Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute Names Neurologist Samer D. Tabbal, M.D., FAAN, Director of Movement Disorders Program
MIAMI, FL – August 12, 2024 – Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute has named board-certified neurologist Samer D. Tabbal, M.D., FAAN, director of the movement disorders program. He specializes in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, botulinum toxin (Botox) injections and deep brain stimulation programming for Parkinson’s disease, tremor and dystonia.
Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Tabbal was professor of neurology and attending neurologist at Penn State College of Medicine, in Hershey, Penn. During his career, he held the position of director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program for Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders at Washington University in St. Louis for 10 years and developed a movement disorder center at his alma mater, the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
"Dr. Tabbal will help us build a robust movement disorders program and support the expansive neurology needs of our community," said Diego Torres- Russotto, M.D., chair of neurology at Miami Neuroscience Institute.
Dr. Tabbal earned his medical degree at American University of Beirut. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock and a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City.
Widely published in peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Tabbal’s research focuses on the mechanisms of action of deep brain stimulation and its effects on brain imaging, movement control, cognition and mood.
Dr. Tabbal is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a member of several other professional organizations.
Dr. Tabbal’s clinical philosophy, he said, is to “treat my patients as if they were family by providing compassionate, personalized care to enhance their well-being.”
Dr. Tabbal is fluent in English and Arabic. He will see patients at Miami Neuroscience Institute, 8950 N. Kendall Dr., Suite 403W, Miami, FL 33176.
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