Tao Xie, MD, PhD

UChicago Faculty Physicians

Tao Xie, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Clinic and DBS Program
Director, Center of Excellence in CurePSP
Director, Information and Referral Center of American Parkinson Disease Association

Tao Xie, MD, PhD, specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of various movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), multiple system atrophy (MSA), cortical basal ganglionic degeneration (CBGD), Huntington's disease (HD) and chorea, tremor, dystonia, hemifacial spasm, blepharospasm, tics, and Tourette syndrome. He uses medications, botulinum toxin injection and deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for treatment of these neurological conditions.

In his clinical research, Dr. Xie studies the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of PD, tremor, and dystonia, and the use of DaTscan in the differential diagnosis of Parkinsonian syndrome. He is also actively involved in clinical trials for PD, PSP, dystonia, SCA6 and HD.

Dr. Xie is a physician in the University of Chicago Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Dedicated as an Information and Referral Center by the American Parkinson Disease Association and a PSP Center of Excellence for Care, this multidisciplinary center combines clinical expertise with state-of-the-art therapies and groundbreaking research.

Board Certifications

  • Neurology

Memberships & Medical Societies

  • Movement Disorder Society
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Parkinson Study Group

Practicing Since

  • 2010

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Cantonese

Medical Education

  • Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Internship

  • Emory University Hospital

Residency

  • Emory University Hospital; Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Fellowship

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital; Columbia University Medical Center

Other Grad Education

  • University of Hong Kong,PhD

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Movement Disorders, Parkinson's, Deep Brain Stimulation: Expert Q&A

Our experts at UChicago Medicine offer deep brain stimulation to treat patients who have movement disorders. DBS involves placing small electrodes into the brain. Dr. Tao Xie and neurosurgeon Dr. Peter Warnke join us to discuss the diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease and DBS as a treatment option.

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