Diego Torres-russotto MD, FAAN

Dr. Diego R. Torres-Russotto, MD, FAAN, is the chair of neurology and the Distinguished Endowed Chair in Neurology at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute. He also serves as the neurology residency program director at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian. Dr. Torres-Russotto specializes in neurology and movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, tremors, spasticity, gait disturbance, tics and other neurological illnesses. He also performs botulinum toxin (Botox) injections, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) evaluations, and deep brain stimulation.

Before joining Miami Neuroscience Institute in 2023, Dr. Torres-Russotto served as professor and vice-chair for education and chief of movement disorders at the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He has published more than 120 scientific papers, chapters, and abstracts, and established one of the largest international studies of orthostatic tremor. He is a member of multiple national and international research consortia: the Huntington Study Group, the Parkinson Study Group, the Tremor Research Group, and the Tremor Study Group. His research interests include tremor, orthostatic tremor, evidence-based physical examination, chemodenervation, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, and provider burnout, wellness and resilience.

As a council member of the National Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Torres-Russotto provides guidance and recommendations on all matters concerning physician licensing and standardized examinations. He has received numerous recognitions as an educator, such as the Distinguished Mentor Award and a campus-wide Outstanding Teacher Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He is the neurology program director at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.