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Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Hubert Fernandez is a Neurologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Fernandez is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Dystonia. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Tardive Dyskinesia, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Gastric Bypass. Dr. Fernandez is currently accepting new patients.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
Nutan Sharma received an AB from Stanford University, and her MD and PHD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She competed a Neurology residency at Yale University, and a fellowship in movement disorders with Brad Hyman at MGH. She became an instructor in Neurology at Harvard medical School in 2001, attaining the rank of Associate Professor in 2011. In 2001, Dr. Sharma established the first Dystonia Clinic for comprehensive care of patients with dystonia at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 2005, the International Movement Disorders Society honored Dr. Sharma for Excellence in Basic Science. She is also director of the Collaborative Center for the study of X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP), which funds research and medical care for those with XDP. Dr. Sharma is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Dystonia. Her top areas of expertise are Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Focal Dystonia, Dopa-Responsive Dystonia, X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Emory Brain Health Center
Hyder Jinnah is a Neurologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Jinnah has been practicing medicine for over 33 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Dystonia. His top areas of expertise are Benign Essential Blepharospasm, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Focal Dystonia, Torticollis, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Summary: Cervical dystonia is a condition that causes the neck muscles to tighten or spasm, leading to abnormal head positions and pain. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do ultrasound-guided BoNT injections improve quality of life more than injections without ultrasound? * Are ultrasound-guided injections as safe as injections without ultrasound? Researchers will compare: * BoNT injections with ...
Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if a non-invasive procedure called focused ultrasound can safely and effectively treat limb dystonia in adults who have not improved with medications or botulinum toxin injections. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does focused ultrasound reduce the severity of limb dystonia symptoms? * Is the procedure safe and well tolerated? Researchers w...


