As director of the American Parkinson's Disease Association Manhattan Center at New York University and the APDA Nassau County Center at the New York Institute of Technology, and director of the Adele Smithers Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation Unit of the New York Institute of Technology, Enrico A. Fazzini, DO, PhD, has one of the largest Parkinson's disease practices in the United States. He has been treating patients with Parkinson's disease for over 15 years and specializes in adjusting the various medications so that "on" time without dyskinesia is maximized and "off" time severity and duration are minimized. For more information, please visit www.TheParkinsonsDoctor.com.
Dr. Fazzini specializes in movement disorders and behavioral neuroscience, two subspecialty divisions of neurology. He focuses on Parkinson's disease, dystonia, Alzheimer's disease/dementia, Tourette's disease, tremors, and botulinum injections for torticollis, facial wrinkles, hemifacial spasm, and blepharospasm. Dr. Fazzini has been giving botulinum injections for 10 years and is actively involved in Parkinson's disease medical and surgical treatment research. Dr. Fazzini is an associate professor of neurology at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and assistant professor of neurology at the New York University Medical Center.
He received his DO medical degree from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Fazzini received neurology training at Boston University, where he also received a PhD in behavioral neurosciences. He then completed fellowship training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in movement disorders. He is board-certified in neurology.