University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO

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About This Center

The Research Center of Excellence is part of the Memory Disorders Clinic and the Movement Disorders Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz. The Movement Disorders Center is housed at the UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion. The Memory Disorders Clinic is housed in the UCHealth Central Park Clinic, just a few miles west of the Anschutz Campus.

The CU Anschutz is the largest academic health center between Chicago and the West Coast, north of Texas. The campus fosters all types of biomedical research, ranging from basic to translational to clinical, and provides the full spectrum of medical care for patients referred from throughout Colorado and neighboring states.

The Behavioral Neurology and Movement Disorders sections have dedicated clinical staff and coordinators who work together to provide exemplary care and to help bridge services offered to patients, family members, caregivers, and the community. In addition, the CU Anschutz is home to one of the nation’s few Neuropalliative Care clinics, which focuses on improving quality of life and providing supportive care for people living with neurological illnesses and their loved ones.

Locations

Movement Disorders Center

1635 Aurora Court, Aurora, CO 80045
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Memory Disorders Center

3055 Roslyn Street, Denver, CO 80238
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Contact Information

Name: CU Anschutz Department of Neurology Clinical Research
Contact for: Clinical Trials
Website: Clinical Research

Name: UCHealth Neurosciences Clinic
Phone number: 720-848-2080
Contact for: Clinic Appointments

Patient information: Memory Disorders

Victoria Pelak, MD

Dr. Pelak is a Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Anschutz. As a neurology-trained neuro-ophthalmologist with a subspecialty in behavioral neurology, Dr. Pelak is one of only a few clinician or clinical scientists in the world with such dual expertise. She has a keen interest in the assessment and treatment of visual cortical dysfunction that manifests in people with Lewy Body Dementia. She developed and directs the only multidisciplinary neuro-ophthalmology clinic for movement disorders in the country, which provides care for all aspects of visual dysfunction associated with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia.

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Samantha Holden, MD

Dr. Holden is an Associate Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair of Neurology Clinical Practice, and holds the Penny S. Burke Endowed Chair in Behavioral Neurology at the University of Colorado Anschutz. With fellowship training in both Behavioral Neurology and Movement Disorders, her clinical practice centers on the evaluation and treatment of people with overlapping cognitive, behavioral, and movement changes, namely dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia.  Her clinical research focuses on patient-centered outcome measures of cognition and related daily function, as well as non-pharmacological interventions for cognitive impairment and related function and quality of life.

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