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3601 21st Ave SNashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-936-2000
Fax+1 615-936-0605
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Education & Training
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Cognitive Neurology, 2014 - 2016
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2011 - 2014
University of ChicagoInternship, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2014 - 2027
MA State Medical License 2011 - 2014
IL State Medical License 2010 - 2011
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification BI-Clinical, CitiusTech, Inc., 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification StarPanel, Vanderbilt University, 2016-2017
Clinical Trials
- Norepinephrine-targeted Therapy for Action Control in Parkinson Disease Start of enrollment: 2017 Apr 18
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Associations Between Lifetime Stressor Exposure and Externalizing Problems in Youth at Risk for Huntington Disease.Katherine E McDonell, Shuhei Shiino, Elizabeth M Key, Louis DeLuna, Kelly H Watson
Brain and Behavior. 2026-04-01 - 1 citationsCharacterization of psychiatric admissions in Huntington disease: A retrospective review.Shuhei Shiino, Sarah Moroz, Jeffrey Stovall, William M Petrie, Daniel O Claassen
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2025-09-01 - 3 citationsPsychiatric Symptoms Among Adolescents and Young Adults With or Without the Huntingtin Gene Expansion.Kelly H Watson, Abagail E Ciriegio, Anna C Pfalzer, Abigail L B Snow, Spencer Diehl
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2025-01-01
Press Mentions
Huntington’s Disease Clinical Research Congress 2025 – Day 1October 14th, 2025- Initiation of Droxidopa During Hospital Admission for Management of Refractory Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension in Severely Ill PatientsSeptember 1st, 2019
Bike Too VU Initiative Sets Bike to Vanderbilt Day for May 2April 19th, 2018
Grant Support
- Inhibitory Control and Externalizing Behaviors in Youth at Risk for Huntington DiseaseVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2022–2027
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