Kara M. Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAN
Associate Professor of Neurology Division Chief
- Title Associate Professor of Neurology
Division Chief - Education Master’s degree in Clinical Investigation: Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Massachusetts
Neurology Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Fellowship: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Education and Training Background
Dr. Kara Smith is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Boston Medical Center/Boston University Neurology Associates. She is board-certified in Neurology and is a fellowship-trained Movement disorders Specialist.
Dr. Smith completed a Neurology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. She completed her Movement disorders Fellowship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Clinical Care
She is passionate about the delivery of holistic, personalized and innovative clinical care to patients with Movement disorders. Dr. Smith has clinical expertise in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, atypical parkinsonism, tremor, tics, chorea, and dystonia. She has experience with deep brain stimulation utilization and programming, and also provides botulinum toxin injections for Movement disorders.
Research
Dr. Smith has a long-standing dedication to advancing clinical research in Parkinson’s disease. She earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Investigation at the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Massachusetts. She is a credentialed investigator of the Parkinson Study Group.
Her research is focused on cognitive impairment and speech/communication symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. She is also interested in novel technologies to remotely monitor patients with Movement disorders, and the effects of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies, including music therapy and exercise, on these disorders. She has been awarded research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and philanthropic donors.