Shilpa Chitnis, M.D., Ph.D.
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Shilpa Chitnis, MD., Ph.D, FAAN, FANA.,  is Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. 

Dr. Chitnis graduated from medical school from Grant Medical College in Mumbai, India.  She then completed a Ph.D., graduate school program in Pharmacology from Tulane University medical center in New Orleans, Louisiana.  She completed a residency program in Neurology also at Tulane University and finally completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. She has been a practicing movement disorders neurologist for the past 18 years taking care of patients with various movement disorders including Parkinsonism, tremor, dystonia, chorea, myoclonus, ataxia, functional neurological disorders and gait disorders. She is considered an international expert in the clinical care of patients with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) devices. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

She served as associate residency program director for the Neurology residency program for 10 years. She serves as fellowship director for movement disorders and leads 12 fellowship programs in the Dept. of Neurology. She is the medical director of the deep brain stimulation program for movement disorders.  She is intricately involved in resident and fellow education. Dr. Chitnis is also the Director of the Faculty Mentoring Program for the Dept. of Neurology since August of 2020. 

She is a co-editor of two handbooks in the movement disorders field. She has authored many prominent publications in the field of movement disorders and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for numerous Neurology journals including JAMA Neurology, Movement Disorders, Tremor and other hyperkinetic disordeers and Parkinsonism and related disorders to name a few. She serves on the editorial board of Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders (CPRD). 

Dr. Chitnis is one of the lead faculty and co-director of the MDS-LEAP program, an international program developed by the movement disorders society (MDS) to engage young neurologists to train and take on leadership roles within MDS.  She is the Co-Chair of the San Francisco Match Committee for Movement Disorders. She serves on the sub group of undergraduate education committee (UES) for the american academy of Neurology (AAN), graduate education subcommittee (GES) for AAN and sections and subspecialty committee of the AAN.

She lives in Plano, Texas with her husband, teenage daughter and doggie, Cookie.

Residency

Tulane University School of Medicine (2002), Neurology

Fellowship

LSU Health Sciences Center (2003), Movement Disorders

• Functional Movement Disorders/Functional Neurological Disorders (FMD/FND)
• Neuromodulation network, on-going quality improvement in Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
• New and Emerging Therapies for Parkinson's Disease
• Psychosis and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease

Featured Publications

Lack of Accredited Clinical Training in Movement Disorders in Europe, Egypt, and Tunisia.

Tamás G, Fabbri M, Falup-Pecurariu C, Teodoro T, Kurtis MM, Aliyev R, Bonello M, Brozova H, Coelho MS, Contarino MF, Corvol JC, Dietrichs E, Ben Djebara M, Elmgreen SB, Groppa S, Kadastik-Eerme L, Khatiashvili I, Kostic V, Krismer F, Hassan Mansour A, Odin P, Gavriliuc O, Olszewska DA, Relja M, Scheperjans F, Skorvanek M, Smilowska K, Taba P, Tavadyan Z, Valante R, Vujovic B, Waldvogel D, Yalcin-Cakmakli G, Chitnis S, Ferreira JJ, J Parkinsons Dis 2020 Jul

Advanced MRI techniques for transcranial high intensity focused ultrasound targeting.

Shah BR, Lehman VT, Kaufmann TJ, Blezek D, Waugh J, Imphean D, Yu FF, Patel TR, Chitnis S, Dewey RB, Maldjian JA, Chopra R, Brain 2020 Jun

The Effect of SPEAK OUT! and The LOUD Crowd on Dysarthria Due to Parkinson's Disease.

Behrman A, Cody J, Elandary S, Flom P, Chitnis S, Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2020 May 1-18

Patient perceptions and knowledge of Parkinson's disease and treatment (KnowPD)

Meagen R.Salinas, Elizabeth J.Chambers, Travis Ho, Pravin Khemani, DaiWai M.Olson, Sonja Stutzman and Shilpa Chitnis CPRD 2020 3

Deep Brain Stimulation and Sleep-Wake Disturbances in Parkinson Disease: A Review.

Sharma VD, Sengupta S, Chitnis S, Amara AW Front Neurol 2018 9 697

Comparison of Globus Pallidus Interna and Subthalamic Nucleus in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease: An Institutional Experience and Review.

Mirza S, Yazdani U, Dewey Iii R, Patel N, Dewey RB, Miocinovic S, Chitnis S Parkinsons Dis 2017 2017 3410820

Psychosis in Parkinson Disease: A Review of Etiology, Phenomenology, and Management.

