Movement Disorders Fellowship

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

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.

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
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Phone: (404) 712-7237
FAX: (404) 727-0803

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.

Chris Caughman recently completed his neurology residency at Emory University.

Margi Patel completed her medical school in Ahmedabad, India and joined neurology residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where she also served as a Chief Resident. While being at UAB, she was also elected a member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society because of her dedication to clinical patient care, research, teaching, leadership roles and voluntary work. She chose Movement Disorders as her career because of the strength of clinical role and the great potential that the field holds to help these patients with devastating neurological disorders. Her primary interest lies in Deep Brain Stimulation, Botulinum Toxin injections, Focused Ultrasound and other procedures related to Movement Disorders. Outside of work, she has played tennis at a professional level, obtained a degree in Indian Classical dancing, enjoys traveling and meeting people from different cultures.