Emory Faculty
Emory Faculty
Cathrin M Buetefisch, MD
Neurology, Movement Disorders Neurology
Emory Brain Health Center
12 Executive Park Drive Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30329Booking information not available
(404) 778-3444About
Dr. Buetefisch obtained her Medical Degree from Free University of Berlin in Germany in 1991. She then followed with her Doctor of Philosophy degree (Habilitation, German equivalent to PhD), from the Department of Neurology at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany in 2004.
Her postgraduate training included a residency in the Department of Neurological Rehabilitation at Free University of Berlin in Germany, Prof Karl-Heinz Mauritz, from 1991-1993. Her internship in the Department of Medicine at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, WV, Dr. Jeffrey Schultz, was achieved between 1993-1994. Shortly after, she completed a residency in the Department of Neurology at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, Prof. Lud Gutmann, 1994-1997.
Dr. Buetefisch followed the next two years with a fellowship at the Human Motor Control Section, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, MD, Drs. Leonardo Cohen and Mark Hallett, 1997-1999. She then became a research fellow, Neurologic Therapeutic Center & Department of Neurology at Heinrich-Heine University in Duesseldorf, Germany, Profs. Ruediger Seitz and Volker Hoemberg, from 2000-2002.
Dr. Beutefisch received the Lise Meitner Habilitation Stipend, Heinrich-Heine University in Duesseldorf, Germany, Department of Neurology, Prof. Ruediger Seitz, in 2002-2004. This stipend is sponsored by the ministry of research, North Rhine Westfale, Germany. In a very competitive application process, a two-year salary support for highly qualified scientists is provided based on the quality of published and ongoing research.
Languages
- German
- English
Emory Affiliation
- Emory Clinic - School of Medicine Faculty
- Emory Healthcare Network
- Emory Physician Group Practice
Academic Title
- Professor
Year Started Practicing
- 1999
Locations
Emory Brain Health Center
12 Executive Park Drive Northeast
Atlanta,
GA
30329
Credentials
Education
- Fellowship: National Institute of Health, Clinic Center, Neurophysiology, 1999
- Residency: West Virginia Univ Hospitals, Neurology, 1997
- Internship: Ohio Valley Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1994
- Medical Education: Free University of Berlin, MD, 1992
Board Certifications
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1998
Awards
- Aspen Movement Disorders Review Course Scholarship, 1998
Society of Human Brain Mapping, Travel Award, 2001
German Society for Neurology, Poster Award, 2002
German Society for Neurological Rehabilitation, Poster Award, 2002
Lise-Meitner Stipend, 2002
Hannelore Kohl Award, Kuratorium ZNS, 2003. This is the most prestigious award for neurorehabilitation research in Germany.
Enhancing Rehabilitation Research in the South, Work Shop Award, 2005
Fellow of the American Society for Neurorehabilitation Award, 2017
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
Movement Disorder Society
Society of Neuroscience
American Society of Neurorehabilitation
American Heart Association
