The 20 Best Essential Tremor Doctors Near Me in Massachusetts, US

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The 20 Best Essential Tremor Doctors in Massachusetts, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 219 doctor with experience in Essential Tremor near Massachusetts, US. Of these, 154 are Experienced, 53 are Advanced, 11 are Distinguished and 1 are Elite.

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    Elite in Essential Tremor
    Neurosurgery
    Elite in Essential Tremor
    Neurosurgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Rd Fl 1, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Garth Cosgrove is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Cosgrove is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Seizures, Movement Disorders, Thalamotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Ludy C. Shih
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    330 Brookline Avenue, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Ludy Shih is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Shih is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    John D. Rolston
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Neurosurgery
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Neurosurgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. John Rolston is a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, recognized internationally for his contributions to epilepsy surgery and movement disorder surgery. Before moving to Brigham & Women’s, he served as the Director of Epilepsy Surgery and the Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Utah from 2017 to 2022.Dr. Rolston received his Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where he won the Russell Mills Award for Excellence in Computer Science. For his PhD, he developed brain-computer interfaces for epilepsy at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He received an MD from Emory University before completing his residency training and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.Dr. Rolston’s NIH-funded laboratory investigates how neural engineering can be used to map and ultimately rewire the diseased brain. The same tools can be used to better understand neural information processing and how it is disordered in illnesses like epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and psychiatric disease. Dr. Rolston ardently promotes patient safety in neurosurgery and has led several studies examining the frequency and causes of neurosurgical errors and complications. He has over 150 publications and has received numerous awards, such as the University of California’s Harold Rosegay Award for teaching and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Basic Science Award for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Rolston is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Essential Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.

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    Jordan D. Paulson
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Brigham And Women's At South Shore Health

    55 Fogg Road, Emerson 150 South, 
    Weymouth, MA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jordan Paulson MD, is an Associate Neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease, Essential tremor and other Hyperkinetic movement disorders. He is involved in the deep brain stimulation program, evaluating and programming patients, and also performs Botox injections for Cervical and Facial Dystonias. Dr. Paulson completed his Medical School and Neurology Residency training at Georgetown University school of Medicine and Hospital. He has also completed Movement Disorders fellowships at UMASS Medical Center and The Lahey Clinic. Dr. Paulson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.

    Efstathios Papavassiliou
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Neurosurgery

    110 Francis Street, Suite 3B, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, French, Greek, Spanish

    Efstathios Papavassiliou is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Papavassiliou is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Parkinson's Disease, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

    Lan Luo
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Neurology
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Neurology

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    Movement Disorders Clinic, 330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro 8, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Mandarin
    Offers Telehealth

    Lan Luo is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Luo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Striatonigral Degeneration Infantile, and Familial Paroxysmal Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia.

    Joshua P. Aronson
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Neurosurgery

    110 Francis Street, Suite 3B, 
    Boston, MA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Joshua Aronson is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Aronson has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Seizures, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy.

    Samuel A. Frank
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    Movement Disorders Clinic, 330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro 8, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Samuel Frank is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Frank is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Huntington Disease, Chorea, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Gastrostomy.

    Richard C. Krolewski
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Richard Krolewski, MD, PhD, joined the staff at BWH after training in the Harvard Neurology Residency and Movement Disorders fellowship programs at BWH and MGH. His clinical and research interests involve gene-environment interactions in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. He has an active basic science program in the laboratory of Professor Lee Rubin at Harvard University that uses dopaminergic neurons from patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to model the effects of environmental toxicants and other biologically active compounds on the development of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Krolewski is an Instructor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Krolewski is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy.

    Ronnie L. Alterman
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Neurosurgery

    110 Francis Street, Suite 3B, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ronnie Alterman is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Alterman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Subdural Hematoma, Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy.

    Laurie M. Gordon
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    148 Chestnut Street, 
    Needham, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Laurie Gordon is a Neurologist in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Gordon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Headache, and Alzheimer's Disease.

    Patricia E. Greenstein
    Advanced in Essential Tremor
    Advanced in Essential Tremor

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    Neurology Department, 330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro 8, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Patricia Greenstein is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Greenstein is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Cervical Myelopathy, Spastic Ataxia Charlevoix-Saguenay Type, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 28.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Berkshire Internists Of BMC

    777 North St, 
    Pittsfield, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Octavian Adam is a Neurologist in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Adam is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, Chorea, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Hale Building For Transformative Medicine On BWH Main Campus

    60 Fenwood Rd, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Barbara Changizi is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Changizi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    41 Mall Rd, 
    Burlington, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Chizoba Umeh is a Neurologist in Burlington, Massachusetts. Dr. Umeh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Neurology
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Neurology

    UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center

    55 Lake Ave N, 
    Worcester, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Wissam Deeb is a Neurologist in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Deeb is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Tourette Syndrome, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Parkinson's Disease, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Internal Medicine
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Internal Medicine

    South Shore Hospital

    55 Fogg Rd, 
    South Weymouth, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Michael Hayes is an Internal Medicine provider in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Hayes is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Dopa-Responsive Dystonia, and Gastrostomy.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    New England Neurological Associates P.C.

    354 Merrimack St Ste 1, 
    Lawrence, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Hassaan Bashir is a Neurologist in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Dr. Bashir is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, Tardive Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    41 Mall Rd, 
    Burlington, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Julie Leegwater is a Neurologist in Burlington, Massachusetts. Dr. Leegwater is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. Her top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Secondary Parkinsonism, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.

    Distinguished in Essential Tremor
    Distinguished in Essential Tremor

    Tufts Medicine New England Neurological Associates – Lawrence

    354 Merrimack St Ste 1, 
    Lawrence, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jonathan Moray is a Neurologist in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Dr. Moray is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Memory Loss, Tension Headache, and Seizures.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Essential Tremor?

    Essential tremor (ET) is a type of involuntary shaking movement. It has no identified cause. Involuntary means you shake without trying to do so and are not able to stop the shaking at will.

    When should I see an Essential Tremor doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Essential Tremor doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Essential Tremor doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Essential Tremor doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Essential Tremor doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Essential Tremor doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Essential Tremor doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Essential Tremor doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Essential Tremor doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Essential Tremor doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Essential Tremor doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Essential Tremor doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Essential Tremor doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Essential Tremor doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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