Dr. Robert Goodman from the Center for Movement Disorders is featured in the story, A life resumed: Surgery rids woman of longtime tremors, published this month in the Asbury Park Press...

New research out of Columbia University suggests that Essential Tremor (ET), the most common form of tremor, may be more complex than once thought.  According to author Elan D. Louis, MD, MSc,  "There is growing evidence that ET may be a family of diseases rather than a single entity."  His...

Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder. It is a progressive, often inherited disorder that usually begins in later adulthood. Patients with ET typically experience tremors when the hands are being used for activities like eating, drinking, writing or holding a magazine. The...

The Center for Movement Disorder Surgery was established in 1998 as a collaboration between the Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery of Columbia University. Our primary mission is to provide advanced state-of-the-art neurosurgical treatments for patients with disabling neurological...