and research interests. Caring for more than 10,000 patients annually, the Emory Movement Disorders program offers fellows exposure to the full range of movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonism, dystonia, tremor disorders, Tourette’s syndrome, Huntington’s disease, ataxias, drug-induced movement disorders and other neurogenetic disorders. In addition, a very active Botulinum Toxin Injection Clinic treats over 1000 patients with dystonia, and a very active Deep Brain Stimulation program provides experience in the operating room and with programming post-operatively. We perform DBS surgery routinely on patients with tremor, Parkinson’s disease and dystonia, and treat close to 100 patients annually. The second year can be tailored to the interest of the fellow including experience in functional neurosurgery, sleep, cognitive disorders, clinical and basic research. The Department of Neurology consistently ranks among the top few institutions in federal research funding with a substantial portion in movement disorders. With a large and highly productive research faculty in both clinical and basic research, fellows have the opportunity to design an individualized research training program in either clinical or laboratory aspects of movement disorders.

Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited neurology residency is required.

We participate in SF Match.

Contact Information:

Program Director
Stewart A. Factor, DO
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
1841 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
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Program Administrator
Pamela B. Mitchell, BS
Neurology – Movement Disorders
Emory University School of Medicine
12 Executive Park Drive
Atlanta, GA 30329
Email
Phone: (404) 712-7237
FAX: (404) 727-0803

Current Fellows

Paola Testini, MD

Paola Testini grew up in Italy and obtained her medical education at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. There, she developed an interest in Deep Brain Stimulation, and then joined the Mayo Clinic as a research fellow using fMRI to investigate Deep Brain Stimulation for multiple movement disorders. She completed her Neurology residency at SUNY Downstate and is looking forward to her Movement Disorders training. Outside of work, she loves exploring concrete jungles, hiking in nature, and going on road trips.

Paul Beach, DO, PhD

Paul Beach was born and raised in southwest Michigan and became interested in movement disorders shortly after starting neurology residency at Emory University. He obtained his BA in biology with neuroscience concentration at Albion College prior to his DO and PhD in neuroscience at Michigan State University. As a graduate student Paul studied how pain and self-recognition are altered in Alzheimer’s disease patients through behavioral testing and fMRI techniques. His clinical and research interests involve the intersection of affect, cognition, motor, and autonomic function in the context of movement disorders and other neurologic diseases. This interest led to development of a pilot study to examine a novel, non-invasive EEG-based measure of central autonomic function in Parkinson’s disease, the Heartbeat Evoked Potential (HEP). In his spare time he enjoys exercising and spending time with his wife, Linda, and their two sons.

Fellowship Alumni

Name	Residency Institution	Years	Current Position
Margi Patel, MD	University of Alabama Birmingham	2019-21	Private Practice, Florida
Chris Caughman, MD	Emory	2019-21	Assistant Professor, Emory
Sahyli Perez Parra, MD	Dartmouth	2018-20	Private practice, Florida
Richa Tripathi, MD	Wayne State	2017-19	Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
Lenora Higginbotham, MD	Johns Hopkins	2016-18	Assistant Professor, Emory
Anh-Thu Vu, MD	Univ. of Pennsylvania	2016-18	Assistant Professor, Drexel
Joash Lazarus, MD	Emory University	2015-17	Private practice, Atlanta, GA
Vibhash Sharma, MD	UT Southwestern	2014-16	Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Laura Scorr, MD	Thomas Jefferson	2014-16	Assistant Professor, Emory
Jaime Hatcher-Martin, MD, PhD	Emory University	2013-15	Assistant Professor, Emory
Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD	UH Case Medical Center	2013-14	Vice Chair, Department of Neurology; University Hospitals Cleveland Associate Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Shaohua (Daniel) Chen, MD		2012-13	Private Practice, Pennsylvania
Michael Silver, MD		2011-12	Assistant Professor, Emory
Daniel Huddleston, MD		2010-11	Assistant Professor, Emory
Leslie Cloud, MD		2007-11	Associate Professor, VA
Gonzalo Revuelta, DO		2008-10	Associate Professor, Medical University South Carolina
Camille Vaughn, MD		2007-10	Associate Professor, Geriatrics, Emory
Pratibha Aia, MD		2007-08	Associate Professor, Emory
Christine Doss-Esper, MD		2005-06	Associate Professor, Emory
Saima Athar, MD		2004-05	Assistant Professor of Neurology, MUSC
Marsha Smith, MD		2003-04	Private practice, Ohio
James Greene, MD, PhD		2002-04	Associate Professor, Emory
Karen Sawabini, MD		2002-04	Adjunct Faculty, University of Tennessee; Private practice, Knoxville, TN
Xuemei Huang, MD		2002	Associate Professor, Penn State College of Medicine
Michael Okun, MD		2000-02	Chairman of Neurology, Director of Movement Disorders at University of Florida Medical School, Gainesville, FL, Medical Director, National Parkinson Foundation
Claudia Testa, MD, PhD		2000-01	Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bing Liu, MD		2000-01	Private practice, Concord, NC
Natividad Stover, MD		1998-2001	Assistant Professor of Neurology at University of Alabama in Birmingham
Kevin Cannard, MD		1997-98	Associate Professor, Neurology and Medicine (Clinical Pharmacology) Uniformed Services University, Neurologist, Walter Reed Army & National Naval Med. Cntrs.
Thyagarajan Subramania, MD		1994-96	Professor of Neurology, Hershey School of Medicine
Scott Chandler, MD		1994-95	Vice-president of Health Affairs and Strategic Relations at Healtheon/WebMD