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Theresa Zesiewicz, MD

Professor, College Of Medicine Neurology

Education

  • Fellowship, Movement Disorder, USF College of Medicine, 1995
  • Residency, Neurology, SUNY - Kings Co. Hosp. Ctr., 1992
  • Internship, Internal Medicine, UMDNJ, 1989
  • Medical School, Univ. Medicine AND Dentistry of NJ, 1988
  • MD, Univ. Medicine AND Dentistry of NJ, 1988

Locations

  • Primary Address , 13330 USF Laurel Drive , 3rd Floor Tampa, FL 33612
  • USF Academic Address , 13220 USF Laurel Drive , MDC 61 Tampa, FL 33612
  • Mail Point , MDC Box 55 ,
  • Physical Billing Address , 12901 Bruce B Downs BLVD Tampa, FL 33612

Clinical Interests

  • ataxia
  • parkinson's disease
  • movement disorders

Specialties

  • Neurology-Parkinson's Disease AND Movement Disorders

Selected Publications

Zesiewicz, TA.Sullivan, KL.
Treatment of ataxia and imbalance with varenicline (chantix): report of 2 patients with spinocerebellar ataxia (types 3 and 14).
Clinical neuropharmacology. 31(6) : 363-5http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19050414

Zesiewicz, TA.Hauser, RA.Freeman, A.Sullivan, KL.Miller, AM.Halim, T.
Fentanyl-induced bradykinesia and rigidity after deep brain stimulation in a patient with Parkinson disease.
Clinical neuropharmacology. 32(1) : 48-50http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19471184

Shimberg, WR.Patel, NB.Sullivan, KL.Hauser, RA.Zesiewicz, TA.
Levetiracetam for stiff-person syndrome: report of 2 patients.
Clinical neuropharmacology. 31(5) : 301-2http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18836351

Garbuzova-Davis, S.Woods, RL.Louis, MK.Zesiewicz, TA.Kuzmin-Nichols, N.Sullivan, KL.Miller, AM.Hernandez-Ontiveros, DG.Sanberg, PR.
Reduction of circulating endothelial cells in peripheral blood of ALS patients.
PloS one. 5(5) : e10614, 2010.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20485543

Zesiewicz, TA.Chari, A.Jahan, I.Miller, AM.Sullivan, KL.
Overview of essential tremor.
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment. 6: 401-8, 2010.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20856604

Zesiewicz, TA.Sullivan, KL.Gooch, CL.Lynch, DR.
Subjective improvement in proprioception in 2 patients with atypical Friedreich ataxia treated with varenicline (Chantix).
Journal of clinical neuromuscular disease. 10(4) : 191-3, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19494730

Saleh, IA.Zesiewicz, T.Xie, Y.Sullivan, KL.Miller, AM.Kuzmin-Nichols, N.Sanberg, PR.Garbuzova-Davis, S.
Evaluation of humoral immune response in adaptive immunity in ALS patients during disease progression.
Journal of neuroimmunology. 215(1-2) : 96-101, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19682755

Zesiewicz, TA.Evatt, ML.
Potential influences of complementary therapy on motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease.
CNS drugs. 23(10) : 817-35, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19739693

Jahan, I.Hauser, RA.Sullivan, KL.Miller, A.Zesiewicz, TA.
Sleep disorders in Parkinson's disease.
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment. 5: 535-40, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19898667

Fleischman, D.Madan, G.Zesiewicz, TA.Fleischman, M.
Stiff-person syndrome: commonly mistaken for hysterical paralysis.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery. 111(7) : 644, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19473753

Espay, AJ.Duker, AP.Chen, R.Okun, MS.Barrett, ET.Devoto, J.Zeilman, P.Gartner, M.Burton, N.Miranda, HA.Mandybur, GT.Zesiewicz, TA.Foote, KD.Revilla, FJ.
Deep brain stimulation of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus in medically refractory orthostatic tremor: preliminary observations.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 23(16) : 2357-62, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18759339

Zesiewicz, TA.Sullivan, KL.Gooch, CL.
Red flags to spot the parkinsonian variant of multiple system atrophy.
Nature clinical practice. Neurology. 4(11) : 596-7, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18695708

Zesiewicz, TA.Shimberg, WR.Hauser, RA.Robinson, W.Wilson, MC.Sullivan, KL.
Chorea as a side effect of gabapentin (Neurontin) in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome Type 1.
Clinical rheumatology. 27(3) : 389-90, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17938990