Meet our staff
Mark S. Baron
Professor of Neurology
Director, Southeast/ Richmond Veterans Affairs Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC)
Location
Clinical Office - (804) 662-9185
Billy Reynolds Jr. Building, First Floor
6605 W. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23230
“I feel most fortunate to be able to combine my dual passions of caring for patients and carrying out research investigations. I am actively pursuing a number of clinical and laboratory studies which evolved largely from experiences gained from seeing patients. In turn, I incorporate skills gained in the laboratory to, for example, map the electrical activity of deep brain regions to guide placement of deep brain stimulation probes during surgeries for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders."
Education
- Clinical/ Research Fellowship in Movement Disorders & Motor Control, Emory University School of Medicine
- Residency in Neurology, Boston City Hospital
- Internship in Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital
- M.D., Medical College of Georgia
- B.A., Chemistry, Emory University
Licenses
- Virginia state medical license
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Specializations
- Caring for a wide range of movement disorder patients
- Intra-operative neurophysiology monitoring for deep brain stimulation surgery for movement disorders
- Clinical research: includes, sensitive eye movement tracking as a means to diagnose various movement disorders
- Laboratory research: pathophysiological mechanisms of dystonia and other movement disorders
Research interests
- Clinical research: includes, sensitive eye movement tracking as a means to diagnose various movement disorders
- Laboratory research: pathophysiological mechanisms of dystonia and other movement disorders
Professional affiliations
- American Academy of Neurology
- Movement Disorders Society
- Virginia Neurological Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- International Basal Ganglia Society
- Parkinson’s Study Group
Recent professional achievements
- Dept of Veterans Affairs BLR&D Merit Review award, “Pathophysiology of Dystonia (6/11-5/15)
- Visiting Professorship, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan (2008, 2009)
- Reviewer for NIH Study Sections (2001-present)
Recent publications
- Gitchel, G.T., Wetzel, P.A., Baron M.S., Pervasive ocular tremor in patients with Parkinson’s disease, Arch Neurol 2012 April 9. [Epub ahead of print]
- Baron M.S., Chaniary, K.D., Rice, A.C., Shapiro, S.M, Multi-neuronal recordings in the basal ganglia in dystonic rats. Front Syst Neurosci 2011:5:67.
- Chaniary, K.D., Baron M.S., Robinson, P., Rice, A.C., Shapiro, S.M. A novel stereotaxic apparatus for neuronal recordings in awake head-restrained rats, J Neurosci Methods 198:29-35, 2011.
- Baron, M.S. Parkinson’s Disease. In: Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, J.S. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca, B. Caplan (eds.). Springer, New York, 1864-68, 2010.
- Chaniary, K.D., Baron M.S., Rice, A.C., Wetzel, P.A., Ramakrishnan V., Shapiro, S.M. Quantification of gait in dystonic Gunn rats. J Neurosci Methods 180:273-277, 2009.
