Cindy Zadikoff , MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

710 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
(312 503-1514
Background
Fellowship Toronto Western Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
Residency Neurology, Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Internship Internal Medicine, Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Medical Degree The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Clinical
Interests		 Diagnosis and treatment of various movement disorders including: Parkinson’s disease, Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dystonia Tremor, Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of movement disorders, Botulinum toxin for the treatment of movement disorders
Research Interests Clinical Epidemiology, Apraxia, Quality of life outcomes
Biography

Cindy Zadikoff, MD, FRCPC, MSc is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and part of the multidisciplinary team at the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Northwestern University. She is board certified in Neurology.

Dr. Zadikoff completed her medical school training at The Ohio State University College of Medicine followed by her internship and neurology residency training at Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She then did her fellowship training in movement disorders at the University of Toronto with Dr. Anthony Lang, the world-renowned expert in movement disorders. In 2005 Dr. Zadikoff received a research fellowship from the American Academy of Neurology and continued her studies at the University of Toronto where she completed a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology and  developed expertise in surgical management of movement disorders. Dr. Zadikoff was the recipient of the University of Toronto Research Trainee of the Year award for 2005--06. 

In 2007 she was appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Zadikoff diagnoses and manages patients with all different types of movement disorders at the Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders Center. She has expertise in botulinum toxin injections and deep brain stimulation for the treatment of movement disorders. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society, Parkinson’s Study Group, and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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