Overview
Dr. George Ricaurte has a weekly clinic that focuses on Parkinsons disease and other movement disorders. In addition, he attends on the consult and in-patient neurology services at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Ricaurte's research interests center on amphetamine-type stimulants and their potential to damage brain monoamine-containing neurons, including dopamine neurons (which degenerate in Parkinsons disease). Dr. Ricaurte and his colleagues are particularly interested in mechanisms of dopamine nerve cell degeneration. The long-term goal of this neurotoxicology research is to help find ways to prevent - or retard - the progression of Parkinsons disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Ricaurtes work also has implications for the drug abuse field and substance abuse neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. George Ricaurte received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School and his doctorate in Pharmacology from the University of Chicago. He then completed his residency in neurology at Stanford University Medical Center and did a one year fellowship at the Parkinsons Institute in California.
Dr. Ricaurte is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Familial Brain Calcification. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Essential Tremor.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 8 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Ankur Butala specializes in the care of persons with complex neuropsychiatric conditions, including persons with advanced Parkinson Disease or other movement or neurodegenerative disorders. Upon graduating from a selective Physician-Scientist program at Albany Medical College, he joined the University of Massachusetts in an uncommon residency in both Neurology and Psychiatry. Dual-trained neuropsychiatrists such as Dr. Butala have experience with: Parkinson Disease and atypical Parkinsonism, Huntington Disease, Ataxia, Dystonia, early-onset dementia, traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, autism spectrum disorders, medication refractory mood and psychotic disorders, epilepsy and functional neurological disorders. In residency, he developed an interest in circuit models of brain function and how non-pharmacological approaches such as Neuromodulation and brain stimulation may be used to address treatment-resistant conditions. Consequently, he joined Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a Clinical and Research Fellow from 2015 to 2018, where he developed a skill set including deep brain stimulation, non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS), and measurement of eye movements. Currently, Dr. Butala's clinical and research interests are in diagnosing and managing persons with advanced Parkinson's Disease, movement disorders, and neuropsychiatric conditions using neuromodulation, cannabinoids, and entheogens. He has ongoing multidisciplinary collaborations with colleagues at the Whiting School of Engineering - Center of Speech & Language Processing in using Machine-Learning Models and Artificial Intelligence to improve the detection and diagnosis of Movement and Neuropsychiatric disorders. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankurbutalamd Videos Neurology: Junior Faculty Spotlight. Dr. Butala is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Familial Brain Calcification. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Corticobasal Degeneration, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Inova Health Care Services
Richard Ospina is a Neurologist in Leesburg, Virginia. Dr. Ospina is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Familial Brain Calcification. His top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Transient Global Amnesia, Memory Loss, and Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID). Dr. Ospina is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Neurology Associates PA
Joseph Savitt is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Savitt is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Familial Brain Calcification. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia, Supranuclear Ocular Palsy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Savitt is currently accepting new patients.
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- Movement DisordersDr. Ricaurte isDistinguished. Learn about Movement Disorders.
- Parkinson's DiseaseDr. Ricaurte isDistinguished. Learn about Parkinson's Disease.
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- ChoreaDr. Ricaurte isAdvanced. Learn about Chorea.
- Essential TremorDr. Ricaurte isAdvanced. Learn about Essential Tremor.
- Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)Dr. Ricaurte isAdvanced. Learn about Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).
- Primary Orthostatic TremorDr. Ricaurte isAdvanced. Learn about Primary Orthostatic Tremor.
- Secondary ParkinsonismDr. Ricaurte isAdvanced. Learn about Secondary Parkinsonism.
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- Acute Cerebellar AtaxiaDr. Ricaurte isExperienced. Learn about Acute Cerebellar Ataxia.
- ApoplexyDr. Ricaurte isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ApraxiaDr. Ricaurte isExperienced. Learn about Apraxia.
- Behr SyndromeDr. Ricaurte isExperienced. Learn about Behr Syndrome.
- Boucher-Neuhauser SyndromeDr. Ricaurte isExperienced. Learn about Boucher-Neuhauser Syndrome.
- CamptocormismDr. Ricaurte isExperienced. Learn about Camptocormism.