Investigators are enrolling individuals with essential tremor and tremor related neurological movement disorders in clinical research studies in order to gain a better understanding of their illness. www.tremoraction.org/studies.php
Louis also serves on the Medical Advisory Council for the Lenexa, Kan.-based International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) and is Director of the only Essential Tremor Brain Repository in the country. www.essentialtremor.org/media/index.php
Fellows work directly with the movement disorder attendings, including Dr. Fahn, Dr. Cheryl Waters, Dr. Paul Greene, Dr. Blair Ford, Dr. Elan Louis, Dr. Steven Frucht, and Dr. Pietro Mazzoni. cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/neurology/movdis/fellowship.html
Elan D. Louis, M.D, M.S. (Epidemiology) is a tenured Professor of Neurology in the G.H. Sergievsky Center at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. web.neuro.columbia.edu/members/Test3.php?id=56
Elan Louis, M.D. (left, another medical researcher at Columbia University) is studying the microscopic changes in the brain of an essential tremor patient. www.essentialtremor.org/research/brain_banks.php