Raima Mahmuda Amin, MD

Raima Amin, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology and her research focus on health disparities in non-white patients with Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Amin completed residency in neurology, followed by a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Washington. She see patients in movement disorders clinic and an adult autism clinic. During training, she investigated the effects of baseline cognitive status on motor outcomes in a physical therapy intervention for persons with Parkinson’s disease. Since her faculty appointment, her research has shifted to health disparities. Dr. Amin have established a working relationship with the Somali Health Board, which serves an estimated 30,000 people of Somali ancestry, many of whom came as refugees or immigrants and experience language and cultural barriers to accessing health care. Through this partnership, she is working to learn about the Somali community’s experience with and awareness of Parkinson’s disease and plans to use her findings to establish interventions to address these disparities.