Katherine D. Amodeo, MD

Specialties

• Dementia
• Movement disorders

Clinical Interests

• Parkinson's disease, including advanced therapies such as deep brain stimulation and continuous intestinal infusion of carbidopa/levodopa
• Huntington's disease and other hyperkinetic movement disorders, including tremors, dystonia, chorea and tics
• Botulinum toxin
• Lewy body dementia (dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia)

Certification

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Postgraduate Training

• Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y.
• Residency, neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Internship, internal medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Education

• Doctor of Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology
• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
• Parkinson Study Group

Awards/Professional Recognition

• Author, co-author, reviewer, numerous peer- reviewed publications, journal articles
• Speaker at academic and scientific conferences: received special recognition for talk at Greater Rochester Annual Parkinson's Symposium