Robert Hess, MD, is a board-certified neurologist who specializes in caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. As an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosciences, he is involved in training medical students, residents and fellows. His research interests include end-of-life care in patients with atypical Parkinsonism disorders. Dr. Hess completed a […]
Dr. Maleki finished her medical school in Iran and completed her neurology residency at University of Tennessee health Science center. Later, she did one year fellowship in the movement disorder at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Currently she is a neurology faculty at Loma Linda University. The Neuron Clinic 450 4TH Avenue
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Andrea Lee, PA-C currently works for Scripps Clinic in neurology. She cares for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. She is experienced in management of deep brain stimulation as well as administration of botulinum toxin to treat a variety of neurologic conditions. Andrea received her Master of Medical Science degree from Marshall B.
I graduated from medical school in Vilnius, Lithuania, attending one of the oldest universities in Europe. After brief post-graduate training in neurology in Vilnius, I moved to Helsinki, Finland, to complete a Ph.D. in neuroscience, which I defended in 2002, graduating magna cum laude. My post-doctoral training brought me to UC San Diego, and although
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I was born in England, where I also grew up and did all my undergraduate medical training. People are often surprised to hear my British accent on seeing that I am an Indian woman living in the U.S.! I moved to the U.S. to do my residency. I was in Houston for my neurology residency
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Specialties Neurology Areas of Expertise Cerebrovascular Disease Movement Disorders Neurology Hospital Affiliations Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Languages Spoken English Board Certifications American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology, 2004 Medical Education Creighton University School of Medicine, MD, 1998 Internships Creighton University, Internal Medicine, 1999 Residencies Mayo Clinic, Neurology, 2002 Fellowships Barrow Neurological Institute, Movement
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Dr. Oh joined the Neurology Center in 2009. She grew up and trained in Texas. She received her undergraduate degree at Rice University and medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. She completed her residency in Neurology and fellowship in Movement Disorders at the University of Texas Health Science Center
Caitlin Mulligan, MD, is a board-certified neurologist who treats patients with movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia, or other gait and balance problems. She has expertise and special interest in deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a tool to treat movement disorders, as well as botulinum toxin injections. As an assistant professor of in the
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Dr. Longardner is a movement disorders neurologist who evaluates and takes care of patients with conditions including Parkinson disease/parkinsonism, tremor, dystonia, chorea, ataxia, and tics. Her research focuses on parkinsonian non-motor symptoms, especially the relationship between orthostatic hypotension and cognition. She is also interested in using non-invasive electrophysiological techniques to diagnose tremor and other types
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Dr. Lessig is a board-certified neurologist at UC San Diego Health and the VA San Diego Healthcare System. She regularly treats patients for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, including administration of botulinum toxin and management of deep brain stimulation. Dr. Lessig is involved in both basic research and clinical trials, with a clinical research
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Ms. Huynh graduated from UCSD graduating in 2000 with a BS in biochemistry and cell biology. She was licensed as a registered nurse in 2007 and obtained her MS in Nursing in 2010 from Samuel Merritt University. She is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a Family Nurse Practitioner.s.
David Coughlin, MD, MTR, is a board-certified neurologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, tremor, essential tremor, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), multiple system atrophy, corticobasal syndrome, dementia with lewy bodies, ataxia, dystonia, myoclonus, drug-induced movement disorders, and gait abnormalities. He is experienced in the use of botulinum toxin
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Nelson Hwynn, DO is a neurologist with Scripps Clinic. He treats a variety of neurological conditions and has subspecialty fellowship training in the area of movement disorders including tremors, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, Tourette’s syndrome, and ataxia. He has had extensive training in administering botulinum toxin (Botox) injections for disorders such as cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, hemifacial
Dr. Houser is the Director of the Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorder Center at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA. She is a board certified neurologist with neurophysiology and movement disorders fellowships. She and her team specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, tremor and conditions requiring botulinum toxin injections. Her
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Sherrie Gould NP currently works as a Movement Disorders Nurse Practitioner at the Scripps Clinic Center for Neurorestoration in La Jolla, CA. She is currently an “expert nurse program educator” nationally and speaks to patients from around the country about DBS. She serves as faculty for Medtronic teaching the art and science of DBS to
