Diego Torres-Russotto, M.D., is the chair of the Neurology division at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute and is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.
Dr. Torres-Russotto specializes in neurology and movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, tremors, spasticity, gait disturbance, tics and other neurological illnesses. He also performs botulinum toxin (botox) injections, deep brain stimulation and DUOPA pump administration.
Prior to joining Miami Neuroscience Institute in 2023, Dr. Torres-Russotto served as professor and vice-chair for education and chief of movement disorders at the Department of Neurological Sciences at University of Nebraska Medical Center.
He has published more than 50 scientific papers and established one of the largest international studies of orthostatic tremor. He is a member of multiple national and international research consortia: the Huntington Study Group, the Parkinson Study Group, the Tremor Research Group and Tremor Study Group. His research interests include tremor, orthostatic tremor, evidence-based physical examination, chemodenervation, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, and provider burnout, wellness and resilience.
He has received numerous recognitions as an educator, such as the Distinguished Mentor Award and a campus-wide Outstanding Teacher Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Rebecca Thompson, Danish Bhatti, Kalyan Malgireddy, Venkata Sunil Bendi, John M Bertoni, Vekash Raja, Diego Torres-Russotto> ;Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2023 Jan 1
Pierre Cabaraux, Sunil K Agrawal, Huaying Cai, Rocco Salvatore Calabro, Carlo Casali, Loic Damm, Sarah Doss, Christophe Habas, Anja K E Horn, Winfried Ilg, Elan D Loui...> ;Cerebellum. 2023 Jun 1
Pierre Cabaraux, Sunil K Agrawal, Huaying Cai, Rocco Salvatore Calabro, Carlo Casali, Loic Damm, Sarah Doss, Christophe Habas, Anja K E Horn, Winfried Ilg, Elan D Loui...> ;Cerebellum. 2023 Jun 1
Mary Angela O’Neal, Nassim Zecavati, Melissa Yu, Rebecca Spain, Scott M. Friedenberg, Nada El Husseini, Diego Torres-Russotto, Briseida Feliciano, Roderick C. Spears, ...> ;Neurology. 2021 Nov 18
Rebecca Thompson, Danish Bhatti, Amy Hellman, S. Doss, Kalyan Malgireddy, James Shou, Channaiah Srikanth-Mysore, Sunil Bendi, John M. Bertoni, Diego Torres-Russotto> ;Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 2020 Dec 16
Aristide Merola, Diego Torres-Russotto, Glenn T. Stebbins, Joaquin A. Vizcarra, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Anhar Hassan, Luca Marsili, Joachim K. Krauss, Rodger J. Elble, Gü...> ;Movement Disorders. 2020 Oct 1
Laila Gharzai, Jennifer Harney, Suzanne Higgins, Robin High, Liyan Xu, Douglas Inciarte, Muhammad Atif Ameer, Diego Torres-Russotto> ;Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2020 Jun 2
Danish Bhatti, Rebecca Thompson, Kalyan Malgireddy, Nabeel Muzaffar Syed, B. Bayer, D. Bessette, Mark Harry Fleisher, D. L. Murman, Diego Torres-Russotto> ;Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2019 Jan 1
Lon W. Keim, Sreekanth Koneru, Vesper Fe Marie Llaneza Ramos, Najib Murr, Deborah S. Hoffnung, Daniel L. Murman, Jeffrey S. Cooper, Diego Torres-Russotto> ;Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. 2018 Jan 1
Danish Bhatti, Rebecca Thompson, Yiwen Xia, Amy Hellman, Lorene Schmaderer, Katie Suing, Jennifer McKune, Cynthia Penke, Regan Iske, Bobbi Jo Roeder, Ka Chun Siu, John...> ;Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2017 Nov 1
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine2007 - 2009
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceInternship, Transitional Year, 2002 - 2003
Central University of VenezuelaClass of 1999
FL State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NE State Medical License 2008 - 2024
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