The 20 Best Essential Tremor Doctors Near Me in Ann Arbor, MI

Kelvin L. Chou, M.D. is a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Michigan Medicine and was the inaugural Thomas H. and Susan C. Brown Early Career Professor in Neurology. Dr. Chou has been named to the Best Doctors of America list since 2011 and sees all patients with movement disorders (i.e. Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonia, Huntington disease), though he has a particular interest in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Dr. Chou serves as Co-Director of the STIM (Surgical Therapies Improving Movement) Program and his research focus is on improving the ability to treat movement disorders patients through DBS. He is also an experienced clinical trialist, conducting numerous clinical trials on new therapies for PD, essential tremor and Huntington disease. He directs the Neurology Clinical Trials Organization (NeCTO) and is Lead Medical Director of the Neuroscience and Sensory Clinical Trials Support Unit (CTSU) at Michigan Medicine. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, review articles or book chapters on PD and related movement disorders. A strong patient advocate, Dr. Chou is the Education and Outreach Core Director for the U-M Udall Center of Excellence for PD Research and serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Michigan Parkinson Foundation and the Medical Advisory Board of the International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF). He has also authored a book for patients and families called Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Life for People with Parkinson's, Dystonia and Essential Tremor. Dr. Chou is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Chou is board certified in Neurology.

After graduating from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1990, Dr. Sohrab spent time in Spinal Cord Injury Centers of Iran, in multiple capacities, organizing care and educating different levels of practitioners in providing care for veterans of war. He then spent a few years of general practice, in different parts of Iran, dedicated to providing medical care and organizing Public Health Services, in rural areas. Dr. Sohrab has been practicing, and teaching, general Neurology at the University of Michigan, since 2012. Dr. Sohrab is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Vertigo, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Punithavathy Vijayakumar is a Neurologist and a Sleep Medicine provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Vijayakumar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), and Migraine. Dr. Vijayakumar is board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Sleep Medicine, and Vascular Neurology.

Kara J. Wyant, MD, is a clinical lecturer in the Department of Neurology. She received her bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and music from Ohio Northern University, and medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine. Dr. Wyant completed her neurology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she served as chief resident from 2015-2016. She is currently pursuing a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Michigan focusing on the medical and surgical management of patients with Parkinson disease and parkinsonism. Dr. Wyant also serves on the neurohospitalist service at University Hospital, and participates in teleneurology consults for MidMichigan Health. Dr. (md) is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 31 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Dopa-Responsive Dystonia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. (md) is board certified in Neurology.

Roger L. Albin, M.D. (Residency 1986), is a professor of neurology, associate chair for research and co-director of the Movement Disorders Clinic in the Department of Neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition, he serves as chief of neuroscience research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center.Dr. Albin joined the U-M faculty in 1988 as an instructor in the Department of Neurology. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1989; associate professor in 1994; and achieved his current rank of full professor in 2000.After completing his undergraduate degree at Oberlin College in Ohio, Dr. Albin earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1982, and completed his residency at the University of Michigan in 1986. He also completed a movement disorders fellowship in 1988 under Drs. Anne Young and John Penney.His clinical and research interests include the underlying neurobiologic causes of the clinical features of movement disorders, basal ganglia structure and function, Parkinson's disease, Tourette syndrome, dementias, dystonias and Huntington's disease. His laboratory is pursuing work on basic mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Huntington disease using mouse genetic models. Dr. Albin also has participated in neuroprotective clinical trials for both Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease.The present focus of Dr. Albin's group is uncovering the basis for non-motor (sleep disorders, depression, dementia, autonomic dysfunction) problems in Parkinson's disease. He is very interested in applying positron emission tomography (PET) imaging methods to improve diagnosis of dementing disorders like Alzheimer's disease. The hope is that understanding how specific brain alterations cause specific clinical features will lead to improved treatments.Dr. Albin currently serves as a site investigator for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Exploratory Trials in Parkinson disease (NET-PD) initiative. His work is supported by grants from the NIH, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the High Q Foundation.A member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Neurologic Association, and the Society for Neuroscience, Dr. Albin currently serves on the editorial boards of Experimental Neurology, Neurology and Neurobiology of Disease. Dr. Albin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 24 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington Disease, Dementia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Albin is board certified in Neurology.

Amelia Heston is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Heston is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Chorea, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Heston is board certified in Neurology.

