Movement Disorders

Treatment in Florida

All diagnosis and treatment options for movement disorders described in these pages are available at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

Movement Disorders Program

The Movement Disorders Program at Mayo Clinic in Florida provides advanced evaluation and treatment for various movement disorders. The program is internationally recognized in the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.

At Mayo Clinic in Florida, neurologists who have completed fellowship training in movement disorders work with neurosurgeons experienced in stereotactic surgery and specially trained nursing and paramedical staff to comprehensively evaluate patients. They offer the most appropriate medical and surgical treatments for movement disorders. Eligible patients at Mayo Clinic in Florida may access new therapies available through clinical research trials.

The Movement Disorders Program offers:

• Evaluation and treatment of all movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia (including torticollis)
• Drug treatments
• Surgery, including deep brain stimulation (thalamic, pallidal and subthalamic stimulation)
• Botulinum toxin injections

Through clinic research protocols, patients may have access to:

• Multiple trials with experimental therapies
• Medical and surgical therapeutic trials for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
• Studies involving progressive supranuclear palsy and cortical basal ganglionic degeneration
• Brain bank registry
• Familial (environmental-hereditary) movement disorder studies

Research Studies

Physicians and scientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida conduct many studies to define the causes and determine new treatments for movement disorders. Learn more about movement disorders research.

Treatment Team

This disease is treated by specialists in the departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Appointments

For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.