Meet the Deep Brain Stimulation Team

The Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Program is composed of nationally known physicians from a variety of disciplines, all specializing in the treatment of movement and psychiatric disorders. Our integrated approach helps to ensure seamless patient care. The DBS team includes movement disorder neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and administrative staff. We encourage referring physicians to contact us to discuss their patients, or to refer them for consultation.

New Patients Contact information:

DBS Program Coordinator Ph: (617) 525-3791.  Providers should FAX referrals to Fx: (857)-307-2338. 

Barbara Kelly Changizi, MD

Barbara Kelly Changizi, MD

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Barbara Kelly Changizi, MD, has expertise in management of patients with movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and essential tremor, with a particular interest in deep brain stimulation (DBS) and focused ultrasound ablation (FUSA) therapies.

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Michael Hayes, MD

Michael Hayes, MD

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Michael Hayes, MD, came to the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) to develop the DBS Program and to head the new Department of Neurology at South Shore Hospital as the Vice Chair of Community Neurology at BWH.

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Garth Rees Cosgrove, MD

Garth Rees Cosgrove, MD

Neurosurgery

Rees Cosgrove, MD, FRCSC, FACS, is an internationally acclaimed stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon with over 30 years of experience in the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia and other movement disorders.

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Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD

Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Raymond D. Adams Chair, and Founding Director of the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Jennifer Liu, MD

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Dr. Jennifer Liu is a Parkinson's disease and movement disorders specialist. Dr. Liu's academic interest is in innovative clinical trials, particularly those aimed at slowing clinical worsening in people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) and other parkinsonian syndromes.

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Jordan D. Paulson, MD

Jordan D. Paulson, MD

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Jordan Paulson MD, is an Associate Neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease, Essential tremor and other Hyperkinetic movement disorders.

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John David Rolston, MD, PhD

John David Rolston, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

John Rolston, MD, PhD, is the Director of Mapping & Engineering Neural Dynamics (MEND) Laboratory.

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Stanley Lyndon, MD

Psychiatry

Stanley Lyndon, MD, is the Director of Education, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics

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Deborah Green, PhD

Deborah Green, PhD

Psychiatry

Deborah L. Green, PhD, assist with determining candidacy for DBS via Neuropsychiatric testing.

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Sarah Christie, PA-C

Sarah Christie, PA-C

Neurosurgery

Sarah Christie, PA-C, is the PA (Physician Assistant) who works with Dr. Cosgrove in the management of DBS patients. She is responsible for working with Dr. Cosgrove in evaluating candidates for DBS, as well as during the perioperative period for surgical patients.

Andreas Horn, MD, PhD

Andreas Horn, MD, PhD

Neurology - Research

Andreas Horn, MD, PhD, Director of DBS Research for the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, received an MD from Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, and a PhD in medical neurosciences from Charité in Berlin. He completed post-doctoral fellowships in medical neuroimaging at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, Germany, and at the Laboratory for Brain Network Imaging and Modulation at Harvard Medical School.

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Dalina Ceku, PA-C

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Dalina Ceku, PA-C, is a physician assistant specializing in movement disorders, including Parkinson disease and essential tremor. She is experienced in pharmacotherapy and management of deep brain stimulators, including programming. She sees patients in both the general Movement Disorders Clinic and the DBS clinic.

Kristie Jones, NP

Neurology - Movement Disorders

Kristie Jones, NP, is a nurse practitioner specializing in movement disorders, including Parkinson disease, essential tremor, and ataxia. She is highly experienced in pharmacotherapy and management of deep brain stimulators, including programming. She sees patients in the DBS clinic, general Movement Disorders Clinic, and the PAMSA clinic.

Cynthia D. Levesque

Coordinator of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program

Cynthia D. Levesque’s role is to coordinate the appointments for DBS and focused ultrasound ablation, and to help our patients navigate this process. She enables the multidisciplinary approach to work seamlessly and is a strong patient advocate.

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