Fellows in Training
The Edmond J. Safra Movement Disorder Fellowship is currently supporting 17 movement disorder specialists in training at top-tier medical centers around the world.
Class of 2026
Sara Berman, MD, PhD
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fellowship Directors: Andres Deik, MD, MSEd; James F. Morley, MD, PhD; Pavan Vaswani, MD, PhD *
Nicholas Bodnar, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’ s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
Fellowship Directors: Alice Flaherty, MD, PhD; Barbara Changizi, MD
Patrick Cullinane, MB BCh BAO, MSc, MRCPI
University College London London, United Kingdom
Fellowship Director: Kailash Bhatia, MD
Carlos Lázaro Hernández, MD
Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’ Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer( FRCB-IDIBAPS) Barcelona, Spain
Sanne Meles, MD, PhD
University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands
Fellowship Directors: Marina de Koning-Tijssen, MD, PhD; Teus van Laar, MD, PhD
Daniel S. Marín Medina, MD
Fleni Hospital Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fellowship Director: Marcelo Merello, MD, PhD
Shashika Rodrigo, MD
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois
Fellowship Director: Katie Kompoliti, MD
Eshita Shah, MD, MS
University of California, San Diego San Diego, California
Fellowship Directors: David Coughlin, MD; Caitlin Mulligan, MD
Fellowship Director: Francesc Valldeoriola, MD, PhD
* Graduate of the Edmond J. Safra Movement Disorder Fellowship. † Local economic factors allowed this Center to select two Fellows for the class of 2027.
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