David Houghton, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Residency Program Director
Division of Movement Disorders
Department of Neurology, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Clinical Phone: (502) 582-7654
Academic Phone: (502) 852-3655
Education
August, 1991 – May, 1995 BS Wake Forest University (Biology)
Winston Salem, North Carolina
August, 1996 – May, 1998 MPH Emory University, RSPH (Epidemiology)
Atlanta, Georgia
August, 1998 – May, 2002 MD Medical College of Georgia (Medicine)
Augusta, Georgia
Training
July, 2002 – June, 2003 Intern in Internal Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July, 2003 – June, 2006 Resident in Neurology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July, 2006 – June, 2007 Fellow in Movement Disorders
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July, 2007 - present Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
January, 2009 – present Assistant Residency Program Director
Department of Neurology
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Board Certifications
Medical License (Commonwealth of Kentucky): #41510
Medical License (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
DEA License (National)
American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (ABPN) Diplomate, May 11, 2008
Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), certification (2007 – present)
Biography
David J. Houghton, M.D., M.P.H., received his Medical Degree from Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA, and his Masters in Public Health in epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He completed internship and residency training in neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Fellowship training was subsequently completed at the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, with broad training in medical, surgical, and botulinum toxin management of movement disorders.
His publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, online medical encyclopedias, a patient resource from the National Parkinson’s Foundation and a textbook on Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society.
He joined the faculty at the University of Louisville as an Assistant Professor in July of 2007, becoming the Clinical Director of the Movement Disorder Surgical Program. Collaborations with a multidisciplinary group of physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists, nutritionists, and socials workers contribute to the great success of this program. He also was named Assistant Residency Program Director in January 2009, followed by promotion to Residency Program Director in July 2009.
Clinical Interests
Parkinson’s disease, Atypical parkinsonian disorders, Tremor, Chorea, Ataxia, Dystonia
Research Interests
His research interests include non-motor complications of Parkinson’s disease, gait disorders and therapy in Parkinson’s disease, radiological markers in movement disorders, and surgical management of movement disorders. He has been Principal Investigator and Co- investigator on several clinical trials within the Department of Neurology.
Recent Publications
Stephenson R, Houghton DJ, Sundarararjan S, Doty RL, Stern MB, Xie SX, Siderowf AD. Odor identification deficits are associated with increased risk of neuropsychiatric complications in patients with Parkinson’s disease. (Submitted, 2009)
Houghton DJ, Hurtig HI. Movement Disorders. In The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley and Sons Limited. Online. (Accepted, In press, 2009).
Houghton DJ, Hurtig HI. Parkinson’s Disease Medication Manual. National Parkinson’s Foundation patient publication series. January 2009.
Houghton DJ, Litvan I. Unraveling progressive supranuclear palsy: from the bedside back to the bench. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2007;13: S341 - S346.
Houghton DJ, Kleiner-Fisman G. Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. In G.H. Baltuch & M. B. Stern (Eds.) Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: A comprehensive text. Philadelphia, PA, Informa Healthcare, March 2007; pps. 219-245.
Elman LB, Houghton DJ, Wu GF, Hurtig HI, Markowitz CE, McCluskey LF. Palliative Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. J. Palliat. Med. 2007; 10(2): 433-457.
Ances BM, Vitialiani R, Taylor RA, Liebeskind DS, Voloschin A, Houghton DJ, Galetta SL, Dichter M, Alavi M, Rosenfeld MR, Dalmau J. Treatment-responsive limbic encephalitis identified by neuropil antibodies: MRI and PET correlates. Brain 2005; 128: 1764-77.
Contact Dr. Houghton
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Links
The Litvan Neurological Foundation, Inc.
Parkinson’s Support Center of Kentuckiana
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
American Parkinson Disease Association
Huntington’s Disease Society, Kentucky chapter
