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Office
919 Westfall Rd
Building C
Rochester, NY 14618Phone+1 585-341-7500- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Blanca Valdovinos is a neurologist who specializes in Movement Disorders. She grew up in California and moved to New York to attend Cornell University where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biology. She then attended the University of Rochester for medical school where she also completed her neurology residency and movement disorders fellowship. She is the Director of the UR Medicine Spanish Language Neurology Clinic where she sees movements disorder, general, and memory care patients. She specializes in Parkinson’s disease and is the co-director of the Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence at the University of Rochester. She grew up in a large Latinx community and is passionate about giving back to her community. Her work focuses on addressing health disparities and she believes that every patient should receive high quality medical care regardless of their race, ethnicity or language. She was awarded a Diversity Leadership Award from the American Academy of Neurology.
Education & Training
- University of Rochester Movement Disorders Fellowship, 2019 - 2020
- University of RochesterResidency, Neurology, 2015 - 2019
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 2015
- Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science, Biology and Society, 2007 - 2011
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Diversity Leadership Award American Academy of Neurology, 2021
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsThe Importance of Digital Health Literacy in an Evolving Parkinson's Disease Care System.Esper, C., Valdovinos, B., Schneider, R.> ;Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 2024 Jan 13
- Effect of best practice advisory on the administration of contraindicated medications to hospitalized patients with Parkinson's disease and related disorders.Chunga, N., Amodeo, K., Braun, M., Valdovinos, B., Richard, I.> ;Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2023 Jan 1
- 3 citationsA Remote Longitudinal Observational Study of Individuals at Genetic Risk for Parkinson Disease: Baseline Results.Stella Jensen-Roberts, Taylor L Myers, Peggy Auinger, Paul Cannon, Helen M Rowbotham, Daniella Coker, Eli Chanoff, Julia Soto, Meghan Pawlik, Katherine Amodeo, Saloni ...> ;Neurology. Genetics. 2022 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations
- Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of RochesterRochester, New York
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