Joseph Jankovic
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Joseph Jankovic, M.D. is a neurologist
currently practicing at the Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston, Texas
.
Dr. Jankovic has served as the principal investigator on over a hundred clinical trials and his pioneering research on drugs for Parkinsonian disorders and hyperkinetic movement disorders, such as Botulinum toxin
(Botox) and Tetrabenazine
, has led to their approval by the Food and Drug Administration
. Jankovic is a past president of the Movement Disorder Society
, and an Honorary Member of the American Neurological Association
.
Jankovic has been repeatedly listed in ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Americas Top Doctors, The Best Doctors in America, Marquis Who's Who
in the World and other Marquis Who’s Who references.
degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine
in 1973, Jankovic completed medicine internship at Baylor College of Medicine
, Houston, and residency in Neurology
at the Neurological Institute, Columbia University
, New York City. At Columbia University, Jankovic was selected as the Chief Resident and obtained additional training in movement disorders with Stanley Fahn, MD.
In 1977 he joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine and became a founder and director of the Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, which has since been recognized as a "Center of Excellence" by the National Parkinson Foundation
and the Huntington Disease Society of America.
Promoted to a full professor (with tenure) of Neurology in 1988, Jankovic holds the endowed Baylor College of Medicine Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a fellow of the AAN, and an active member of many other professional organizations. Jankovic is a current or past member of numerous scientific and medical advisory boards of national foundations including the Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders (WE MOVE), Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, International Tremor Foundation, Tourette Syndrome Association, and the World Federation of Neurology Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders.
Jankovic is a member of the executive scientific advisory board of The Michael J. Fox Foundation
for Parkinson’s Research and the National Parkinson Foundation Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board. He has served on editorial boards of Neurology, Movement Disorders
, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Journal of Neurological Sciences, Neurology Medlink, Clinical Neuropharmacology, Neurotherapeutic, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, and other journals.
Jankovic has published over 800 original articles and chapters, and edited or co-edited over 50 books and volumes, including several standard textbooks such as Neurology in Clinical Practice and Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (along with a video atlas), both currently in 5th edition. He also co-authored a book (and DVD) entitled Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders.
He has co-directed the annual course "A Comprehensive Review of Movement Disorders", in Aspen, Colorado since 1990. Invited as a key note speaker and an endowed lecturer, Jankovic has directed or lectured in annual American Academy of Neurology courses, MDS-sponsored Congresses as well as other international meetings.
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
currently practicing at the Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care...
in Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.
Dr. Jankovic has served as the principal investigator on over a hundred clinical trials and his pioneering research on drugs for Parkinsonian disorders and hyperkinetic movement disorders, such as Botulinum toxin
Botulinum toxin
Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and is considered the most powerful neurotoxin ever discovered. Botulinum toxin causes Botulism poisoning, a serious and life-threatening illness in humans and animals...
(Botox) and Tetrabenazine
Tetrabenazine
Tetrabenazine is a drug for the symptomatic treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorder and is marketed under the trade names Nitoman in Canada and Xenazine in New Zealand and some parts of Europe, and is also available in the USA as an orphan drug. On August 15, 2008 the U.S...
, has led to their approval by the Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
. Jankovic is a past president of the Movement Disorder Society
The Movement Disorder Society
The Movement Disorder Society is an international professional society of clinicians, scientists, and other healthcare professionals who are interested in Parkinson's disease, related neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, hyperkinetic Movement Disorders and abnormalities in muscle...
, and an Honorary Member of the American Neurological Association
American Neurological Association
The American Neurological Association, is a professional society with a mission of educating neurologists and physicians as well as increasing knowledge and enhancing treatment of diseases of the nervous system. It was founded in June 1875.-Officers:...
.
Jankovic has been repeatedly listed in ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Americas Top Doctors, The Best Doctors in America, Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who, a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc., is the American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies...
in the World and other Marquis Who’s Who references.