Samudra N, Patel N, Womack KB, Khemani P, Chitnis S Drugs Aging 2016 Dec 33 12 855-863

Cystic Lesions as a Rare Complication of Deep Brain Stimulation.

Sharma VD, Bona AR, Mantovani A, Miocinovic S, Khemani P, Goldberg MP, Foote KD, Whitworth LA, Chitnis S, Okun MS Mov Disord Clin Pract 2016 Jan-Feb 3 1 87-90

Developing a Deep Brain Stimulation Neuromodulation Network for Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia: Report of a Quality Improvement Project.

Dewey RB, O'Suilleabhain PE, Sanghera M, Patel N, Khemani P, Lacritz LH, Chitnis S, Whitworth LA, Dewey RB PLoS ONE 2016 11 10 e0164154

Outcomes, management, and potential mechanisms of interleaving deep brain stimulation settings.

Miocinovic S, Khemani P, Whiddon R, Zeilman P, Martinez-Ramirez D, Okun MS, Chitnis S Parkinsonism Relat. Disord. 2014 Oct 20 12 1434-1437

 Featured Books

1. Parkinson's Disease in Chitnis and Dewey, Handbook of Movement Disorders, Oxford University Press, (May, 2011) 2. Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonism in Chitnis and Dewey, Handbook of Movements Disorders, Oxford University Press, (May 2011). In MOVEMENT DISORDERS (Oxford University Press)

Shilpa Chitnis, MD, PhD-Richard B. Dewey Jr. M.D. (Ed.) (2010). New York, NY, Oxford University Press (OUP)

1. Patient selection criteria for Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor in Deep Brain Stimulation: a case-based approach. Editors: Shilpa Chitnis, Pravin Khemani, and Michael S. Okun. Oxford University Press (2020, in production) 2. Patient selection criteria for Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson?s disease in Deep Brain Stimulation: a case-based approach. Editors: Shilpa Chitnis, Pravin Khemani, and Michael S. Okun. Oxford University Press (2020, in production) 3. Steroid-responsive edema interfering with Deep Brain Stimulation programming in Deep Brain Stimulation: a case-based approach. Editors: Shilpa Chitnis, Pravin Khemani, and Michael S. Okun. Oxford University Press (2020, in production) 4. Improved outcome on interleaved Deep Brain Stimulation seettings in Deep Brain Stimulation: a case-based approach. Editors: Shilpa Chitnis, Pravin Khemani, and Michael S. Okun. Oxford University Press (2020, in production) 5. Patient selection criteria for Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia in Deep Brain Stimulation: a case- based approach. Editors: Shilpa Chitnis, Pravin Khemani, and Michael S. Okun. Oxford University Press (2020, in production) 6. Symptomatic cystic lesion following Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in Deep Brain Stimulation: a case-based approach. Editors: Shilpa Chitnis, Pravin Khemani, and Michael S. Okun. Oxford University Press (2020, in production). In DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION: A Case-Based Approach (Oxford University Press)

Shilpa Chitnis, MD, PhD., Pravin Khemani, MD and Michael S. Okun (Ed.) (2020). New York, NY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (OUP)

• Oxford University Press (OUP), Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case-Based Approach
  Editor (2020)
• American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
  Graduate Education Subcommittee member (2019)
• Best Doctors of America
  National selection (2019-2020)
• Clinical Parkinsonism Related Disorders
  Editorial Board Member (2019)
• International Parkinson disease and movement disorders society (IPDMDS)
  Leadership Program Co-Director (MDS-LEAP) (2019)
• MDS-PAS Executive Committee Member
  Selected to serve on the movement disorders society's Pan American Section executive committee (2019-2021)
• American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
  Sections and sub-specialty committee member (2018)
• International Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Society
  Chair of the public relations and member engagement committee (2017-2019)
• American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
  Fellow (FAAN) (2015)
• American Neurological Association (ANA)
  Fellow (FANA) (2013)
• Best Doctors of America
  National selection (2013-2016)
• Oxford University Press (OUP): Movement Disorders
  Editor (2010)
• Medical Advisory Board
  Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society (DAPS) (2009)
• Medical Advisory Board
  Parkinson's Voice Project (PVP), Dallas (2008)

• Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) Society (2019)
• American Academy of Neurology (1997)
• International Parkinson's disease and movement disorders society (IPDMDS) (1997)