Expertise
The Stanford Movement Disorders Center (SMDC) offers you the latest
advances in medical and surgical treatment. In addition, our patients
have the opportunity to be involved in leading-edge clinical trials.
Our team is dedicated to translating recent discoveries into effective
therapies to help improve your quality of life.
Our thorough evaluation process includes clinical, kinematic (motor
control), electrophysiological, laboratory and radiological (imaging)
diagnostic evaluations. The SMDC consists of multiple clinics that
focus on specific conditions or treatments. In each clinic, our
specialists collaborate to provide you with comprehensive care.
The subspecialty clinics that are part of the SMDC include:
Depending on your needs, you may work with:
- One or more of our four fellowship-trained adult movement
disorders experts
- A functional stereotactic
neurosurgeon
- A neurologist who specializes in sleep
medicine
- A pediatric movement disorders expert
- A
medical physicist
- A physician’s assistant
- A nurse
coordinator
- A social worker
- A genetics
counselor
- A kinematic specialist technician
The team also works with experts in:
- Behavioral neurology
- Neuropsychology
- Autonomic neurology
- Sleep medicine
- Psychiatry
- Nuclear medicine
- Radiology
- Genetics
- Nursing
- Pharmacy