Dr. Ihtsham Haq

Dr. Haq is the Division Chief of Movement Disorders at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Associate Director of the Evelyn-McKnight Brain Institute, and holds the Cornfeld-Hurowitz Endowed Chair in Movement Disorders. He graduated from Columbia University with degrees in Bioengineering and in Philosophy, completed his residency training at Georgetown, and his fellowship training at the University of Florida. He took his current position in 2020, and over the last five years has grown the movement team at Miami to 9 clinical faculty and more than 50 affiliated staff, including social workers, psychologists, therapists, and dieticians, across seven clinics in South Florida, currently serving more than 3000 unique patients with PD a year. Under his leadership the research enterprise has also grown to 30 studies and 9 full-time research staff, including trials of disease-modifying medications, genetically targeted therapies, and stem cell implantation. His overall research interest has been in understanding and improving the care of patients with movement disorders, with a focus on technology and brain circuitry, partnering with foundations, industry, and government to bring better treatments to patients. He has published 3 book chapters and 63 peer-reviewed research articles.