Clinical Movement Disorders Fellowship (Electives)

[Doctor Neuron]

I plan on taking electives prior to applying for movement disorders fellowship. I have seen threads about strong programs, but I am wondering about how good the following centers are for a clinical fellowship:
- MassGeneral Brigham
- UPenn
- University of Minnesota

Wanted to hear your opinions about strengths and weakness of these programs.

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[Aldertonghen]

There is a thread from before where I mentioned the current places to go after asking fellows. UPenn is for sure really good of the places you list

UMN is Udall Parkinson’s and does a lot of closed loop DBS and has really good MER exposure

Don’t know about MGH

 

[Thama]

Counterintuitively, I would rate UMN at the top of that list for clinical movement fellowship and is particularly strong in neuromodulation. Penn is also good with more of a clinical trials focus. Despite the brand name, I wouldn't really recommend MGH as a place to train clinical movement disorders.

 

[Captain_Falcon]

What about other programs in the Midwest, specifically those at Cincinnati, Michigan, Iowa, and MCW? Specifically for clinical practice and not research

 

[Thama]

Cinci and Michigan are both excellent. Not very familiar with the other 2.

 

[Aldertonghen]

What about other programs in the Midwest, specifically those at Cincinnati, Michigan, Iowa, and MCW? Specifically for clinical practice and not research

The top 4 Midwest programs for bread and butter clinical movement imo are Cincinnati (Espay), UMN (Vitek), Rush and Michigan in that order.