Cheryl H. Waters, MD

Cheryl Waters MD FRCP(C) holds bachelors and masters degrees in Pharmacology from the University of Toronto, where she studied dopamine receptor function with Philip Seeman. She completed medical school at University of Toronto, an internship at University of Chicago, and returned to Toronto for Internal Medicine, Neurology and a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology. She moved to California and developed the Movement Disorder Program at the University of Southern California. Dr. Waters moved to New York to join the faculty at CUIMC. She has been involved in research on the genetics of Parkinson's disease and the treatment of this disorder. She has authored numerous articles and book chapters and a book in its seventh edition: Diagnosis and Management of Parkinson's Disease. She has been an investigator in numerous studies involving a variety of medical and surgical treatments. She has taught many classes of residents and fellows at both USC and CUIMC. She is the first to hold the Albert B. and Judith L. Glickman Chair in Neurology at CUIMC.