Thyagarajan Subramanian has joined Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, as co-director of the Movement Disorders Program in the Department of Neurology. Subramanian also is a professor in the Department of Neurology and Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, and faculty member of the Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Research Institute.

"Dr. Subramanian is highly regarded for his research in the field of movement disorders, as well as for his clinical expertise," said David C. Good, chair of the Department of Neurology. "His work will be critical for the growth of our Movement Disorders Program, which includes Parkinson's disease, dystonia and other movement disorders."

Most recently, Subramanian was a member of the departments of Neurology, Neurosciences and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Previously, he was an assistant professor and director of the Neural Transplantation Laboratory in the Department of Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Subramanian is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed a clinical and research fellowship in movement disorders, experimental therapeutics and neural transplantation at Emory University School of Medicine. Subramanian earned his doctor of medicine degree from Calicut Medical College, Calicut University, India, and completed his neurology residency and graduate research training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Subramanian is an elected fellow of the American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, a member of the Parkinson's Study Group and recipient of the International Research Award from the Parkinson's Disease Foundation.

Most recognized for his work in Parkinson's disease, expertise in botulinium toxin injections, and neurophysiological guidance and monitoring for functional surgery, Subramanian has been a principal investigator for more than two dozen research projects. Subramanian brings to the Penn State Hershey Medical Center several federally funded research projects and clinical expertise in treating patients with movement disorders and will make available newly emergent treatment modalities through carefully planned experimental protocols.