Mariam Hull, MD

Personal Statement

My philosophy is to provide family-centered care focusing not only education of the patient and family members but also prioritizing quality of life of the patient and their family.

Clinical Interests

Pediatric movement disorders

Tics and Tourette Syndrome

Chorea

Dystonia

Tremor

Functional movement disorders

Deep brain stimulation

Paroxysmal dyskinesias

Monoamine neurotransmitter defects

Juvenile Huntington’s disease

GNAO1

Ataxia

Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)

Self-injurious behaviors

Botulinum toxin injections

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Research interests

Genetics of pediatric movement disorders

Use of botulinum toxin injections for management of movement disorders

Use of deep brain stimulation for management of pediatric movement disorders

Outcomes of functional movement disorders

Tics and Tourette Syndrome

Hull M, Emrick L, Sadat R, Parnes M. Tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency type B: a case of treatable encephalopathy. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders (in press).

Hull, M. and Parnes, M. (2021), Tics and TikTok: Functional Tics Spread Through Social Media. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13267.

Hull M, Parnes M, Jankovic J. Increased Incidence of Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders in Children and Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study, Neurology Clinical Practice Apr 2021, 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001082; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001082.

Hull M, Parnes M, Jankovic J. Botulinum Neurotoxin Injections in Childhood Opisthotonus. Toxins 2021; 13(2):137. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13020137.

Hull M, Parnes M. Cervical Myelopathy as a Complication of Untreated Motor Tics: A Cautionary Tale. Journal of Pediatric Neurology Published online October 26, 2020. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1718696.

Hull M, Parnes M. Effective Treatment of Geniospasm: Case Series and Review of the Literature. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2020;10:31. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.141.

Hull M. Movement disorders in childhood. In: Fekete R, Editor. MedLink Neurology. San Diego: MedLink Corporation. Available at www.medlink.com. Last updated: June 25, 2021.

Hull M. Parnes M. Juvenile Huntington Disease. In: Fekete,R Editor. MedLink Neurology. San Diego: MedLink Corporation. Available at www.medlink.com. Last updated: April 25, 2020.