Mya Schiess, M.D.

Professor of Neurology

Director, Neurology Residency Training Program
Director, Movement Disorders & Neurodegenerative Diseases

Contact Information:

• Phone: 713-500-7100
  
• Fax: 713-500-7019
  
• E-mail: Mya.C.Schiess@uth.tmc.edu

Board Certifications

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology, Recertified

Education and Training:

• M.D., University of New Mexico School of Medicine
• Neurology Residency, University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas
• Physician Scientist NIH K Award Fellowship, Training in Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology

Clinical Interests

• The medical and surgical management of Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian syndromes, tremor states, Dystonia, ataxia, and other neurodegenerative diseases.
• The medical and surgical management of spasticity

Research Interests

• Determine the patho-etiology and pathophysiology for cell death in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
• Develop preclinical biological markers for presymptomatic diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
• Determine the role of intrathecal baclofen therapy in improving functional motor outcomes in hypertonic states