Sara Varanese, M.D.

Dr. Varanese is a graduate of Chieti University in Italy.  She is completing the residency in the Department of Neurology in Chieti, where she was involved in the clinical care of patients with different types of Movement Disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy Bodies Disease, Multiple System Atrophy, Supranuclear Progressive Palsy, Cortico-basal Degeneration, Huntington’s Disease, dystonia and dementia. She was also involved as sub-investigator in several trials on new drugs for Parkinson’s disease. Her research interest is focused on the cognitive and electrophysiological disturbances in parkinsonism. She is now attending the NYU Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center as an Assistant Research Scientist.