Neurology Department
Movement Disorders Clinic
Parkinson's Huntington's
Tremor Dystonia
Clinical Trials
Movement Disorders Clinic in the Media
UAMS UPDATE (September 1999)
Physician's Practice Digest (May/June 1999)
"Dance of The Doomed" in Arkansas Times (April 16, 1999)
"New Clinic Keeps Pace with a Variety of Movement Disorders" in Arkansas Times (March 26, 1999)
The Movement Disorders Clinic sees patients with tremor, involuntary movements, and gait difficulty. Conditions with such symptoms include Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, Huntington's disease, ataxia, generalized and focal dystonia (spasmodic torticollis, writer's cramp, blepharospasm, spasmodic dysphonia), hemifacial spasm, tics and Tourette's syndrome, chorea, myoclonus,Wilson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, normal pressure hydrocephalus, and tardive dyskinesia. Most movement disorders are chronic and progressively disabling. They require a well concerted, multidisciplinary expert care. The dazzling advances in genetics, pharmaceutical industry, and surgical techniques have brought new frontiers to their diagnosis and treatment. Our clinic's services include Botulinum toxin type A (BOTOX?) injections and referral for surgical treatment (pallidotomy, thalamotomy, deep brain stimulation-DBS) if indicated besides diagnosis and medical treatment with drugs reflecting the most recent research. |
Clinic Staff
| Ergun Y. Uc, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Neurology. Dr. Uc, a diplomate of the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology, completed his Neurology Residency and Movement Disorders
Fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Uc was recently accepted to
PSG (Parkinson Study Group), as the first
member from Arkansas. PSG is a national organization of Parkinson's disease experts, who
conduct multi-center clinical trials on Parkinson's disease.
Samer D. Tabbal, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology. Dr. Tabbal, a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, completed his Neurology Residency at UAMS and his Movement Disorders Fellowship at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City. He joined UAMS in April 2000. |
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Close cooperation with the following departments & experts ensures multidisciplinary
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