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Program Description
Most movement disorders are chronic and progressively disabling. Treatment
requires well-coordinated, multidisciplinary expert care. Advances
in genetics, pharmaceuticals and surgical techniques offer many
new options to the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders.
Mayo Clinic's one-year Movement Disorders Fellowship Program at
Mayo Clinic in Arizona offers a rich clinical and research experience,
including:
- The diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum
of movement disorders, including:
- Parkinson's disease
- Huntington's disease
- Dystonia
- Tremor
- Myoclonus
- tic disturbances
- Gait disturbances
- Chorea
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Other disorders of the basal ganglia
- Training in movement disorders neurophysiology
and the therapeutic administration of botulinum toxin for dystonia,
hemifacial spasm and related disorders.
- Training in deep brain stimulation for advanced
Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia, particularly
in preoperative screening, intraoperative brain mapping, and post-operative
programming and adjustment of medications.
- The option of one-month or longer rotation at
Mayo's clinics in Rochester , Minn. or Jacksonville , Fla.
- Research opportunities in neurophysiology, clinical
treatment trials and genetics.
Your fellowship experience will be busy and rewarding, with ample
opportunity to observe and investigate all aspects of movement disorders.
The research experience is directed towards understanding and applying
findings to patient treatment.
Program History
The Movement Disorders Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic
in Arizona began in 1994. Since that time, approximately four fellows
have completed their training in this program. Going forward, it
is anticipated that one fellow will complete this program annually.
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