Faculty
Program Director
Kristine Domingo, DO
The program director of our movement disorder fellowship program, Dr. Kristine Domingo, is a neurologist with particular interest and fellowship training in movement disorders. She treats patients with Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremors, Atypical Parkinsonisms, Tremors, Dystonia, and other movement disorders. As a Movement Disorders specialist, she sees her role as threefold; 1. Provide patients with the best treatments possible to improve quality of life; 2. Surround patients with a supportive care network by connecting them with the right services including, but not limited to, therapies (PT, OT, SLP, recreational therapy), mental health support, educational support, and community support; 3. Provide patient advocacy by empowering patients with knowledge throughout every stage of their condition. Her approach is to treat the whole person with the goal of providing the best quality of life possible.
Beth Zander
Program Coordinator
mvmtdisorders@umn.edu
612-624-6778
Core Faculty
Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
Department Chair
Research Focus: Understanding the pathophysiology of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and dystonia as well as the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of deep brain stimulation
Leo Brito de Almeida, MD
Division Director
Khalaf Bushara, MD, FRCP
Special interests: Ataxia and diseases of the cerebellum
Research Focus: Use of functional MRI to investigate the functions of the cerebellum
Yoon-Hee Cha, MD
Expertise: Vestibular Disorders
Christine Conelea, PhD
Expertise: Neurodevelopmental disorders, Tourette syndrome, Obsessive-compulsive disorders, Anxiety disorders
Scott Cooper, MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for tremors and Parkinson’s disease
Martha Nance, MD
Interests: Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, hereditary ataxias, spastic paraplegias
Paul Tuite, MD
Research Interests: Parkinson's disease, Progressive supranuclear palsy, Tremor, Multiple system atrophy, Corticobasal degeneration, Chorea, Myoclonus, Medication-induced movement disorders
Additional Team Members
DBS Team:
Stephanie L Alberico, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Understanding the pathophysiology of dystonia
Josh Aman, PhD
Research focus: Dystonia, Parkinson's disease, Essential tremor
David Darrow, MD, MPH
Expertise: Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia
Robert McGovern, MD
Expertise: Providing DBS surgery for relieving symptoms in patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
Michael Park, MD, PhD
Research Focus: Neuromodulation (deep brain stimulation)
NMRC Team:
Luke Johnson, PhD
Research Focus: Addresses critical questions regarding the brain mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease and how to develop new and more effective strategies to deliver DBS therapies
Jing Wang, PhD
Research Focus: The development of novel deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques for treating Parkinson's disease
