Faculty & Staff
Faculty and staff of the BU Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center are a diverse, multidisciplinary group of professionals who share a common goal to provide the best possible clinical care to patients and families.
They participate in research to find new treatments that will improve quality of life. Our team is highly trained in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders. The Center’s Medical Director is Marie Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCPC and the Program Director is Cathi A. Thomas, RN, MS.
Movement Disorder Specialists
- Marie Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCPC Medical Director
- Samuel A. Ellias, MD, PhD
- Samuel Frank, MD
- Anna D. Hohler, MD
Nurse Specialists
- Cathi A. Thomas, RN, MS Program Director
- Keith Ciccone, BS, LPN
- Melissa Diggin, GNP
- Denyse Turpin, RN, MPH
Movement Disorder Fellow
- Robert Donnell, MD
Research Project Coordinators
Research Faculty
- Jiang-Fan Chen, MD, PhD
- Robert Ferrante, PhD
- Richard Myers, PhD
- Ben Wolozin, MD, PhD
DBS Neurosurgeon
- Keith Davies, MD
