Siegfried Hirczy, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Neurology | Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Joined UT Southwestern: 2025 Siegfried S. Hirczy, M.D., specializes in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders. Clinical Interests: His interests include management of a wide range of movement disorders with focus on alpha-synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease, Multiple Systems Atrophy, and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. He provides botulinum toxin injections and participates in the evaluation and management of interventional therapies such as Deep Brain Stimulation and MR-guided focused ultrasound (MFgFUS) ablation. Research: Dr. Hirczy is interested in clinical research. His focus is on the application and integration of technology for the diagnosis and management of movement disorders. He conducts research on digital biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease, and specifically evaluates the use of smart watches and virtual reality devices to detect motor and non-motor manifestations. Additionally, he is interested in the use of electrical and magnetic stimulation as a treatment for various movement disorders. He has published and presented at national and international meetings, and he serves on the steering committee of The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Technology Study Group. Background: Dr. Hirczy earned his medical degree and completed neurology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern. After residency, he completed a two-year fellowship in Movement Disorders at the VA Puget Sound and the University of Washington. Dr. Hirczy is certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Education Medical School (2018) Research Interest Gait disorders Non-invasive neuromodulation Oculomotor and perceptive abnormalities Parkinson's disease Virtual and augmented reality Wearable devices Publications Featured Publications Assessing Digital Health Technologies for Outcome Measurement in Parkinson's Disease Drug Trials: A Systematic Review. Virameteekul S, Shin C, Hirczy SS, Sarva H, Paul SS, Maetzler W, Mirelman A, Schneider RB, Hausdorff JM, Vizcarra JA, Klucken J, Monje MHG, Mancini M, Bonato P, Nieuwboer A, Horak FB, Rochester L, Sanchez-Ferro A, Zatti C, Fabbri M, Mestre TA, Reilmann R, Espay AJ, Bloem BR, Pilotto A, Bhidayasiri R, Mov Disord 2025 Nov Deep learning-based stride segmentation with wearable sensors: effects of data quantity, sensor location, and task. Anderson AJ, Gonzalez M, Eguren D, Khan N, Zuccaroli I, Hirczy S, Kelly VE, Muir BC, Kontson K, IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2025 Oct PP Empowering patients: A multimodal digital health technology survey of patients with neurogenerative disorders and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Maetzler C, Graeber J, Schmidtmann D, Prodan A, Avedano L, Bale C, Howard P, Pilotto A, Jiménez Ramos J, Reilmann R, Roche MW, Manyakov N, De Sousa D, Warring L, Kaduszkiewicz H, Hinz S, Hirczy S, Bhidayasiri R, Baribaud F, Ng WF, Maetzler W, Emmert K, Digit Health 2025 11 20552076251380054 Evaluation of the impact of neurology electronic consults (e-consults): Experiences of a neurology resident clinic in a safety-net hospital. Tardo L, Hirczy S, Blackburn K, Mejia M, Salter A, Huynh M, Khan S, J Telemed Telecare 2024 Aug 1357633X241273051 The current state of wearable device use in Parkinson's disease: a survey of individuals with Parkinson's. Hirczy S, Zabetian C, Lin YH, Front Digit Health 2024 6 1472691 Results 1-5 of 5 1 Honors & Awards National Ataxia Foundation, Travel Award (2023) International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (MDS), Travel Award (2022) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2019) Ataxia Global Iniative (2023) International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (MDS) (2020)
