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Texas Medical Center
Specialty
Neurology
Phone: 832-822-1750
Address
6701 Fannin Street
Suite 1250
Houston, TX 77030
Mered Parnes, MD
Director, Pediatric Movement Disorders Clinic
Assistant Professor, Child Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship | Movement Disorders | 2015 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Residency | Neurodevelopmental Disabilities/Child Neurology | 2014 |
| SUNY Downstate Medical Center | Residency | Pediatrics | 2010 |
| Drexel University College of Medicine | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2008 |
About
Certifications
- Diplomate, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Graduate, Movement Disorders Fellowship Program, Texas Medical Board
- Licensed Physician, Texas Medical Board
Clinical Interests
- Pediatric movement disorders
- Tics and Tourette syndrome
- Dystonia
- Chorea
- Tremor
- Stereotypy
- Deep brain stimulation
- Botulinum toxin injections
- Monoamine neurotransmitter disorders (AADC, tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency, others)
- Geniospasm
- Paroxysmal dyskinesias
- Movement disorders in the setting of Rett syndrome
- Movement disorders associated with TOR1A, SGCE, NKX2-1, GNAO1, ADCY5, PDE10A, pediatric Wilson disease, and mitochondrial disorders
- Treatment of self-injurious movements including biting
- Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)
- Juvenile Huntington disease
- Juvenile parkinsonism
- Shuddering spells
Research Interests
- Trials of novel medications in the treatment of pediatric movement disorders
- Botulinum toxin injections in the treatment of pediatric movement disorders
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for pediatric movement disorders
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American Academy of Neurology | Member |
| Child Neurology Society | Member |
| Functional Neurological Disorder Society | Founding Member |
| Functional Neurological Disorder Society | Founding Member |
| International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society | Steering Committee Member, Pediatric Movement Disorders Special Interest Group; Member, Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome Study Group |
| Tourette Association of America Center of Excellence at Texas Children's | Director |
Selected Publications
Parnes M, Bashir H, Jankovic J. Is Benign Hereditary Chorea Really Benign? Brain-Lung-Thyroid Syndrome Caused by NKX2-1 Mutations. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2019; 6(1): 34–39. DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12690
Raskin JS, Parnes M, Lam S. Progressive chorea and dystonia associated with a large arteriovenous malformation. Journal of the International Child Neurology Association. 2019 19:148. DOI: 10.17724/jicna.2019.148
Hull M, Parnes M. Effective Treatment of Geniospasm: Case Series and Review of the Literature. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 2020; 10(1):1–16. DOI: 10.5334/tohm.141
Hull M, Parnes M. Cervical myelopathy as a complication of untreated motor tics: a cautionary tale. Journal of Pediatric Neurology. 26 Oct 2020 [advance online publication]. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718696
Calame D, Houck K, Lotze T, Emrick L, Parnes M. A novel ATP1A2 variant associated with severe stepwise regression, hemiplegia, epilepsy and movement disorders in two unrelated patients. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 2021;31:21-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.01.004
Hull M, Parnes M, Jankovic J. Botulinum neurotoxin injections in childhood opisthotonus. Toxins. 2021;13:137. DOI: 10.3390/toxins13020137
Hull M, Parnes M, Jankovic J. Increased Incidence of Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders in Children and Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study. Neurol Clin Pract. 14 Apr 2021 [Epub ahead of print ]. DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001082
Blackburn J, Parnes M. Tics, tremors and other movement disorders in childhood. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021;51(3):1-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.100983
Hull M, Emrick L, Sadat R, Parnes M. A case of treatable encephalopathy, developmental regression, and proximal tremor. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2021 Dec;93:111-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.04.020. Epub 2021 Dec 14.
Hull M, Parnes M. Tics and TikTok: functional tics spread through social media. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 17 June 2021 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13267.
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