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Exercise, Community, and Storytelling Remind This Parkinson's Patient of His Own Agency

Hiral Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at CUMC, together with colleagues and patients, developed a Parkinson’s Disease Storybook to help educate patients and caregivers about the disease.

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Parkinson's Disease
Hiral Shah, MD, Answers Questions About Parkinson's Disease

Hiral Shah, MD, an assistant professor of neurology at CUMC, in a series of video interviews with HealthiNation/GoodRx talks about Parkinson's disease.

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Revealing the Faces and Voices of Parkinson’s Disease

Hiral Shah, MD, assistant professor of neurology at CUMC, along with colleagues, and patients support group created a book for Black patients & their families written by the true experts: themselves

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Parkinson's Disease
Irving Institute Pilot Awardee Finds New Ways to Approach Community Engagement

Hiral Shah, MD, assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, talks about her work addressing the health disparities for Parkinson's disease diagnosis and treatment faced by minority communities.

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Of Music and Movement: Columbia Doctor Helps Patients Find Harmony

By Brenda Lange

January 20, 2023

Music and Movement Disorders Initiative created by Christine Y. Kim, MD, assistant professor of neurology, helps treat patients with dystonia.
What Covid-19 Taught Us About Telemedicine

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The Wall Street Journal

By Laura Landro

March 28, 2021

Neurologist Roy Alcalay says that in some ways doing an exam on video is better than in a clinic because patients who live far away or have difficulty with traveling don’t need to leave home.

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COVID-19
Overactive Brain Waves Trigger Essential Tremor

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CUIMC Newsroom

January 15, 2020

A new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian suggests the tremors are caused by overactive brain waves at the base of the brain.

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Neurology
New Study Finds Overactive Brain Waves Cause a Common Movement Disorder Called Essential Tremor

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Discover Magazine

January 15, 2020

Although cerebellum abnormalities had long been suspected, it never has been proven until now, explained lead researcher and Columbia neurologist Sheng-Han Kuo.

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Neurology