Multiple System Atrophy Center of Excellence at Stanford
We are proud to be named a Multiple System Atrophy Center of Excellence. The goal of the MSA Centers of Excellence program is to provide access to the best possible and easily accessible multi-disciplinary clinical care and supporting services for individuals affected by Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and their families through a geographically diverse network of local and/or regional clinical centers.
In an effort to coordinate care with both clinical and social services, the Centers of Excellence (COEs or Centers) will provide professional and lay education in the areas they serve, will be involved in and inform patients of MSA research, and collaborate with Mission MSA in its efforts to continually improve the lives of those affected by MSA.
Mitchell Miglis, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Sleep Medicine
Director, Multiple System Atrophy Center of Excellence at Stanford
Dr. Miglis received his B.S. in Biology from the University of North Florida and his MD from the University of Florida. After serving as a medical intern at Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University, he completed his neurology residency at Bellevue and NYU Hospital in New York City. He then completed two fellowships, the first in Autonomic Disorders at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Harvard Medical school, and the second in Sleep Medicine at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. Dr Miglis is board certified in neurology and sleep medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Miglis treats a wide variety of neurological diseases and has a special interest in Autonomic Disorders, Sleep Disorders, and the interaction between these conditions.
Jocelyn Jiao, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Co-Director, Multiple System Atrophy Center of Excellence at Stanford
Dr. Jocelyn Jiao is a neurologist specializing in movement disorders and hospice and palliative medicine. She cares for people living with advanced, chronic neurologic disorders, as well as people living with serious, life-limiting illnesses. Dr. Jiao attended Stanford University for college, completed a Masters of Science in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, and completed medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She then completed her neurology residency at the University of Southern California, movement disorders fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University / Portland VA Healthcare System, and hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her academic and clinical interests center upon the development and promotion of neuropalliative care for people living with chronic neurological disorders.
Amy D. Dobberfuhl, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Urology
Dr. Amy Dobberfuhl, received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2004 and her M.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2010. She completed her residency training in Urology at Albany Medical College in New York in 2015. She then completed an ACGME fellowship in FPMRS (Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery) with a special emphasis on Neurourology & Voiding Dysfunction, in the Department of Urology at Stanford University in 2017. Dr. Dobberfuhl was also awarded the KL2 component of the Stanford Clinical and Translation Science Award to Spectrum (NIH 5KL2TR001083) and completed an M.S. in Epidemiology and Clinical Research from Stanford University in 2018. Following fellowship in 2017 Dr. Dobberfuhl joined the Department of Urology and her practice includes both a clinical and laboratory research focus.
Dr. Dobberfuhl's clinical practice includes: Pelvic Reconstruction, Neurourology, and Voiding Dysfunction. Dr. Dobberfuhl’s clinical research focus includes: Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS), Nocturia, Urinary tract infection (UTI), Sex differences in lower urinary tract dysfunction, Radiation cystitis, and Overactive (OAB).
Dr. Dobberfuhl’s laboratory basic science and translational research focus includes: IC/BPS, Nocturia, Pelvic floor ischemia, Effect of estrogen on lower urinary tract, Animal models of voiding dysfunction, Urinary biomarkers and molecular mechanisms implicated in lower urinary tract dysfunction (WHSDM LUTS Cohort).
Margaret A. Ferris, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Margaret Ferris recently joined the Movement Disorders division after completing her residency and fellowship at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. In her practice she will concentrate on interventional treatments, including Botulinum toxin injection, deep brain stimulation (DBS), and focused ultrasound (FUS). Her research interests are understanding health disparities in and expanding access to these interventional treatments.
Andrea Fuentes, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Dr. Fuentes is a board-certified neurologist with the Stanford Movement Disorders Center and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences. She provides comprehensive care for patients with different types of movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonian disorders, essential tremor, ataxia, dystonia, and Huntington’s disease. As part of her clinical practice, she performs deep brain stimulation evaluation and programming and botulinum toxin injections. Her research interests include clinical trials evaluating new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, ataxia and other movement disorders. She is also dedicated to community outreach to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease and medical education, teaching the next generation of neurologists.
Dr. Fuentes received her bachelor’s degree in Human Biology at Stanford University. She then went on to obtain her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and completed her neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania and movement disorders fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.
Safwan Jaradeh, MD, FAAN
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Director, Autonomic Disorders Program
Dr. Jaradeh's clinical interests include autonomic disorders, small fiber neuropathies and the development of effective methods of testing and treating these disorders. Prior work has focused on small fiber, painful and autonomic neuropathies; syncope and syndromes of orthostatic intolerance including postural orthostatic tachycardia (POTS); gastrointestinal motility dysfunction; cyclic vomiting; neurology of gastroesophageal reflux; non-allergic rhinitis syndromes; and the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and normal or abnormal sleep. Additional areas of interest include the neurology of phonation and swallowing disorders, autoimmune neuromuscular disorders, hereditary neuropathies, and peripheral nerve injury and repair.
