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Dr. Aanchal Taneja, MD

  • Bio

    Dr. Taneja is a board certified, fellowship-trained neurologist who specializes in movement disorders (ie Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Essential tremors, etc.). She completed her Residency in Neurology, as well as two fellowships, one in Clinical Neurophysiology and the other in Movement Disorders with a special focus on Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) programming at UT Southwestern. She also serves on the American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society. Dr. Taneja offers the full spectrum in treating neurological disorders. As a specialized neurologist, Dr. Taneja has an edge in providing skilled injection of botulinum toxin for the treatment of a variety of movement disorders. Her clinical research interests include anything and everything Parkinson's and the use of DBS as an effective method in the management of movement disorders. Dr. Taneja is distinguished and has presented at major national and international conferences in which she has received several awards and grants for her exceptional efforts.

  • Research & Publications

    • Poster presentation at 9th International Congress of Neuroimmunology, Oct 2008, Fort Worth, TX.  “Differentiation of Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration from Multiple Sclerosis by Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis” Taneja A., Cameron E., Monson N. and Vernino S. Journal of Neuroimmunology, Vol 203, 2008.

    • Poster presentation at American Epilepsy Society, December 2010. “How Helpful are Repeat Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Admissions after an Initial Nondiagnostic Evaluation?”

    • Presentation at 31st Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium, Feb 2009. “Diffuse Fasciculations and Central Nervous System Feature in a Thymoma Patient.” Taneja A., Horvit., Vernino S. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, Vol 10, March, 2009.

    • Presentation at 33rd Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium, Feb 2011 “Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy.” Taneja A., Trivedi J., Nations S. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease.

    • Hansen Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of Neurological Involvement and Treatment Outcome. Trivedi J., Sadegain H., Taneja A. and Nations S. Poster presented at AAN, 2008

    • Mycophenolate Mofetil and Tacrolimus: an Alternative Therapy for Dermatomyositis Kandimala G., Taneja A., Nations S., Wolfe G. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, Volume 9, March 2008.

    • Motor symptoms at onset of Parkinson disease and risk for cognitive impairment and depression. Dewey RB Jr, Taneja A, McClintock SM, Munro Cullum,Bernstein I, Husain MM. Cogn Behav Neurol, 2012 Sept;25(3):115-20

    • Poster presentation at Movement Disorders Society meeting, Dublin, Ireland, June 2012 Dopamine Transporter SPECT Scan in Parkinsonian Syndrome.

  • Experience & Education

    • Residency

      • Neurology at UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

    • Fellowship

      • Clinical Neurophysiology at UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

      • Movement Disorders at UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

    • Hospital Affiliations

      • Texas Health Resources