PaulRAtchisonMD

Neurology • Birmingham, AL

Movement Disorder

Associate Professor, Neurology, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
1720 2nd Ave S
SC 360G
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone+1 205-934-0683

Fax+1 205-996-4039
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Summary

I am a movement disorders neurologist specializing in the treatment of dystonia with botulinum toxin injections.

Education & Training

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square)Fellowship, Movement Disorders, 1990 - 1992
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1987 - 1990
Physicians Medical Center CarrawayInternship, Transitional Year, 1986 - 1987
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 1987 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

88 citations
Long-term outcome of early versus delayed rasagiline treatment in early Parkinson's disease.
Robert A. Hauser, Mark F. Lew, Howard I. Hurtig, William G. Ondo, Joanne Wojcieszek, Cheryl Fitzer-Attas, Frederick J. Marshall, Irenita Gardiner, Nancy Pearson, Debra...> ;Movement Disorders. 2009 Mar 15
8 citations
R1514Q substitution in Lrrk2 is not a pathogenic Parkinson's disease mutation
William C. Nichols, Diane K. Marek, Michael W. Pauciulo, Nathan Pankratz, Cheryl Halter, Alice Rudolph, Clifford W. Shults, Joanne Wojcieszek, Tatiana Foroud, Cliff Sh...> ;Movement Disorders. 2007 Jan 15
38 citations
Medical decision-making in neurodegenerative disease: Mild AD and PD with cognitive impairment
H. R. Griffith, Maureen Dymek, Paul Atchison, Lindy E. Harrell, Daniel C. Marson> ;Neurology. 2005 Aug 9
105 citations
Genome-wide linkage analysis and evidence of gene-by-gene interactions in a sample of 362 multiplex Parkinson disease families
Nathan Pankratz, William C. Nichols, Sean K. Uniacke, Cheryl Halter, Jill R. Murrell, Alice Rudolph, Clifford W. Shults, P. Michael Conneally, Tatiana Foroud, Daniel D...> ;Human Molecular Genetics. 2003 Oct 15
411 citations
A controlled trial of rasagiline in early Parkinson disease: The tempo study
Andrew Siderowf, Matthew B. Stern, Ira Shoulson, Karl Kieburtz, David Oakes, Denni Day, Aileen Shinaman, Sandra Plumb, Stanley Fahn, Karen Blindauer, Mark F. Lew, Howa...> ;Archives of Neurology. 2002 Dec 1
9 citations
Competency to consent to medical treatment in cognitively impaired patients with Parkinson's disease [4] (multiple letters)
Robert Earl Cranston, D. Marson, Maureen P Dymek-Valentine, J. Karlawish> ;Neurology. 2001 Jun 26
19 citations
Linear pharmacokinetic behavior of ropinirole during multiple dosing in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Jean P. Hubble, William C. Koller, Paul Atchison, Anne C. Taylor, David R. Citerone, Barry D. Zussman, Carl J. Friedman, Noele Hawker> ;Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2000 Jun 1
Competency to consent to medical treatment in cognitively impaired patients with Parkinson's disease.
Dymek, M. P., Atchison, P., Harrell, L., Marson, D. C.> ;Neurology. 2001 Jan 9
Assessing tremor severity.
Bain, P. G., Findley, L. J., Atchison, P., Behari, M., Vidailhet, M., Gresty, M., Rothwell, J. C., Thompson, P. D., Marsden, C. D.> ;J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatr. 1993 Aug
The syndrome of gait ignition failure: a report of six cases.
Atchison, P. R., Thompson, P. D., Frackowiak, R. S., Marsden, C. D.> ;Mov Disord. 1993 Jul
The bereitschaftspotential preceding stepping in patients with isolated gait ignition failure.
Vidailhet, M., Atchison, P. R., Stocchi, F., Thompson, P. D., Rothwell, J. C., Marsden, C. D.> ;Mov Disord. 1995 Jan
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