Profile:
Houman Homayoun, MD, is a movement disorder neurologist who
joined the Department of Neurology in July 2012, as an assistant professor.
Dr. Homayoun specializes in clinical assessment and
management of patients with various movement disorders including hypokinetic
movement disorders, such as Parkinson disease, Parkinson plus syndromes, and
other atypical forms of Parkinsonism, as well as hyperkinetic movement
disorders, such as dystonias, essential tremor, myoclonus, tic disorder and
Tourette syndrome, ataxic disorders, and chorea. He is especially interested in
neurological application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with
movement disorders and participates in pre-surgical selection and post-surgical
programming of patients who undergo DBS surgery. Dr. Homayoun is also
interested in treatment of movement disorders affecting face, neck and limb
with botulinum toxin under EMG guidance.
Dr. Homayoun received his MD from University of Tehran. He
completed post-doctoral research fellowships in neuroscience at Yale University
and University of Pittsburgh before starting his neurology residency at
department of neurology at UPMC. He obtained a clinical fellowship in movement
disorders from Rush University in Chicago, and in 2012 returned to Pittsburgh
to join the movement disorders division of UPMC neurology department as
faculty.
Dr.
Homayoun's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of
Medicine's publication database.
