Meagen Salinas, M.D.

Dr. Meagen Salinas is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In addition to her faculty appointment at UTSW, Dr. Salinas is the Assistant Section Chief of Neurology at the VA North Texas Health Care System.

Dr. Salinas obtained her medical degree and completed her Neurology residency at UT Southwestern in Dallas with her final year serving as the Academic Chief Resident. She continued on to complete her training with a Movement Disorders fellowship at UTSW. Dr. Salinas has a special interest in movement disorders including Parkinson disease, tremor, dystonia, ataxia, and myoclonus. Her expertise extends into botulinum toxin injections and deep brain stimulation. Dr. Salinas is actively involved in clinical research for the treatment of Parkinson Disease. Dr. Salinas is a certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the international Movement Disorder Society.

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2013)

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2017), Neurology

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018), Movement Disorders

• Essential Tremor
• Neurodegenerative Disorders
• Parkinson Disease

Featured Publications

Transient akathisia after the SARS-Cov-2 vaccine.

Salinas MR, Dieppa M, Clin Park Relat Disord 2021 4 100098

Patient Perceptions and Knowledge of Parkinson Disease and Treatment

Salinas, M., Chambers, E., Ho, T., Khemani, P., Olson, D. Stutzman, S., Chitnis, S. Clinical Parkinsonism Related Disorders. 2020 3

Psychosis in Parkinson?s Disease

Remz M, Salinas M Psychiatric annals 2020 50 3

Guest Editorial: Psychiatric Disorders in Parkinson?s Disease

Salinas, M Psychiatric annals 2020 50 3

Cardiovascular risk: gender differences in lifestyle behaviors and coping strategies

Martin LA, Critelli JW, Doster JA, Powers C, Purdum M, Doster MR, Lambert PL Int J Behav Med 2013 20 1

 Featured Books

Common Programming Strategies for Deep Brain Stimulation. In Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case-Based Approach

Meagen Salinas (2020). United States, Oxford University Press

• Academic Chief Resident
  UTSW Neurology Residency (2016-2017)
• Best Poster Presentation
  27th International Symposium on the Autonomic Nervous System
• Favorite Course- Brain & Behavior
  Preclinical Award, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Class of 2022
• Summa Cum Laude
  University of North Texas

• American Academy of Neurology (2012)
• BGs DFW Movement Disorders Forum (2019)
• Movement Disorder Society Member (2016)