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Parkinson’s disease

Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Neurology is home to the only designated Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence in Indiana. This recognition indicates that IU School of Medicine Department of Neurology faculty are experts in providing state-of-the-art comprehensive services for people with Parkinson’s disease.

IU School of Medicine now belongs to a global network of 48 leading medical centers around the world, 35 of those within the United States. Together, these centers provide expert care to more than 145,000 people with Parkinson disease. 

What is Parkinson's disease?

Learn more about Centers of Excellence

Find out more about the Parkinson Foundation’s Centers of Excellence around the world.

Parkinson's Centers of Excellence

Patient services

The department’s interdisciplinary team of movement disorder specialists provide services that include:
  • Clinical care
  • Clinical trials
  • Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
  • Neuropsychology evaluations and psychological counseling
  • Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Genetic counseling