Shilpa Chitnis, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department: Neurology & Neurotherapeutics

Education
Internship/Residency . (2002), Neurology
Fellowship LSU Health Sciences Center (2003), Movement Disorders

Specialty Areas

Clinical Interests
  • Primary Interests
  • Ataxia
  • Ballism
  • Blepharospasm
  • Cerebellar Ataxia
  • Chorea
  • Deep Brain Stimulatory (DBS)
  • Dystonia
  • Hemiballism
  • Hemifacial Spasm
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Meige Syndrome
  • Myoclonus
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (OPCA)
  • Pallidotomy
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
  • Shy Drager Syndrome
  • Spasmodic Dysphonia
  • Spasmodic Torticollis
  • Striatal Nigral Degeneration
  • Tardive Dyskinesia
  • Thalamotomy
  • Torticollis
  • Tourette's Disease Syndrome
  • Wilson's Disease

Research Interests
  • Dementia in Parkinson's Disease
  • New and Emerging Therapies for Parkinson's Disease

Honors/Awards
  • Robert J. Heath Society, Tulane University, New Orleans, Loiusiana
    Resident Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing (2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Movement Disorders Society