Sheng-han Kuo MD

Dr. Sheng-Han Kuo, MD, is a Movement Disorders specialist caring for patients with cerebellar ataxia, including spinocerebellar ataxia and multiple system atrophy, and a variety of other movement disorders, such as essential tremor and Parkinson's disease. As a physician-scientist, his research is funded by the National Institutes of Health to study the role of the cerebellum in movement disorders, implicated in ataxia and tremor. He leads a multi-disciplinary research team to study the disease mechanism and to develop therapies for movement disorders via translational research and clinical trials.

Dr. Kuo is the Director for the Initiative for Columbia Ataxia and Tremor (ICAT), an interdisciplinary research group to study how the cerebellum plays a role in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. He also serves as one of the tri-leaders for the Clinical Research Consortium for Spinocerebellar Ataxias, constituting 15 medical centers in the U.S. to study patients living with spinocerebellar ataxias. Aiming to promote research collaboration, Dr. Kuo organizes the International Tremor Congress every other year, bringing researchers together to advance therapies for tremor. He was elected in 2020 as the Vice Chair for the Movement Disorders Section at the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Kuo has received multiple scientific awards in recognition of his contributions to neurology, including the 2016 Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholar Merit Award, the 2019 American Academy of Neurology Jon Stolk Award for Movement Disorders, and the 2020 American Neurological Association Derek Denny-Brown Award.