Umer Akbar, MD is a neurologist with expertise in the medical and surgical management of movement disorders. He is the director of the movement disorders program at Rhode Island Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Akbar’s research interests include diagnosis and management of movement disorders. He is proficient in botulinum toxin injections, deep brain stimulation patient evaluation and selection, intra-operative micro-electrode recording, and post-operative deep brain stimulation programming. He was awarded the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation fellowship grant to study diffusion tensor imaging in dystonia patients undergoing deep brain stimulation. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Movement Disorders Society.
Locations
Primary
Brown Neurology
Ambulatory Patient Center (APC Building)
(directions)
110 Lockwood St., 5th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Education
- Medical School: Medical University of the Americas
- Residency: Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
- Fellowship: University of Florida, Gainesville
