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Directors

Michael Okun, M.D.

Co-Director, Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
Chair of Neurology
– Movement Disorders Neurology
– Deep Brain Stimulation
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Kelly Foote, M.D.

Co-Director, Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
Professor of Neurosurgery
– Movement Disorders Neurosurgery
– Deep Brain Stimulation
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Aparna Wagle Shukla, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director of Clinical Trials
– Movement Disorders
– Electrophysiology
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Nikolaus McFarland, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurology
Wright/Falls/Simmons Professor of PSP/Atypical Parkinson’s
Director, UF HDSA Center of Excellence

– Atypical Parkinsonisms
– Huntington’s Disease
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Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology
Chief, Movement Disorders Division

– Clinical Trials
– Deep Brain Stimulation

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Irene Malaty, M.D.

Associate Professor of Neurology
Medical Director, NPF Center of Excellence
– Parkinson Disease
– Tourette Syndrome
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A.J. Yarbrough, MBA, CPC

Director
Department of Neurology
– Health Administration
– Movement Disorders
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Melissa Himes, BA

Clinical ACU Manager
Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
– Health Administration
– Movement Disorders
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Julie Segura, BA

Assistant Director of Clinical Trials
Department of Neurology
– Clinical Trials
– Movement Disorders
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Faculty & Fellows

Leonardo Almeida, MD

Leonardo Almeida, M.D.

Assistant Professor
UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
– Movement Disorders Neurology
– Deep Brain Stimulation
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Melissa J. Armstrong, MD

Melissa J. Armstrong, M.D., MSc, FAAN

Associate Professor
Director, Mangurian Clinical-Research Center for Lewy Body & Parkinson’s Disease Dementia
– Lewy Body Disease
– PD Dementia
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Russell Bauer, PhD, ABPP

Professor
Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
– Alzheimer’s Disease
– Neuropyschology

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Matt Beke, RDN, LDN

Clinical Dietitian
Food Science and Human Nutrition
– Nutrition
– Movement Disorders

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Frank Bova, Ph.D., F.A.C.R., F.A.A.P.M.

Professor & Staff Physicist
Neurosurgery, Nuclear Engineering
– Stereotactic radiosurgery
– Computer guided neurosurgery
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Dawn Bowers, Ph.D.

Professor, Clinical & Health Psychology, Neurology
Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
– Emotional Disorders
– Neuropsychology
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Evangelos Christou, Ph.D.

Professor
Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
– Neural Control of Movement
– Aging
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Shannon Chiu, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Neurology, Movement Disorders
– Deep Brain Stimulation
– Lewy Body Dementia
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Linda Cottler, Ph.D., MPH

Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Dean’s Professor of Epidemiology
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
– Parkinson Disease
– Healthcare improvement
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Paul Davenport, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
Department of Physiological Sciences

– Respiration
– Neurological disease
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Matthew Farrer, Ph.D.

Lauren and Lee Fixel Chair in Parkinson’s Disease
Professor of Neurology
Director, Clinical Genomics Program,
UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute

– Genetics
– Parkinson disease
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Marcelo Febo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Director of Translational Research Imaging
– Brain Imaging
– Translational Neuroscience
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Benoit Giasson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Neuroscience
Investigator, CTRND and McKnight Brain Institute
– Parkinson Disease
– Alpha-Synuclein
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Todd Golde, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, McKnight Brain Institute
Professor, Neuroscience
– Parkinson Disease
– Alzheimer disease
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Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering

– Neurorehabilitation
– Electrocorticographic signals
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Chris Hass, Ph.D.

Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
– PD Disease Progression
– Locomotion and Balance
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Shelley Heaton, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor
Co-Director of the Pediatric Brain Injury Programs
– Tourette Syndrome
– Neuropsychology

Nicole Herndon, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist
– Speech treatments
– Swallow treatments

Director, Veterans Administration Parkinson’s Disease Consortium Center
North Florida/South Georgia VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor in Neurology
– Movement Disorders
– Neuroimaging
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Justin Hilliard, M.D.

Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery

– Deep Brain Stimulation
– Movement Disorders

Wei Hu, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, UF Health International Center
Assistant Professor in Neurology
– Telemedicine
– Neuromodulation Research
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Jack Judy, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technologies
– Nanoscale devices
– Biomedical applications
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Alison Kraus, PT, DPT, NCS

Physical Therapist
– Movement Disorders
– Exercise
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Matthew J LaVoie, PhD

Fixel Family Chair of Neurology and Neuroscience
Co-Director, Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease
Associate Chair for Research, Department of Neurology
– Parkinson Disease Genetics
– Movement Disorders Research
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