Specialists

At our Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Centers, named a Center of Excellence by the National Parkinson Foundation, we are proud to be in the forefront of comprehensive, integrated care delivery. Our program is made up of a multidisciplinary team of physicians, surgeons, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, social workers, and educators to provide comprehensive care.

Neurologists

• Onur Melen, MD  
• Tanya Simuni, MD  (Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center)
• Alex Videnovic, MD  
• Cindy Zadikoff, MD 

Neurosurgeons

• Joshua Rosenow, MD  (Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine)

Neurogeneticist

• Puneet Opal, MD, PhD 

Nurses & Clinical Coordinators

• Christine Giblin, RN, BSN
• David Kettley, RN, BSN

Center Coordinator & Clinical Social Worker

• Diane B. Breslow, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Research Coordinators

• Karen Williams, BA (Senior Clinical Research Coordinator)
• Lauren Vainio, BS

Rehabilitation Medicine

• Santiago D. Toledo, MD  
• James A. Sliwa, DO

Physical Therapist

• Erin Finnegan, PT

Speech-Language Pathologists

• Kristin A. Larsen, MA, SLP
• Cory L. Atkinson, MA, CCC-SLP

Music Therapist

• Elizabeth Stegemöller, MT-BC

Clinical Neurophysiologist

• Colum Mackinnon, PhD 

Neuropsychologist

• Eric Larson, PhD, ABPP-CN

Neuroradiologist

• Matthew T. Walker, MD