
Helen Lorraine Dainton MD (She/They)
Movement Disorder
Movement Disorders fellow at Rush
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1221 Lee StCharlottesville, VA 22908
Phone+1 434-924-2706
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Summary
- Dr. Helen Dainton, MD, is a Neurologist based in Chicago, IL, with a subspeciality in Movement Disorders. They graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2017 and completed two residencies in Neurology and Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2017 to 2023. They later finished a Movement Disorders fellowship at Rush University between 2023 and 2025. Dr. Dainton contributed to a number of respected publications, including Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Avicenna Journal of Medicine, Nature, and Mol. Psychiatry.
Education & Training
Rush University Movement Disorders fellowship, 2023 - 2025
Medical University of South CarolinaResidency, Neurology, 2017 - 2023
Medical University of South CarolinaResidency, Psychiatry, 2017 - 2021
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2017
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2025 - 2028
IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
SC State Medical License 2019 - 2023
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- James Parkinson and Other Historical Aspects of Parkinson's Disease.Helen L Dainton-Howard, Christopher G Goetz
Neurologic Clinics. 2025-05-01 - 2 citationsMutation Presenting as a Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Mimic.Cherry H Yu, Helen Dainton-Howard, Maysen Mesaros, Federico Rodriguez-Porcel
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2023-05-01 - 11 citationsTime for Brain Medicine.Joshua C Brown, Helen Dainton-Howard, Jared Woodward, Charles Palmer, Manish Karamchandani
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2023-01-01
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