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Christopher Kalhorn, MD

Dr. Chris Kalhorn is a Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery, co-director of the Movement Disorders Program and Director of Medstar Georgetown’s epilepsy, pediatric and functional Neurosurgery Program. He received his medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and completed his Neurosurgical training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, under Dr. Robert Grossman, an internationally recognized expert in epilepsy and functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Kalhorn is a member of the MedStar Health Board of Directors. He is Chairman of the MedStar Health Quality, Safety, and Professional Affairs Committee and a member of the MedStar Health Finance Committee. He serves as the Medical Director of the operating rooms at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

As a board-certified Neurosurgeon, Dr. Kalhorn focuses on the surgical management of epilepsy and surgery for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. He has over 19 years of experience with DBS surgical implants. Other areas of focus include degenerative spine disease, lumbar, and cervical disk herniations, spinal fusion surgery, brain tumors and the surgical treatment of chronic pain and spasticity. Dr. Kalhorn is an expert in robotic epilepsy surgery. His goal is to provide the highest quality, compassionate, and personalized Neurosurgical care to his patients.

Fahd Amjad, MD

Dr. Amjad is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Movement Disorder Division and co-clinical Director of the Care Education and Research Center for Huntington Disease at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. He received his medical degree from Georgetown School of Medicine. He completed his internship training in internal medicine at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Amjad completed his neurology residency at Georgetown University Medical Center, where he served as academic chief resident. He also completed a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is a board-certified neurologist. His special interests include the medical and surgical management of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. He is also experienced in the treatment of Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes, ataxia, tardive dyskinesia, Huntington Disease, and tic disorders.

Laxman Bahroo, DO

Dr. Bahroo is an assistant professor and co-director of the Neurology Residency Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He attended medical school in New Jersey and he completed an internship at Saint Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa. Dr. Bahroo completed his neurology residency as served as the Academic Chief Resident in his final year at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He also completed a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. As a board-certified neurologist and member of the Movement Disorders program, his primary areas of focus in movement disorders include the medical and surgical management of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.

Anvi Gadani, MD

Anvi Gadani, MD, joins MedStar Health as a neurologist for the department of Neurology, with subspecialization in Movement Disorders. Dr. Gadani is board certified with a background in neuroscience and public health. Providing a variety of clinical care approaches, Dr. Gadani is dedicated to involving the patient, family members, and caretakers in treatment options. She also has a special interest in memory disorders.

Dr. Gadani earned her medical degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine, West Indies, Grenada. She completed her residency at University of Connecticut and fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Gadani is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology.

Ishita Gambhir, MD

Ishita Arya Gambhir, MD, is a board-certified neurologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital specializing in Movement Disorders. Her areas of expertise and interest include Parkinson's disease, atypical Parkinsonisms, deep brain stimulator (DBS) programming, essential tremor and other forms of tremor, and tics/Tourette's Syndrome. She sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and in Mclean, VA.

Dr. Gambhir developed a particular interest for Movement Disorders during her Neurology residency and has a special focus on working with patients and their families to formulate a comprehensive treatment plan. She believes that the management of a neurological condition is not just limited to medications, but rather requires a multi-modal approach to improve quality of life. Dr. Gambhir is a long-time resident of the D.C. Metropolitan area. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children and enjoys spending time with her large, extended family and friends.

Steven Lo, MD

Steven E. Lo, MD, is a movement disorders specialist in the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Lo is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He sees patients in the movement disorders specialty clinic for the evaluation and management of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism, dystonias, tremors, choreas, myoclonus, and tic disorders.

Dr. Lo enjoys collaborating with his patients, fully explaining the diagnosis and treatment options, and giving patients time to ask questions. He provides guidance to his patients so that they can play an active role in their treatment plan.

As an attending neurologist, Dr. Lo supervises and trains neurology residents and movement disorders fellows in the clinical setting (inpatient and outpatient clinical care) and supervises and trains rotating third- and fourth-year medical students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is an associate residency director for the department's neurology residency program and is chair of the residency's Clinical Competency Committee. As part of his responsibilities for the Department of Neurology, Dr. Lo served as director and primary organizer for the combined Neurosciences Grand Rounds lecture series from 2009 to 2013 and was the primary organizer for the department's first ever neurology CME courses, Update on Therapeutics in Neurology. Dr. Lo is also a member of the Georgetown Huntington's Disease Care, Education, and Research Center (HD CERC), treating Huntington's disease patients in this multidisciplinary program.

Elizabeth Mundel, MD

Elizabeth Epstein Mundel, MD, is an assistant professor of neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She practices at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and at Medstar Georgetown Neurology at Chevy Chase. Her areas of clinical interest include parkinsonian disorders, tremors, and memory disorders. Dr. Mundel was the recipient of the Clinical Scholar Award in Neurology from Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Dr. Mundel has completed her residency in neurology and fellowship in movement disorders at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

Fernando Pagan, MD

Fernando L. Pagan, MD, is a Professor and Vice Chairman for the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Pagan received his medical degree from Georgetown University and completed an internal medicine internship and a neurology residency at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Pagan also completed a fellowship in movement disorders and magnetic resonance spectroscopy at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke within the National Institutes of Health. He is a board-certified neurologist. Dr. Pagan is director of the Movement Disorders Program and the medical director of MedStar Georgetown's National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, as well as the fellowship director for the clinical research fellowship in movement disorders at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Pagan also serves as the Medical Director of the Translational Neuroscience Program (TNP).

Dr. Pagan's special interests include Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, and other related disorders; ataxia; essential tremor; dystonia; and tics. He is a member of the functional neurosurgery team for movement disorders, performing preoperative evaluations and programming for deep brain stimulators in Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia.

The TNP focuses on repurposing drugs for the treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders like Parkinson's Disease (PD), Lewy Body Disease, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Huntington's Disease, ALS, CTE, PSP, MSA, and others. Currently Dr. Pagan is the PI (Primary Investigator) in multiple clinical trials. The TNP is currently involved with clinical research trials in PD and AD.

Sanskruti Patel, MBBS

Sanskruti Patel, MD, joins MedStar Health as a neurologist for the department of Neurology. Compassionate and collaborative, Dr. Patel completed her fellowship in movement disorder at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. During her fellowship, she received in-depth training in treating the growing population of aging patients with neurodegenerative conditions characterized by overlapping features of cognitive impairment and Parkinson's disease. She joins a sophisticated team of world-class physicians delivering exceptional patient-centered care.

Dr. Patel earned her medical degree at S.B.K.S. Medical Institute & Research Centre, Gujarat, India, and completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University. She completed a fellowship in movement disorder at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Dr. Patel has published three peer-review articles.

She is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Neurology, International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, and the American Indian Neurology Association.

Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD

Following a neuro-restoration research fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, neurologist Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD, has joined the staff as director of the Parkinsonism and Dementia Clinic. Dr. Torres-Yaghi is also spearheading an initiative to care for the growing population of aging patients with neurodegenerative conditions characterized by overlapping features of both cognitive impairment and Parkinson’s disease.

Dr. Torres-Yaghi earned his medical degree at George Washington University and completed his internship at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He completed his residency and neuro-restoration research fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.