Dr. Santini is the Clinical Chief of the Movement Disorders Division and Inaugural Director of the Adams Comprehensive Parkinson Disease Care Center at Yale School of Medicine. She is particularly specialized and has transformed the care of patients with the most complex movement disorders. Dr. Santini also provides neurologic care to the impoverish nation of Haiti since 2013 and is an internationally renowned medical educator who has focused on increasing student understanding of neurologic disease and increasing the medical student pipeline into neurology. Dr. Santini was selected as an American Academy of Neurology Emerging Leader and a Palatucci Advocate, has won numerous teaching awards, and was recently awarded the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society’s Presidential Service Award for her work in Continuing Medical Education. Her leadership vision is to inspire growth and foster positive change through innovation, equity, collaboration, and education.
