Melita Petrossian, MD

Director, Pacific Movement Disorders Center

Melita Petrossian, MD

Dr. Petrossian’s expertise is in the comprehensive care, treatment, and management of patients with movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, gait disorders, ataxia, myoclonus, tics and Tourette’s syndrome. In addition, she uses leading-edge therapies such as botulinum toxin (Botox®) injection for spasticity, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, and dystonia; and DBS programming for PD, essential tremor, and dystonia.

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