- Essential tremor
- Gait abnormality
- Movement disorder
- Parkinson's disease
- Tremor
Nabila Dahodwala, MD
About me
- Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Neurology
- Director, PF Center of Excellence
- Professor of Neurology at the Pennsylvania Hospital
My education and training
- Medical School: Columbia University
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: VA Medical Center
Spoken languages
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 2007
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- Movement Disorders Society, International
- Pennsylvania Neurological Society, Local
- Penn Movement Disorders Center
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2019 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Nutt J, Siderowf A, Guttman M, Schmidt P, Zamudio J, Wu S, Okun M, Simuni T, Parachos S, Dahodwala N, Davis T, Giladi N, Gurevich T, Hauser R, Jankovic J, Lyons K, Marsh L, Miyasaki J, Morgan J, Santiago A, Tarsy D, Mari Z, Malaty I, Nelson E; The National Parkinson Foundation Quality Improvement Initiative Mobility, mood and site of care impact health related quality of life in Parkinson's disease , Parkinsonism Related Disord, 20(3): 2014,274-9
Fleisher JE, Bhatia R, Margus C, Pruitt A, Dahodwala N Health literacy and medication awareness in outpatient neurology , Neurology Clinical Practice, 4(1): 2014,71-81
Chahine Lama M, Daley Joseph, Horn Stacy, Duda John E, Colcher Amy, Hurtig Howard, Cantor Charles, Dahodwala Nabila Association between dopaminergic medications and nocturnal sleep in early-stage Parkinson's disease. , Parkinsonism & related disorders, 19(10): 2013,859-63
Murray CJ, Abraham J, Ali MK, Alvarado M, Atkinson C, Baddour LM, Bartels DH, Benjamin EJ, Bhalla K, Birbeck G, Bolliger I, Burstein R, Carnahan E, Chen H, Chou D, Chugh SS, Cohen A, Colson KE, Cooper LT, Couser W, Criqui MH, Dabhadkar KC, Dahodwala N, Danaei G, Dellavalle RP, Des Jarlais DC, Dicker D, Ding EL, Dorsey ER, Duber H, Ebel BE, Engell RE, Ezzati M, Felson DT, Finucane MM, Flaxman S, Flaxman AD, Fleming T, Forouzanfar MH, Freedman G, Freeman MK, Gabriel SE, Gakidou E, Gillum RF, Gonzalez-Medina D, Gosselin R, Grant B, Gutierrez HR, Hagan H, Havmoeller R, Hoffman H, Jacobsen KH, James SL, Jasrasaria R, Jayaraman S, Johns N, Kassebaum N, Khatibzadeh S, Knowlton LM, Lan Q, Leasher JL, Lim S, Lin JK, Lipshultz SE, London S, Lozano R, Lu Y, Macintyre MF, Mallinger L, McDermott MM, Meltzer M, Mensah GA, Michaud C, Miller TR, Mock C, Moffitt TE, Mokdad AA, Mokdad AH, Moran AE, Mozaffarian D, Murphy T, Naghavi M, Narayan KM, Nelson RG, Olives C, Omer SB, Ortblad K, Ostro B, Pelizzari PM, Phillips D, Pope CA, Raju M, Ranganathan D, Razavi H, Ritz B, Rivara FP, Roberts T, Sacco RL, Salomon JA, Sampson U, Sanman E, Sapkota A, Schwebel DC, Shahraz S, Shibuya K, Shivakoti R, Silberberg D, Singh GM, Singh D, Singh JA, Sleet DA, Steenland K, Tavakkoli M, Taylor JA, Thurston GD, Towbin JA, Vavilala MS, Vos T, Wagner GR, Weinstock MA, Weisskopf MG, Wilkinson JD, Wulf S, Zabetian A, Lopez AD; US Burden of Disease Collaborators. The state of US health, 1990-2010: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. , JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 310(6): 2013,591-608
Spindler Meredith, Gooneratne Nalaka S, Siderowf Andrew, Duda John E, Cantor Charles, Dahodwala Nabila Daytime Sleepiness is Associated with Falls in Parkinson's Disease. , Journal of Parkinson's disease, 3(3): 2013,387-91
Chahine Lama M, Daley Joseph, Horn Stacy, Colcher Amy, Hurtig Howard, Cantor Charles, Dahodwala Nabila Questionnaire-based diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease. , Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 28(8): 2013,1146-9
Dahodwala N, Siderowf A, Baumgarten M, Abrams A, Karlawish J Screening questionnaires for parkinsonism: a systematic review , Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 18(3): 2012,216-24
Dahodwala N, Karlawish J, Siderowf A, Duda JE, Mandell DS Delayed Parkinson's disease diagnosis among African-Americans: the role of reporting of disability , Neuroepidemiology, 36(3): 2011,150-154
Dahodwala Nabila, Xie Ming, Noll Elizabeth, Siderowf Andrew, Mandell David S Treatment disparities in Parkinson's disease. , Annals of neurology, 66(2): 2009,142-5
Dahodwala N What is known about racial disparities in Parkinson's disease diagnosis and treatment? , Neurodegen Dis Manage, 3(6): 2013,485-7