Joel S. Perlmutter

Joel S. Perlmutter, MD

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Specializes In
  • Neurology
  • Adult Neurology
Languages Spoken
  • English

Appointments

Sees Patients For

Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Tourette syndrome, hyperkinetic disorders, dystonia, essential tremor and other movement disorders, imaging research using PET and MR, clinical drug trials

Hospital Affiliations

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • St. Louis Children's Hospital

Locations

Specific: Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Tourette syndrome, hyperkinetic disorders, dystonia, essential tremor and other movement disorders, imaging research using PET and MR, clinical drug trials Common: adult movement disorders, tremor, parkinson, dystonia, huntington disease, ataxia, essential tremor, spasticity, botulinum toxin injections, normal pressure hydrocephalus, deep brain stimulation, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, lewy body dementia, high frequency focused ultrasound therapy, myoclonus, chorea, tics, tourette syndrome, restless legs, tardive dyskinesia, drug induced movement disorder, hemifacial spasm, stiff-person syndrome, carbidopa levodopa enteral suspension (duopa), functional movement disorders, congenital torticollis

Experience

Board Certifications

  • Neurology

Academic Title(s)

Elliot Stein Family Professor of Neurology
Section Chief, Movement Disorders
Professor, Radiology, Neuroscience, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

Publications & Research

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Education

Fellowship

1984 Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Residency

1980 Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Medical Degree

1979 University Of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

A.B.

1975 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Externship

1978 Psychiatry, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas