Dr. Ihtsham ul Haq is Professor of Neurology and Chief of Movement Disorders Division. His passion for the study of the brain began at Columbia University, at which he completed degrees in Bioengineering and in Philosophy. He obtained his medical degree at SUNY Downstate and his Neurology residency training at Georgetown University. After his residency he spent three years at the University of Florida’s Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration program at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases performing his movement disorders fellowship training. He was previously Associate Professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery before taking his current position at UM. Highlights of his tenure at WFSM include bringing it into the NIH clinical trial research consortium (NeuroNext). His areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Tremor, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson’s-plus syndromes (Lewy Body Dementia, Corticobasal Degeneration, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple Systems Atrophy), Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome (adults), Ataxia, Chorea, non-epileptic myoclonus, and Deep Brain Simulation (DBS).

Dr. Haq is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and was selected to its Emerging Leaders Program in 2015. He currently serves on the AAN’s Division Chief subcommittee. Dr. Haq is also a member of the International Movement Disorders Society and Parkinson’s Study Groups.