UT Move

Our Team

  • Mya Schiess, M.D.
    Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology, Adriana Blood Endowed Chair, Neurology Residency Program Director, UT MOVE Director, Movement Disorders Clinic and Fellowship
  • Gage Van Horn, M.D.
    Professor of Neurology, Chief of Neurology at LBJ County Hospital, President of the Houston Neurological Society
  • Erin Furr-Stimming, M.D.,
    Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of Medical Student Clerkship
  • Richard Simpson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, Functional Stereotactic Specialist
  • Irene Oh, M.D., Movement Disorders Fellow
  • Tammy Daniele, R.N., Movement Disorders Nurse
  • Roger Bick, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging Laboratory
  • Vicki Ephron, R.N., Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Madeline Brown, Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Annie Rose, Administrative Program Coordinator

Research and Clinical Trials

  • 123I-ALTROPANE® Reference Image Acquisition in Subjects with Diagnostically Uncertain Tremor
  • PramiBID: A Randomized Double-Blind, Active (Pramipexole 0.5 mg tid) and Placebo Controlled, Efficacy Study of Pramipexole Given 0.5 mg and 0.75 mg BID Over a 12-Week Treatment Phase in Early Parkinson’s Disease Patients
  • Cross-Sectional Cohort Study of Laboratory and Clinical Patterns in Early PD: Early PD Biomarkers
  • A Natural History Analysis of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder as Prognostic for Parkinson’s Disease: RBD Longitudinal
  • Assessment of Quality of Life for Spastic Hemiplegia After Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Placement
  • Implantable System Performance Registry

Support

  • Houston Area Parkinson’s Society Medical Advisory Board
  • Kanaly Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease Research
  • Parkinson’s Study Group Trials

Contact Us

  • UT MOVE Clinic
    6410 Fannin St., Suite 1014
    Houston, TX 77030
  • To schedule an appointment, please call the clinic main appointment line at (832) 325-7080.

Specializations

  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Parkinsonian Disorders
  • Generalized and Focal Dystonias
  • Essential Tremor/ Tremor States
  • Huntington’s Disease
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Cortical and Subcortical Dementias
  • Spinocerebellar Ataxias
  • Wilson’s Disease
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Multiple Sclerosis-Related Movement Disorders
  • Spasticity Management
  • Ataxias/ Cerebellar Disorders
  • Gait Disorders
  • Spinal and Brain Trauma-Related Movement Abnormalities
  • Chorea and Myoclonus

Interventions

  • Medical Management
  • Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Neurology-Driven Rehabilitation
  • Botulinum Toxin Therapy
  • Intraoperative Microelectrode Recording

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