WashU Medicine selected for Parkinson’s disease training program
Edmond J. Safra Fellowship to fund training of movement disorder specialist in the Department of Neurology
Matt Miller/WashU MedicineWashU Medicine’s Department of Neurology was selected to train a movement disorder clinician-researcher over a two-year period.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has selected Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as one of eight international academic medical centers in the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders Class of 2028.
Through the commitment of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders is making a lasting impact around the world by growing the base of movement disorder clinician-researchers — neurologists with specific training and expertise in diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. The program will provide funding to WashU Medicine to train an additional movement disorder clinician-researcher over a two-year period, equipping a fellow to provide world-class specialty care to people living with Parkinson’s and lead scientific advances.
Baijayanta Maiti, MD, PhD, fellowship director in the section of movement disorders and associate professor of neurology at WashU Medicine, will lead the new fellowship program, which will be housed in the Department of Neurology. The fellow, selected from all individuals applying to the movement disorders fellowship program as clinician-researchers, will begin on or before July 2026.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research assembled an external review committee, which chose WashU Medicine’s Department of Neurology for the fellowship program from a highly competitive global group of applicants. Selection of awardees was based on several criteria, including their history of training successful movement disorder clinician-researchers and the breadth and depth of clinical care and research education.
