The Department of Neurology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers two Movement Disorders fellowship tracks—the Mount Sinai West Movement Disorder Fellowship (primarily at 14th Street) and the fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital (primarily at 98th Street, with supplemental locations at Mount Sinai West and James J. Peter VA Medical Center). Fellows from both tracks share conferences and resources to ensure the depth and breadth of movement disorders faculty and cases, including rare diseases.
The Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers a non-ACGME accredited fellowship in movement disorders. This two-year program focuses on training fellows to become academic movement disorder training fellows to become academic movement disorder specialists with expertise in diagnosing and managing Parkinson’s disease, the atypical Parkinsonian syndromes, dystonia, tremors, tics and Tourette syndrome, chorea, ataxia, and other rare movement disorders. Fellows receive comprehensive training in deep brain stimulation (DBS) at the largest DBS center in the Northeast as well as significant exposure to the clinical applications of botulinum toxin injections. We collaborate with neuropathologists, functional neurosurgeons, the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, the Center for Vertigo and Balance, and the Department of Genetics and Genomics.
Curriculum
Fellows work directly with the clinical attendings and are clinically immersed, evaluating, and managing a wide variety of patients. Fellows will learn to identify and evaluate prospective candidates for DBS as well as actively participate in stimulation programming. Additionally, they will learn about the evaluation of patients for our clinical trial research program which encompasses studies in Parkinson’s disease, botulinum toxin for dystonia, as well as other movement disorders, and will have the opportunity to serve as a sub-investigator on ongoing studies. Our fellows see patients with the faculty in the Movement Disorders Center, attend the bi-monthly movement disorders clinic, and see patients bimonthly with Mount Sinai movement disorders faculty Drs. Ruth Walker, PhD, MB, ChB and Dr Melissa Nirenberg at the James. J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx. Our fellows are also trained in administering botulinum toxin injections in patients with a variety of movement disorders.
We expect our fellows to read widely in the movement disorder literature, take a proactive role in our clinical and research activities, help mentor our residents and students, and present the results of their research at national meetings such as the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting and the annual conference of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society. During the program's first year, fellows will attend the Comprehensive Review of Movement Disorders for the Clinical Practitioner in Aspen, Colorado, which offers educational opportunities and the chance to meet fellows and attendings from around the country.
During both years of the program, fellows regularly attend conferences within the Division, including weekly video rounds where colleagues discuss videos of patients, bi-weekly research meetings, monthly interdisciplinary neurosurgery DBS conferences with Mount Sinai West and with Mount Sinai Union Square, monthly journal clubs, and weekly neurology grand rounds. We expect fellows to participate in these conferences and prepare presentations for delivery. In the second year of fellowship, fellows will continue to participate in the clinical evaluation and care of movement patients and are also highly encouraged to participate in clinical research.
2023-2025 Fellow:
Priyanka Moondra, MD
Faculty at The Mount Sinai Hospital
Winona Tse, MD, Associate Fellowship Director and Lead, The Mount Sinai Hospital
Application Process
The Icahn School of Medicine offers a two-year fellowship program, selecting one fellow every two years. We welcome applications from individuals who have successfully completed a three-year neurology residency at an ACGME/LCME approved training program. Prospective clinical fellows from across the country must obtain a New York State license before beginning the program.
We participate in the San Francisco Match. Application registration begins in March through April of the year prior to the fellowship start date. After registration, please be sure to submit the following to our program coordinator:
- CV
- Three original letters of recommendation
- Personal statement
Interviews with selected candidates are conducted between June to August, with the opportunity to interview for the Mount Sinai West (MSW) track the same week.
For additional questions, please contact:
Jennifer Munoz
Fellowship Coordinator at Mount Sinai Hospital
Email: jennifer.munoz@mssm.edu
Tel: 212-241-1830