News Release

December 6, 2006

Contact: Maureen McGuire, 860-679-4523
e-mail: mmcguire@nso.uchc.edu

Dr. Adam Simmons Joins UConn Health Center

Neurologist with Expertise in Movement Disorders

FARMINGTON, CONN. – Adam Simmons, M.D., a neurologist with expertise in movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, tremors, Huntington’s disease, dystonia and more, is now seeing patients at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr. Simmons offers advanced therapies for movement disorders, including Botox and other interventions. In addition, he is specially trained in the use of Kiiko Matsumoto's Japanese-style acupuncture for the treatment of neurologic and pain conditions such as headaches, neck pain and back pain.

Dr. Simmons is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed an internship in internal medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland and a residency in neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he also completed a fellowship in movement disorders. During his training, Dr. Simmons completed a program on the structural use of acupuncture for physicians at Harvard Medical School.

Download a high resolution photo of Dr. Simmons at: http://www.uchc.edu/ocomm/images/images_news/simmonsa.jpg

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