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Mitra Afshari, MD, MPH

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Mitra Afshari, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

RUSH Medical College

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

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Chicago, IL 60612
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BS, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
MD, MPH, Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine & School of Public Health
Internal Medicine Internship and Neurology Residency, Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center
Clinical Movement Disorders Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Mitra Afshari, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of Neurology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, the newest member of the Faculty in the Section of Movement Disorders. She is originally from Chicago, where she completed her undergraduate, medical school, and residency training at Northwestern University. She completed her fellowship in Movement Disorders at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she received comprehensive training in neurostimulation and neuromodulation for various Movement Disorders. During medical school, she also obtained her Masters’ in Public Health and traveled to Mexico, India, and Uganda for both clinical and research-related trips.

Clinically, Afshari is adept at making decisions as it pertains to deep brain stimulation candidacy and programming, as well as performing botulinum toxin injections for dystonia, including limb injections.

In addition to seeing patients, her primary research interests lie in Parkinson’s Disease, as it pertains to epidemiology, biomarkers, and clinical trials; deep brain stimulation therapy and other interventional therapies for advanced Movement disorders; telemedicine, teleneurology, and telerehabilitation; and palliative/supportive care in advanced Parkinsonian disorders. She also has interest in quality-improvement projects to enhance patient care, and medical student/resident education.

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