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Jumana T. Alshaikh, MD

Languages spoken: Arabic, English

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  • Jumana Alshaikh, MD, is a neurologist and movement disorders specialist. She treats a wide variety of movement disorders such as tics and Tourette's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. She has a particular interest in utilizing advanced therapies such as deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, botulinum toxin injections, and the latest available therapeutics to treat patients with complex movement disorders.

    She completed her neurology residency at University of Chicago, during which time she completed a fellowship in medical ethics at the MacClean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and also served as a member of the graduate medical education committee, wellness committee, and resident advisory committee. She subsequently completed a two-year clinical and research fellowship in movement disorders at Johns Hopkins University and served as an international student ambassador at JHU.

    She joined the University of Utah in 2021 and is the co-director of the UofU's Parkinson Disease Center of Excellence and is the founder and editor of the movement disorders division newsletter "We Move U" https://medicine.utah.edu/neurology/we-move-u-newsletter.

    She is interested in educating trainees and the community about the field of movement disorders, and has received the Department of Neurology's award for outpatient teacher of the year in 2021-2022.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurology - Primary
    Academic Divisions
  • Jumana Alshaikh, MD, is a neurologist and movement disorders specialist. She treats a wide variety of movement disorders such as tics and Tourette's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. She has a particular interest in utilizing advanced therapies such as deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, botulinum toxin injections, and the latest available therapeutics to treat patients with complex movement disorders.

    She completed her neurology residency at University of Chicago, during which time she completed a fellowship in medical ethics at the MacClean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and also served as a member of the graduate medical education committee, wellness committee, and resident advisory committee. She subsequently completed a two-year clinical and research fellowship in movement disorders at Johns Hopkins University and served as an international student ambassador at JHU.

    She joined the University of Utah in 2021 and is the co-director of the UofU's Parkinson Disease Center of Excellence and is the founder and editor of the movement disorders division newsletter "We Move U" https://medicine.utah.edu/neurology/we-move-u-newsletter.

    She is interested in educating trainees and the community about the field of movement disorders, and has received the Department of Neurology's award for outpatient teacher of the year in 2021-2022.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurology -Primary
    Academic Divisions

    Education history

    Fellowship Movement Disorders - Johns Hopkins Hospital Fellow
    Medical Ethics - MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Fellow
    Residency Neurology - University of Chicago Medicine Resident
    Internal Medicine - University of Maryland Medical Center Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine, Surgery - University of Dammam College of Medicine M.B.B.S.