Program Overview

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The Johns Hopkins Movement Disorders Fellowship

The Johns Hopkins Movement Disorders fellowship aims to train exceptionally qualified individuals in the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of movement disorders, as well as provides scholarly training in conducting movement disorders research.

Program Overview

• Duration: 2-3 years
• Program start: July
• Eligibility: by the start of the fellowship training, candidates must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency program in neurology and are board-certified or board-eligible.
• How to apply: Applications are accepted through the SF Match portal. Please submit your CV, medical school transcripts and three letters of recommendation (letter from residency director or departmental chairman strongly recommended).

Program Directors

The Division Director and Director of the Fellowship Training Program review applications and invite selected candidates for an interview.

Emile Moukheiber, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Jee Bang, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Rotations and Responsibilities

The fellowship curriculum involves structured rotations through subspecialty clinics. The program's close relationship with other departments ensures exposure to pediatric neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuropsychiatry, cognitive neurology, adult hydrocephalus and telemedicine.

• The first year of fellowship is clinically intensive, intended to give junior fellows a well-rounded experience in the evaluation and management of movement disorders and build a robust clinical understanding of various phenomenologies and disease processes. Clinic time is split among attending clinics, neuromodulation, chemodenervation, ataxia and fellows' continuity clinics.
• In the second year, fellows are encouraged to tailor their clinical experience based on post-fellowship career goals while building on their first year foundation. The inpatient movement disorders consult coverage is divided among the first- and second-year fellows.

Research Opportunities

Fellows are expected to develop their own research projects or take leadership roles in one or more projects in development. Options include projects under the Udall Center of Excellence, Huntington's Disease Center, Atypical Parkinsonism Clinic, Neuromodulation Center, The Institute of Cell Engineering and Ataxia Center.

Outreach

The division facilitates several patient support activities through its community outreach programs, patient-caregiver engagement events and fundraisers. Our fellows can lend their expertise through public lectures and informational articles on research in newsletters and other media.

Meetings and Conferences

Numerous intramural conferences under the umbrella of Johns Hopkins' departments of Neurology and Psychiatry are available to the fellows for expanding their medical education. Movement disorders fellows are expected to prepare and present topics, cases and videos for the following meetings in rotation.

• Johns Hopkins Topic Discussion for Movement Disorders Fellows (JHoT): First and third Wednesdays. Topics cover the breadth of movement disorders, divided among attendings and fellows
• Movement Disorders Video Case Conference: Third Wednesdays (following JHoT). Discussion of teaching cases and those needing consensus
• Ataxia Center Meeting: Second Fridays. Various ataxia topics
• Neuromodulation and Advanced Therapies Committee Meeting: Second Wednesdays. Fellow-run conference, presentation and discussion of candidates for advanced therapies
• Tauopathy Consensus Conference: Fourth Tuesdays. Consensus diagnosis of tauopathy subtypes
• Neurology Grand Rounds:

Subspecialty Clinics and Centers

Our diverse faculty includes experts from several divisions and departments, who are dedicated to teaching fellows and ensuring a well-rounded clinical experience with common and rare movement disorders.

• Parkinson and General Movement Disorders Clinic
• Neuromodulation and Advanced Therapies Clinic
• Botulinum Injection Clinics
• Ataxia Center
• Atypical Parkinsonism Center
• Huntington Disease Center
• Pediatric Movement Disorders
• Genetics
• Physical and Occupational therapies, Speech and Language Pathology

Core Fellowship Faculty

• Jee Bang, MD MPH: Clinical Director, Johns Hopkins Huntington Disease Center of Excellence, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
• Ankur Butala, MD: Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Jason Paul Carreon Chua, MD PhD: Founder and Director, Functional Neurological Disorder Program, Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Kelly Mills, MD MHS: Director, Movement Disorders Division, Associate Professor of Neurology
• Emile Sami Moukheiber, MD: Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Ashley Mary Paul, MD MEd: Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Alex Pantelyat, MD: Director, Atypical Parkinsonism Center, Associate Professor of Neurology
• Liana Rosenthal, MD PhD: Director, Ataxia Center, Associate Professor of Neurology

Other Faculty Educators

• Argye Elizabeth Hillis, MD: Director, Center of Excellence in Stroke Detection and Diagnosis, Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute, Professor of Neurology
• Chiadi U. Onyike, MD: Director, Frontotemporal Dementias Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Current Fellows

• Ian Cheong, MD, PhD: 2nd Year
• Sai Divakaruni MD, PhD: 2nd Year
• Dylan Del Papa, MD: 1st Year
• Rebecca Khamishon, MD: 1st Year

Fellowship Alumni

• Stephen Berger, MD, PhD: 2025, Current Position: Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
• Lauryn Currens, MD: 2025, Current Position: Staff Neurologist, MedStar Union Memorial/Franklin Square Hospitals
• Joseph Seemiller, MD: 2024, Current Position: Faculty, Pennsylvania State
• Nigel Harrison, MD: 2023, Current Position: Intermountain Healthcare
• Ashley Paul, MD: 2022, Current Position: Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
• Maitreyi Murthy, MBBS: 2021, Current Position: Staff, PeaceHealth, Vancouver, WA
• Jumana Alshaikh, MBBS: 2021, Current Position: Faculty, University of Utah
• Gerson Suarez-Cedeno, MD: 2020, Current Position: Unknown
• Bonnie Kaas, MD: 2019, Current Position: Staff, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
• Suraj Rajan, MD: 2019, Current Position: Staff, OhioHealth Physicians Group
• Ankur Butala, MD: 2018, Current Position: Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
• Emile Moukheiber, MD: 2018, Current Position: Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
• Martin Kronenbuerger, MD: 2017, Current Position: Unknown
• Laura Tochen, MD: 2016, Current Position: Staff, Children's National Hospital
• Chizoba Umeh, MD: 2013, Current Position: Faculty, Tufts University
• Liana Rosenthal, MD: 2012, Current Position: Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
• Shawn Smyth, MD: 2011, Current Position: Private Practice
• Rainer von Coelln, MD: 2010, Current Position: Faculty, University of Maryland
• Joseph Savitt, MD, PhD: 2003, Current Position: Faculty, University of Maryland
• Michael Cooper, MD: 1999, Current Position: Faculty, Vanderbilt University
• Allen Mandir, MD, PhD: 1998, Current Position: Faculty, Georgetown University
• Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD: 1992, Current Position: Professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD: 1990, Current Position: Professor, University of Minnesota
• Steven Reich, MD: 1988, Current Position: Professor, University of Maryland