Treatment services
The Movement Disorders Program at Butler Hospital specializes in caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, gait disorders, tremors, drug-induced movement disorders, ataxias, dystonias, and other movement disorders.

Patients are provided with diagnosis and comprehensive medical management of movement disorders. Innovative treatments such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) and botulinum toxin are also offered.

Research involvement
Research is a major component of the Movements Disorders Program. The Movement Disorders Program participates in multicenter trials sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, pharmaceutical companies, and is an active member of the Parkinson Study Group and the Huntington Study Group.

Expert Staff
The Movement Disorders Program at Butler Hospital is led by Joseph Friedman, MD, a leading expert in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders and Professor and Chief of the Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Friedman has authored two books, Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior: Coping with Parkinson’s Disease and Taking Charge: Good Medical Care for the Elderly and How to Get It.

Actively involved in research on movement disorders, Dr. Friedman’s primary focus is Parkinson's and Huntington's disease and drug induced movement disorders. He currently is studying the behavioral aspects of Parkinson's disease and fatigue in Parkinson’s disease, an area that has been little explored.

Joining Dr. Friedman is Victoria Chang, MD, who will direct the DBS and botulinum toxin treatments. Dr. Chang completed her residency in neurology at Brown and a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at Columbia University Medical Center Neurological Institute.