"Although he has lived in many places across the United States throughout childhood, Dr. Kevin Chen was born in the ""old"" Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan. Dr. Chen completed his undergraduate degree (Neuroscience and Anthropology) at Johns Hopkins University, and his medical training at Duke University. This was followed by residency (Neurosurgery) at the University of Michigan and fellowship (Stereotactic/Functional Neurosurgery) at Stanford University.His clinical interests center on treating dysfunctional neural circuits, and using neuromodulation to help symptoms of movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, etc.). Similarly, he has interest in neuromodulation using spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of certain chronic pain syndromes (e.g., complex regional pain syndrome, diabetic neuropathy, etc.), or use of intrathecal drug delivery (e.g., spasticity). He also has expertise in the surgical treatments of epilepsy, including vagal nerve stimulators, stereoelectroencephalography, responsive neurostimulators, deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, laser interstitial thermal therapy, and temporal lobectomy. During fellowship training, he also received training in the use of MRI-guided focused ultrasound, an incision-less approach for the treatment of movement disorders.Dr. Chen is an avid rock climber, and also enjoys swimming and snowboarding. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and daughter.". Dr. Chen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Essential Tremor, Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Chen is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Martha Carlson is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Carlson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 41 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder, Seizures, Stereotypic Movement Disorder, and Spasmus Nutans.

Dr. Praveen Dayalu is an Associate Professor and the Thomas H. and Susan C. Brown Early Career Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan. He graduated from medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, in 2002, and then completed neurology residency and movement disorders fellowship at Michigan, in 2006. His main focus is clinical management of movement disorders, especially Parkinson disease. His research interests are in Huntington disease and Multiple System Atrophy. He is the Director of the Movement Disorders Fellowship and trains fellows, residents, and medical students. Dr. Dayalu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 42 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Huntington Disease, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Parkinson's Disease. Dr. Dayalu is board certified in Neurology.

Kirk Frey is a Neurologist and a Nuclear Medicine provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Frey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 32 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Osteopenia, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

After completing his chief residency at the University of Virginia, Dr. Sagher accepted a position on the neurosurgical faculty at the University of Michigan. He became Chief of Neurosurgery at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital, a position he held until 1996. He then completed a fellowship in Pain and Functional Neurosurgery at the Oregon Health Sciences University, and took over as the Director of Neuromodulation at the University of Michigan. As the primary functional neurosurgeon at the University of Michigan, Dr. Sagher takes care of such problems as epilepsy, pain, Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders. Dr. Sagher is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). He has served on the Executive Council on the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain, which he chaired from 2003 to 2005. Special Interests: The treatment of epilepsy, pain, movement disorders, and brain tumors in functionally important regions. Dr. Sagher is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 37 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Trigeminal Neuralgia, Meningioma, Seizures, Awake Craniotomy, and Microvascular Decompression. Dr. Sagher is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Selwa was born and raised in Michigan, received her undergraduate degree at Harvard University and returned to Michigan for medical school, neurology residency and an epilepsy fellowship. She serves the department of neurology both as Associate Chair for Clinical Services, as co-director of the epilepsy program, and as director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program. Dr. Selwa sees patients with epilepsy, as well as many other patients with a wide spectrum of neurologic disorders.Her scholarly work has focused on cognitive function in epilepsy, sleep in epilepsy, and quality of life outcomes in patients with epilepsy. She also works to improve education for neurologists, as well as the education of other medical specialists and the general public about neurologic illnesses including epilepsy, sleep disorders and coma. Dr. Selwa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Partial Familial Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Partial Seizure. Dr. Selwa is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy.

Ann Little is a Neurologist and a Neuroradiologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Little is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 63 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Inclusion Body Myositis, Polymyositis, Myasthenia Gravis, Stent Placement, and Transmyocardial Revascularization.

Charles Schultz is a Neurologist and a Sleep Medicine provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Schultz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Trigeminal Neuralgia, and Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine. Dr. Schultz is board certified in Neurology.

Douglas J. Gelb, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School. He is considered a national leader in neurologic education, and is part of a small group of investigators who have conducted research in the field. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in physics from Harvard College in 1977, Dr. Gelb completed his doctorate (1982) and medical degree (1984) at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He joined the U-M faculty after completing his neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco in 1988. In 1992, Dr. Gelb became director of the third-year medical student neurology clerkship, and developed a syllabus that eventually evolved into a textbook. It is required or recommended by many neurology clerkships across the country, and it has been translated into two languages. In 2004, Dr. Gelb became director of a new second-year medical school course on diseases of the nervous system. In addition to his textbook, Dr. Gelb has developed a variety of educational materials, including a computer tutorial to teach the principles of neurologic localization. He has written examination questions and served on test-writing committees for the National Board of Medical Examiners Step 2 Examination and the NBME subject examination in neurology, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Resident Inservice Training Examination, and Continuum, a widely-used resource for continuing medical education produced by the AAN. He also has served as an examiner for the Oral Examination of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) on numerous occasions. Dr. Gelb is frequently honored by neurology residents, who have awarded him the Status Pedagogicus Award on four separate occasions. He has received numerous other awards for his teaching, including the Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching from the U-M, and the Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award from the American Neurological Association. He is a former chair of the national Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors, and of the American Academy of Neurology's A.B. Baker Section on Neurological Education. Dr. Gelb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Trigeminal Neuralgia, Migraine, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Seizures.

