Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, MD
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PROFESSOR | Neurology, Movement Disorders
PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery
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Specialties
Neurology
Research Topics
Neurology, Neuromodulation, Parkinson's Disease

MD, Baylor College of Medicine

Internship, Transitional Year, Baylor College of Medicine

Residency, Neurology, Duke University Hospital

Fellowship, Movement Disorders, Baylor College of Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Publications

Selected Publications

Consensus expert recommendations for referral of Parkinson’s disease patients for deep brain stimulation surgery. Delaram Safarpour, Meredith Spindler, Travis H. Turner, Neepa Patel, Okeanis Vaou, Laura Y. Cabrera, Christopher Tolleson, Philip W. Tipton, Camila Aquino, Todd M. Herrington, Christos Sidiropoulos, Nathan Hantke, Mitesh Lotia, Svjetlana Miocinovic, Vibhash D. Sharma, Kelly A. Mills, Kathryn Wyman-Chick, Camilla Kilbane, Corneliu Luca, Leonardo Almeida, Joshua Rosenow, Hwai Yin Ooi, Zoltan Mari, Lan Luo, Renato P. Munhoz, Sol De Jesus, Harini Sarva, Monica Arena, Gonzalo Revuelta, Kelvin L. Chou, Alfonso Fasano, Mustafa S. Siddiqui, Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, Alfonso Fasano, Sol De Jesus, Renato P. Munhoz. npj Parkinson's Disease

CSF α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Skin Immunofluorescence: Clinical Applications, Research Opportunities, and Knowledge Gaps. David G. Coughlin, Charles H. Adler, William Barbosa, Jeanne Feuerstein, Douglas Galasko, Steven A. Gunzler, Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, George T. Kannarkat, Anthony E. Lang, Juan D. Martinez-Lemus, Peter A. LeWitt, Alexander Pantelyat, Mya C. Schiess, Michael Schwarzschild, Andrew D. Siderowf, Tanya Simuni, Thomas Francis Tropea, Danielle Thordarson, Cayla Vila, Jamie L. Adams, Liana Rosenthal. Neurology

Subthalamic Theta-Alpha Local Field Potentials in OFF-Levodopa Dystonia in Parkinson's Disease. Daniel D. Cummins, Weerawat Saengphatrachai, Varun R. Subramaniam, Sema Akkus, Brian H. Kopell, Joohi Jimenez-Shahed. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

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Living With Tourette Syndrome

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Jimenez-Shahed during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Amneal
  • Emalex Biosciences
  • RebrAIn
  • TreeFrog
  • Photopharmics
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
  • Medtronic, Inc.
  • AbbVie Inc.
  • Blue Rock Therapeutics
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.