Ankur Butala
Experienced in Restless Legs Syndrome

Dr. Ankur Butala

Neurology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Experienced in Restless Legs Syndrome
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Corticobasal Degeneration, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 32 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Residency
UMass Memorial Medical Center, 2014
Specialties
Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in NY
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Movement Disorders, 2018
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-9441
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
10751 Falls Road, Falls Concourse STE 250, Lutherville, MD 21093
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Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Butala has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Deep Brain Stimulation

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


31 Total Publications

Sampling Rate Guidelines for Eye-Tracking in Neurological Disorders: A Task-Specific Multimetric Analysis.
Sampling Rate Guidelines for Eye-Tracking in Neurological Disorders: A Task-Specific Multimetric Analysis.
Journal: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Published: December 03, 2025
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