Nicholas J. Beimer, MD is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Beimer has expertise in the treatment of epilepsy, with special clinical and research interest in the care of patients with non-epileptic seizures.After graduating from Kalamazoo College in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry, Dr. Beimer received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI and completed a transitional year internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. He then completed a neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the University of Michigan, joining the University of Michigan faculty in 2015.Dr. Beimer is an advocate for practicing humanism in medicine and is a member of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society and advocates for patients with epilepsy as a Professional Advisor for the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan.Dr. Beimer enjoys working alongside and teaching trainees of all levels and has been a workshop volunteer at annual meetings of the American Academy of Neurology teaching neuroscience to high school students and serves on the resident selection committee for the neurology residency at the University of Michigan. Dr. Beimer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 31 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Conversion Disorder, and Epilepsy. Dr. Beimer is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Dr. Cornett obtained a BA with honors in literature from Vanderbilt University in 2007, then worked at a law office in Nashville, Tennessee for several years. While reading through pages and pages of claimant medical records as an administrative and research assistant on disability and COBRA claims, she became interested in medicine. She returned to school from 2009-2010 during which time she completed an accelerated Post-Baccalaureate Premedical program including prerequisite courses and labs in biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. After completing her Post-Bac program, she worked as a lab assistant in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital assisting in research on neonatal pulmonary development for a year prior to starting medical school at University of Michigan in 2011. She was recipient of a Dean’s Merit Scholarship through University of Michigan Medical School and was chosen by her colleagues to deliver a commencement address at their graduation ceremony in 2015. She completed her intern year in Internal Medicine then subsequent three years in Neurology at this institution, and served as one of two Chief Residents for her Neurology class. Dr. Cornett is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Migraine, and Conversion Disorder. Dr. Cornett is board certified in Neurology.

Peter K. Todd, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School.Dr. Todd earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1994 from the University of California, San Diego. He then entered the Medical Science Training Program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he completed his doctorate in 2002 and medical degree in 2004. His Ph.D research focused on synaptic defects in Fragile X Syndrome, a common inherited cause of cognitive impairment in children.He completed his internship and residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. While there, he did research on the role of the ubiquitin proteasome system and autophagy in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, a polyglutamine disorder, and Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS). He came to the U-M in 2008 for a clinical and research fellowship in movement disorders and neurogenetics.Todd joined the U-M faculty in 2010 as an assistant professor in movement disorders and neurogenetics, working in the laboratory of Henry L. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., in the Center for Neurodegenerative Research.His current research is focused on the mechanisms underlying RNA-mediated neurodegeneration in FXTAS and myotonic dystrophy, and how these mechanisms may overlap and inform our understanding of other neurodegenerative disorders. He also sees patients with movement disorders and inherited neurological disease.Dr. Todd has received several academic awards, including a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, the Francis M. Forester Prize for promise as an academic neurologist, the Samuel Ziritzky Prize for most outstanding research by a neurology resident at Penn and prizes for excellence in research at the International Conference on Unstable Microsatellites in Human Disease, and the U-M neuroscience day. Most recently, Dr Todd received the S. Weir Mitchell Alliance award from the American Academy of Neurology which each year recognizes one early investigator physician scientist who has made important contributions to basic science in neurological disorders.A member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Neurology, he has served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neurology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron, Science and Human Molecular Genetics.His bibliography includes several peer-reviewed papers, editorials, book reviews and chapters, abstracts and online. Dr. Todd is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 49 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile XE Syndrome, Hereditary Ataxia, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease). Dr. Todd is board certified in Neurology.

Daniel Leventhal, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Movement Disorders division. His primary clinical duties are at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, where he co-directs the Deep Brain Stimulation program for Movement Disorders. His practice there focuses on the treatment of Parkinson Disease, tremor disorders, dystonia, and related syndromes.Dr. Leventhal completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at The College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1995, and a combined MD/PhD program (PhD in Biomedical Engineering) at Case Western Reserve University in 2004. He then pursued medical internship and Neurology residency at the University of Michigan (completed in 2008), followed by a combined Movement Disorders and postdoctoral research fellowship at Michigan. In 2012, he joined the Neurology faculty at Michigan, and joined the VA as a staff Neurologist in 2015.Dr. Leventhal also directs a basic science laboratory at the University of Michigan. His research interests lie primarily in understanding the brain circuit abnormalities that contribute to the clinical manifestations of Parkinson Disease and related disorders. His laboratory uses advanced in vivo neuronal recordings and manipulations in rats and mice as they learn and perform complex behaviors.Dr. Leventhal is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society, American Neurological Association, and Society for the Neural Control of Movement. Dr. Leventhal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Chorea, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Leventhal is board certified in Neurology.

Sharan Srinivasan is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 10 years. Dr. Srinivasan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Essential Tremor. He is also highly rated in 108 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hereditary Ataxia, Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 4, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5. Dr. Srinivasan is board certified in Neurology.