Marlene and Paolo Institute for the Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders, Kellar Family Division of Movement Disorders offers a one-year fellowship for physicians who have completed a U.S.-based neurology residency.  “Our fellowship program is supported by several philanthropic donors and the Fondazione Paolo e Marlene Fresco.”

Fellows in our division hone their skills through a variety of clinical and research experiences. Our patient-focused philosophy of care is the critical feature that unifies all of the elements of the fellowship.

Movement Disorders Clinical Training

As a fellow, you treat patients primarily at NYU Langone’s Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders, supervised by an attending physician. You also treat patients at the movement disorders clinic at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, which draws from an ethnically diverse community, and provide inpatient consultations at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital and Bellevue.

You also receive training in botulinum toxin injection techniques for blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, cervical dystonia, limb dystonia, spasticity, and other movement disorders. We currently offer botulinum toxin clinics at NYU Langone locations and Bellevue. Fellows are heavily involved in these clinics, and are trained in both ultrasound guidance and EMG guidance for botulinum toxin injections.

Additional training at NYU Langone’s Center for Neuromodulation involves learning how to assess candidates for deep brain stimulation (DBS) and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of movement disorders. You also learn postoperative and long-term programming of the stimulators and have opportunities to learn intraoperative monitoring.

Our division also schedules virtual video-rounds once per week, and in-person didactic sessions once per week, that are centered on clinical training and attended by the fellows and faculty of our division.

Movement Disorders Research Training

During your fellowship, we encourage you to explore research opportunities at the Fresco Institute. You may get involved in basic science, DBS, clinical, genetic and neuroanatomy research.

Basic Science Research

Creating a seamless continuum from basic science to patient care in the search for a cure for Parkinson’s disease is at the core of the mission of the Fresco Institute. The basic scientists affiliated with the Fresco Institute include Un J Kang, MD; Margaret E. Rice, PhD; and Richard Tsien, PhD. Research in these laboratories includes studies into dopamine regulation, synaptic vesicle dynamics, basal ganglia circuitry, and the molecular basis of neuropathologic behavior.

Movement disorders fellows are encouraged to explore basic science research options at the Fresco Institute and throughout NYU Langone, which includes the Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology.

Deep Brain Stimulation Research

Fellows have the opportunity to explore both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored research in DBS at the Center for Neuromodulation with the supervision of Dr. Alon Mogilner, MD, PhD; and Dr. Michael H. Pourfar, MD.

Clinical and Genetics Research

Fellows also have the opportunity to explore human genetic research opportunities at the Clinical Research and Genetics Movement Division that is directed by Giulietta M Riboldi, MD PhD, and to engage in clinical research in collaboration with Dr. Steven J Frucht, MD and all other clinicians of the Fresco Institute.

Neuroanatomy Research

Fellows have the opportunity to explore human neuroanatomy research with the supervision of Xavier Guell Paradis, MD, PhD, using in-vivo neuroimaging or post-mortem preparation techniques of the human brain, including access to the human anatomy laboratories of the medial school at NYU and its repository of plastinated and fresh brain specimens. Interested fellows also have the opportunity to become involved in teaching neuroanatomy and clinical neurology to students at NYU, as part of the neuroanatomy and neurology courses of the medical school.

Conferences

Our fellowship provides financial support so that fellows can attend local and international educational courses and conferences related to movement disorders.

Application Process

We participate in the national Movement Disorders Fellowship SF Match Program. Submit your application, which should include three letters of recommendation, a CV, and a personal statement, through SF Match. For application submission opening date and deadline, please visit SF match directly. Interviews take place in July and August.

We encourage applicants to send their application before the CAS Target Date that is specified in the SFmatch website (usually this is in early April). We will start reviewing applications after the CAS Target Date specified in the SFmatch website.

Please note that we are not able to sponsor H1B visas.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact program director Xavier Guell Paradis at Xavier.Guellparadis@NYULangone.org and fellowship program coordinator Kimberly Kaloroumakis at Kimberly.Kaloroumakis@NYULangone.org.