Dr. Jaradeh is board certified in Neurology and in Clinical Neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is also board certified in Electrodiagnostic Medicine by the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and board certified in Autonomic Disorders by the UCNS Board of the American Autonomic Society.
Prior to his arrival at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Dr. Jaradeh was the Chair and a Professor at Medical College of Wisconsin from 2000 to 2011.
Dr. Jaradeh is passionate about teaching. He won several teaching awards in Wisconsin and Stanford. The latter include the Lysia Forno Award for Teaching Excellence in the Neurology Department in 2013, the Stanford Neurology Clerkship Award in 2012-2015 and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in 2014. He has also been included in Top Doctors list for more than 15 years.
Srikanth Muppidi, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Muppidi is a clinical professor in the autonomic and neuromuscular divisions. After finishing medical school in South India, he obtained MRCP (London) before moving to the US and completed neurology residency training at Thomas Jefferson University and neuromuscular fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in clinical care and diagnostic testing for various autonomic disorders and neuromuscular disorders. His clinical interests include various types of neuropathies, Myasthenia gravis, and autonomic disorders. His research interests include treatment and outcome measures in Myasthenia Gravis, methods to detect early autonomic impairment in diabetes and diagnosis and management of immune/neurodegenerative causes of autonomic failure.
Dr Muppidi is board certified in Neurology and in Neuromuscular disorders by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is also board certified in Autonomic Disorders by the UCNS Board of American Autonomic Society.
Prior to his arrival at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Dr. Muppidi was an Assistant Professor in Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics at UT Southwestern Medical Center since 2009. He won several teaching awards in Texas and Stanford. The latter include the Lysia Forno Award for Teaching Excellence in Neurology in 2015 and the Stanford Neurology Clerkship Award in 2012-2015 2016-2018.
Leila Neshatian, MD
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology
Kathleen Poston, MD, MS
Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor of Neurology and the Neurological Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Director, Stanford Movement Disorders Center
Dr. Kathleen Poston is Chief of the Movement Disorders Division in the Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Stanford University. She received her Bachelor's of Science in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, her Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and her MD at Vanderbilt University. She completed her Neurology residency training at UCSF where she was co-chief resident, completed a fellowship in clinical Movement Disorders at Columbia University and post-doctoral research training in Functional Neuroimaging at the Feinstein Institute. She has been on the Stanford Faculty since 2009 and has been Division Chief since 2021.
Dr. Poston’s research and clinical emphasis is to understand the motor and non-motor impairments, such as dementia, that develop in patients with alpha-synuclein pathology, such as Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and Multiple System Atrophy. Her lab uses functional and structural imaging biomarkers, along with biological biomarkers, to understand the underlying pathophysiology associated these symptoms. Her research is actively supported by the NIH, the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, and other foundations, she has over 70 references currently listed on PubMed. She is a member of the Executive Steering Committee of the Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI), is site PI of academic and industry-sponsored clinical trials, and is co-Director of the Stanford Lewy Body Dementia Association Research Center of Excellence. She holds joint appointments in Movement Disorders and Memory Disorders Divisions and is a founding member of the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
William Robinson, MD, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Rheumatology
My laboratory’s overarching objective is to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying autoimmune diseases, and to leverage these insights to develop next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics. I draw on my experiences as a researcher, clinician and entrepreneur – to lead researchers and clinicians to decipher the mechanisms underlying pathogenic and protective immune responses, and to turn our scientific discoveries into tomorrow’s transformational solutions. I serve as the Chief of the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology.
Hengameh Zahed, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Dr. Zahed is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurologist with the Stanford Medicine Movement Disorders Center and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences. She diagnoses and treats a wide range of movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and ataxia. She creates a personalized treatment plan for each of her patients utilizing a variety of treatment options including pharmacological and non-pharmacological options, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatment for Parkinson's disease and tremor, and botulinum toxin injections for movement disorders and spasticity.
Dr. Zahed received her MD and PhD in Biomedical Sciences from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she subsequently also completed her Neurology residency and fellowship in Movement disorders. Dr. Zahed’s research interests include understanding the genetic and electrophysiological underpinnings of movement disorders, and investigating applications of wearable technologies to monitor symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with movement disorders. She also participates in clinical trials of new therapeutics for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
Isaias Melo de Araujo, BSN
Neurodiagnostic Clinical Nurse
Julie Hicks, MA, CCC-SLP
Senior Speech-Language Pathologist III
