Experience

International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair: MDS LEAP program

  • Oct 2021 - Present



UT Southwestern Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor of Neurology

  • Mar 2007 - Present

• Director: Faculty Mentoring Program

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  I will directly report to the Department Chair and we are in the process of developing a new faculty mentoring program. Will be lots of great learning and great opportunity for faculty growth.

• Director: Movement Disorders Fellowship

  • Jul 2010 - Present

  I am co-Chair of the San Francisco Match Committee for movement disorders. I started the movement disorders fellowship at UT Southwestern and am currently in charge of the fellowship which involves recruitment, defining the core curriculum and schedule for training, conferences and mentorship of the fellows.

• Director: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Program (Neurology side)

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2022

  I led the surgical program for movement disorders for tremor, Parkinson disease and Dystonia. My team has a functional neurosurgeon, Neurologists, Psychologists, Speech and Physical Therapists, Psychiatrists, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Otolaryngologists and advanced practice providers. I work with a trained DBS coordinator who engages in monopolar reviews, on going programming and management of the RedCap research and clinical database. I have transitioned the leadership of this program to a colleague in my section as of Jan 1, 2023. Show less

• Fellowship Programs Director

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2020

  I had a supervisory role over 12 fellow programs in the Department of Neurology. I oversaw the over all functioning, keep track of regulations and counsel regarding future development and growth of these programs

• Associate Professor of Neurology

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2017

• Associate Neurology Residency Program Director

  • Mar 2007 - Sep 2017

• Assistant Professor of Neurology

  • Mar 2007 - Sep 2011

• SIGN Director

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2011

  This is a Student Interest Group in Neurology to encourage medical students during their early years to take on careers in Neurology.



San Francisco Matching Program

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Chair: San Francisco Match Committee for Movement Disorders

  • Jul 2018 - Present



LSU Health Sciences Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2003 - Mar 2007

  Clinical patient care in movement disordersClinical researchClinical administration

• Movement Disorders Fellowship

  • Aug 2002 - Jul 2003



Tulane University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Neurology Residency

  • Jul 1998 - Jun 2002

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 1992 - Jul 1998

  Graduate school, PhD program in Pharmacology



Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group Of Hospitals, Mumbai

• India
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• medical student

  • 1984 - 1989

  Medical school Medical school