Christine D Esper, MD

Christine Esper received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honors) from the University of Chicago. She then received her medical degree (High Honors) from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. She trained at the Partners Harvard Neurology Program, at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Esper completed a one-year clinical movement disorders fellowship at Emory University, followed by an additional year of clinical deep brain stimulation fellowship at Emory University, under the mentorship of Mahlon Delong. She became faculty at Emory in 2007. 

Dr. Esper's leadership roles have included Neurology Clerkship Education Directory at the Wesley Woods Health Center (2007-2009), in addition to the Clinical Director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program (2007 – 2012). She also leads the clinical motion analysis laboratory at the Emory Movement Disorders Center. Dr. Esper is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society, and Parkinson’s Functional Neurosurgery Group. Her areas of expertise include deep brain stimulation and motion analysis for movement disorders.