Department of Neurosurgery
Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center
Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center
Overview
The Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center provides multi-disciplinary care to patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia and other related conditions. The center is composed of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, physical & speech/swallow therapists and others who deliver individualized care that optimizes medical and surgical therapies.
The movement disorders team evaluates patients in a comprehensive “fast track” clinic where those considering deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, laser ablation, or other surgical options can learn about their disease and explore these possibilities. Treatment plans are designed in a team-based fashion, and clinicians from neurosurgery and neurology often work together even in the operating room and MRI-suite to ensure optimal decision-making for maximal patient benefit.
Our doctors and other clinicians combine this patient-centered approach with the latest technologies to deliver the highest-quality, world-class care. These technologies include “incision-less” focused ultrasound therapy, advanced deep brain stimulation with neural sensing, MRI-guided laser ablation, 3D-printed, patient-customized brain targeting systems and real-time, intra-operative neuro-imaging.
As members of the Brown University faculty, our clinicians not only apply the latest technologies to improve our patients’ lives, but we also conduct research to better understand these neurological disorders and to develop and test new therapies. Ongoing studies include computational modeling, machine-learning decoding of neural activity, nonhuman models of cognitive processes, and patient-based clinical trials, among many others.
Our talented, highly-experienced team and extraordinary technological resources enable the Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center to provide exceptional, unique care to individuals seeking to enhance their lives.
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Functional Neurosurgery
Rhode Island Hospital
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Movement Disorders
Norman Prince Neuroscience Institute at Rhode Island Hospital
Our Team
Neurosurgery
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Wael F. Assad, MD, PhD
Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Vice-Chair, Research, Director, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Program, Director, Laboratory for Neurophysiology and Neuromodulation, Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program, Director, Fellowship in Functional & Epilepsy Neurosurgery -
Athar Malik, MD, PhD
Samuel I. Kennison, M.D. and Bertha S. Kennison Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director, Brain Injury & Restorative Neurosurgery, Director, Restorative Neuroscience Laboratory
Conditions We Treat
Movement Disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Essential Tremor
- Dystonia
Technology
Custom 3D-Printed Targeting Platforms
Deep Brain Stimulation
Focused Ultrasound
BrainLab AIRO Mobile CT Scanner with Navigation System
News
Recent News
Rhode Island Hospital is using new robotic technology designed with improved accuracy and safety to help guide neurosurgeons through brain and spine surgeries.