Medical career
After receiving his MDMD
- Science :* Doctor of Medicine, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor * Macular degeneration, a condition characterized by progressive thinning and atrophy of the macula area of the retina* Mahalanobis distance, a distance measure introduced by P. C...
degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
The University of Arizona College of Medicine is the only MD granting medical school in the state of Arizona. It has two campuses: the Tucson campus is located at the Arizona Health Sciences Center and University Medical Center, and the Phoenix campus is located at the historic Phoenix Union High...
in 1973, Jankovic completed medicine internship at Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care...
, Houston, and residency in Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
at the Neurological Institute, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York City. At Columbia University, Jankovic was selected as the Chief Resident and obtained additional training in movement disorders with Stanley Fahn, MD.
In 1977 he joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine and became a founder and director of the Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, which has since been recognized as a "Center of Excellence" by the National Parkinson Foundation
National Parkinson Foundation
The National Parkinson Foundation , founded in 1957, is a national organization whose mission is to improve the quality of care for people with Parkinson's through clinical research, education and outreach on Parkinson’s disease....
and the Huntington Disease Society of America.
Promoted to a full professor (with tenure) of Neurology in 1988, Jankovic holds the endowed Baylor College of Medicine Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a fellow of the AAN, and an active member of many other professional organizations. Jankovic is a current or past member of numerous scientific and medical advisory boards of national foundations including the Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders (WE MOVE), Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, International Tremor Foundation, Tourette Syndrome Association, and the World Federation of Neurology Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders.
Jankovic is a member of the executive scientific advisory board of The Michael J. Fox Foundation
The Michael J. Fox Foundation
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. Established by actor Michael J...
for Parkinson’s Research and the National Parkinson Foundation Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board. He has served on editorial boards of Neurology, Movement Disorders
Movement Disorders (journal)
Movement Disorders is a peer-reviewed medical journal, first published in 1986. The journal focuses on original research relating to clinical neurology topics.- Abstracting and indexing :...
, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Journal of Neurological Sciences, Neurology Medlink, Clinical Neuropharmacology, Neurotherapeutic, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, and other journals.
Jankovic has published over 800 original articles and chapters, and edited or co-edited over 50 books and volumes, including several standard textbooks such as Neurology in Clinical Practice and Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (along with a video atlas), both currently in 5th edition. He also co-authored a book (and DVD) entitled Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders.
He has co-directed the annual course "A Comprehensive Review of Movement Disorders", in Aspen, Colorado since 1990. Invited as a key note speaker and an endowed lecturer, Jankovic has directed or lectured in annual American Academy of Neurology courses, MDS-sponsored Congresses as well as other international meetings.
Honors
- Baylor College of Medicine Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders
- Past President of the International Movement Disorder Society
- Listed Marquis Who's WhoMarquis Who's WhoMarquis Who's Who, a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc., is the American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies...
in the World - Honorary Member of the American Neurological AssociationAmerican Neurological AssociationThe American Neurological Association, is a professional society with a mission of educating neurologists and physicians as well as increasing knowledge and enhancing treatment of diseases of the nervous system. It was founded in June 1875.-Officers:...
- Australian Association of Neurologists
- French Neurological Society
- European Federation of Neurological Societies
- 2011 Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Distinguished Service Award
- 2010 Baylor College of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineBaylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care...
Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award - 2010 Fulbright & JaworskiFulbright & JaworskiThe international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is one of the largest law firms in the United States with nearly 1,000 attorneys in over 50 practice areas. The firm was founded in Houston in 1919 by R. C. Fulbright, an attorney working in railway regulation, and J.H. Crooker, a litigator...
Faculty Excellence Award - 2009 "Great Teacher" selected by the National Institute of Health
- 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the national Tourette Syndrome AssociationTourette Syndrome AssociationThe Tourette Syndrome Association , based in Bayside, New York, United States, is a non-profit voluntary organization and the only national health-related organization serving people with Tourette syndrome. It was founded in 1972 by five couples, parents of children with Tourette syndrome...
- 2008 Guthrie Family Humanitarian Award from the Huntington's Disease Society of AmericaHuntington's Disease Society of AmericaHuntington's Disease Society of America is a national non-profit organization committed to finding a cure for Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is an incurable degenerative disease of the nervous system that affects movement, thinking, and some aspects of personality. The disease is...
- 2007 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Movement Disorders Research Award