Movement Disorder Program

The Movement Disorder Program provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with a broad range of movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, tremor, and dystonia. Our team of physicians, nurses, and researchers is dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. The Movement Disorder Program is a collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital and works with the Parkinson Study Group nationally.

Research projects include efforts to identify a disease-modifying therapy for Parkinson’s disease; efforts to identify biomarkers to diagnose, track, and monitor treatment response, and genetic studies; and DNA and tissue banking for Parkinson’s and related disorders.

The Program provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, including approved and investigational therapies. We also provide botulinum toxin injections for focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm. Together with William S. Anderson, MD, PhD, we offer functional neurosurgery, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) for select patients with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia and selective denervation techniques for cervical dystonia or torticollis.

Conditions Treated

• Parkinson’s disease
• focal and generalized dystonia
• essential tremor
• Tourette syndrome
• chorea, athetosis
• ataxia
• other movement disorders

Meet the Team

Neurology:

• Lewis R. Sudarsky, MD, Director
• Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD, dystonia evaluation, botox
• Clemens R. Scherzer, MD, Parkinson’s disease [Laboratory for Neurogenomics]
• Albert Hung, MD, PhD, Parkinson’s and other movement disorders
• Michael Hayes, MD, Parkinson’s disease and tremor DBS evaluation, botox

Neurosurgery:

• William S. Anderson, MD, PhD, Functional Neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation (DBS)

For Medical Professionals

The Movement Disorder Program participates in a joint fellowship training program with Massachusetts General Hospital. Fellows will gain exposure to the consultative, procedural, and research components of the Movement Disorder Program across our distributed campus.

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