David M Swope MD

Summary

• David Swope, MD, is a neurologist located in Irvine, CA, with a subspecialty in movement disorders. He is Chief of the Movement Disorders division at University of California, Irvine. He obtained his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, completed his residency in neurology and internal medicine at Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium, and a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Swope currently serves as a Professor at UC Irvine Health Gottschalk Medical Plaza and as a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Langone Health. He has clinical expertise in movement disorders, and dystonia treatment with botulinum toxin injections. His research work has been published in several reputable journals, covering topics such as cervical dystonia and Parkinson's disease. He has also been involved in clinical trials, including studying zonisamide for essential tremor and sildenafil for dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease.