Columbia Parkinson's Support Group - Columbia, South Carolina

Meet Our Guest Panel Members
Dr. Pornpimol (“Becky”) Anprasertporn, M.D.	Pornpimol (“Becky”) Anprasertporn, M.D., is Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of South Carolina Department of Neurology and practices at University Specialty Clinics, Columbia, SC. She earned her MD from Mahidol University, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Her residency in neurology and psychiatry was at St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, and she completed fellowship training in movement disorders at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is Board Certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Anprasertporn has authored or co-authored many abstracts and publications in neurology and movement disorders, many of which focus on deep brain stimulation therapy.
Dr. Danielle E. Englert, M.D.	Danielle E. Englert, M.D. is Director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program at the Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. She earned her medical degree at the University of South Dakota and completed her residency at the University of North Carolina in Neurology. Dr. Englert completed her fellowship in Movement Disorders at the University of North Carolina. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Englert is actively involved with neurological research and has been invited to lecture at numerous professional conferences. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society. Dr. Englert is a leader in the field of movement disorders and Parkinson’s Disease, with a special interest in Deep Brain Stimulation.
Dr Nathan Rowland	Dr Rowland is a new neurosurgeon at MUSC who does DBS as well as spine procedures. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Emory University. He completed his internship in general surgery and residency in neurological surgery at University of California, San Francisco. He pursued additional fellowship training in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. His clinical interests include Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, as well as psychiatric disorders such as treatment resistant depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anorexia. Additionally, he is interested in degenerative spinal disorders, neuro-trauma and neuro-oncology. Dr. Rowland sees patients both at the downtown MUSC campus as well as several clinics in the greater Charleston area. Dr. Rowland has a strong research interest in brain circuit disorders amenable to deep brain stimulation and other advanced neuromodulation techniques. In addition to his Ph.D. training, he has experience in conducting translational research projects focused on patients with movement and psychiatric disorders.

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