On March 2, 2005 Dr. Pahwa was named the inaugural recipient of the Laverne and Joyce Rider Professorship.
The Rider Professorship is named for the late Joyce Rider, a longtime Kansas City, Mo., resident, and for her mother, Laverne Stapp Rider, who battled Parkinson's disease for many years. Joyce Rider, who died in 2004, bequeathed financial support for the professorship to the Kansas University Endowment Association.
Dr. Pahwa received his M.B.B.S. (M.D.) degree at Seth G.S. Medical College, University of Bombay, India. He completed an internship in medicine at Baylor College of Medicine followed by a residency in Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He then completed a one year fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Pahwa joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology as an Instructor in 1992 and is currently Professor of Neurology. He is Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Dr. Pahwa is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Pahwa’s research interests are centered around the various aspects of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. He is currently involved in various studies related to medical and surgical forms of therapies for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. Dr. Pahwa has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, chapters and abstracts in leading neurology and movement disorder journals. He has conducted over 50 clinical trials related to Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. He is the co-editor of “Handbook of Parkinson’s Disease”, 3rd edition, "Therapy of Parkinson's Disease", 3rd edition and co-author of the book “Parkinson’s Disease: Questions and Answers”, 4th edition.
The Parkinson's Disease Clinic, staffed by Dr. Rajesh Pahwa, offers diagnostic and treatment services for persons with Parkinson’s disease and related conditions involving progressive supranuclear palsy and Multiple System Atrophy
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