Overview
Dr. Moukheiber trained in neurology at Tufts Medical Center and completed his fellowship in movement disorders at Johns Hopkins. His primary interests include using telehealth/teleneurology to help bridge the gap between tertiary care available in well-funded facilities and the dearth of it in significantly underserved and remote areas; especially pertaining to movement disorders in general and ataxia in particular. He has worked with a number of non-government organizations and founded his own entity that provides home health care in the form of advanced nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy to underserved communities in third world countries, with particular emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. Moukheiber is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stiff Person Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Stiff Person Syndrome, Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 21 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Stiff Person Syndrome.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Neurologist Scott Newsome specializes in the care of patients with neuroimmunological and neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. He works within the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has special interest in evaluating and treating patients with multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica and stiff person syndrome. After completing fellowship training, Dr. Newsome joined the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers, and he is the director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Consultation and Infusion Center and the Stiff Person Syndrome Center. He is also director of the Johns Hopkins Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infectious Disease Fellowship Program and co-director of the Multiple Sclerosis Experimental Therapeutics Program. Dr. Newsome received his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, with honors. During his neurology residency, he was awarded the Golden Apple Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, and later was chosen to be chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in neuroimmunology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with the support of a Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Identifying and testing novel therapies and therapeutic strategies for multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders is Dr. Newsome’s main research focus. Other research endeavors include validating the use of new quantitative clinical outcome measures and imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis and identifying risk factors of disease onset and severity, response to treatment and long-term outcomes in neuroimmunological disorders. An adviser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Dr. Newsome has also served as president of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Dr. Newsome is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stiff Person Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Stiff Person Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transverse Myelitis, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).
Johns Hopkins University
Peter Calabresi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Calabresi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stiff Person Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Optic Neuritis, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and CACH Syndrome.
Johns Hopkins University
Shiv Saidha is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Saidha is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stiff Person Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Optic Neuritis, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Stiff Person Syndrome. Dr. Saidha is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Drug Induced DyskinesiaDr. Moukheiber isDistinguished. Learn about Drug Induced Dyskinesia.
- Dry MouthDr. Moukheiber isDistinguished. Learn about Dry Mouth.
- Focal DystoniaDr. Moukheiber isDistinguished. Learn about Focal Dystonia.
- Movement DisordersDr. Moukheiber isDistinguished. Learn about Movement Disorders.
- Parkinson's DiseaseDr. Moukheiber isDistinguished. Learn about Parkinson's Disease.
- Stiff Person SyndromeDr. Moukheiber isDistinguished. Learn about Stiff Person Syndrome.
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- Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency
- Benign Essential BlepharospasmDr. Moukheiber isAdvanced. Learn about Benign Essential Blepharospasm.
- Boucher-Neuhauser SyndromeDr. Moukheiber isAdvanced. Learn about Boucher-Neuhauser Syndrome.
- Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian AtrophyDr. Moukheiber isAdvanced. Learn about Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophy.
- Dopa-Responsive DystoniaDr. Moukheiber isAdvanced. Learn about Dopa-Responsive Dystonia.
- Episodic Ataxia with NystagmusDr. Moukheiber isAdvanced. Learn about Episodic Ataxia with Nystagmus.
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- AthetosisDr. Moukheiber isExperienced. Learn about Athetosis.
- CamptocormismDr. Moukheiber isExperienced. Learn about Camptocormism.
- Conversion DisorderDr. Moukheiber isExperienced. Learn about Conversion Disorder.
- Corticobasal DegenerationDr. Moukheiber isExperienced. Learn about Corticobasal Degeneration.
- Essential TremorDr. Moukheiber isExperienced. Learn about Essential Tremor.