Scientific & Medical Advisor - Dr. Michele Tagliati

Dr. Michele Tagliati is a movement disorders specialist with extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. As Director of the Parkinson’s Disease Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, he follows hundreds of patients in all stages of disease progression. His professional life has been dedicated to caring for patients with PD and developing research protocols that will ultimately improve their quality of life. Dr. Tagliati is also a leader in the field of deep brain stimulation for PD and Dystonia. He currently serves as teaching faculty at the annual DBS programming courses given at the American Academy of Neurology and the International Movement Disorders Society. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and 20 book chapters.

A medical graduate and neurologist specialist from the University of Rome Italy, he moved to New York in 1991 with a PD research scholarship. After completing a second neurology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Tagliati served as a faculty member at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and then moved back to Mount Sinai to become Division Chief of Movement Disorders. He is currently Associate Professor of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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