Our Team: Alida Griffith, M.D.
Co-investigator
Movement Disorders Neurologist, Booth Gardner Parkinson’s Care Center, 12039 NE 128th Street, Kirkland, WA 98034, phone:(425)899-3123, fax(425)899-3114.

Education
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. M.D. June 1997.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. A.B. Economics, graduated cum laude, June 1998.

Residency
Darmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. Chief Resident in neurology, June 2000-June 2001.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. Residency in neurology, July 1998-June 2000.
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. Internship in internal medicine, June 1997-June 1998.

Fellowship
Beth Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Fellowship in movement disorders, July 2001-June 2002.

Professional Experience
Evergreen Healthcare, Booth Gardnery Parkinson's Care Center, Kirkland, WA. Movement disorders neurologist. July 2003 to present.

Medical Licensure
Washington, license number 42474, expires June 13, 2004.

Previous Employment
University of Massachusetts Medical School. Research assistant in cardiovascular physiology. Studied the effects of ethanol on adenosine release in rat myocardium. Summer 1994.
New England Medical Center. Research Institute for Medicine and Chemistry. Research assistant in anti-HIV drug development. Maintained Biohazard Level 3 laboratory. Developed novel, rapid assay for antiretroviral drug testing. 1990-1993.
Patricia Seybold Office Computing Group. Conference planner. 1988-89.

Bibliography
Tarsy D, Apertauerova D, Griffith AF, Press DZ, Ryan CS. A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Topiramate for Essential Tremor. Abstract and poster presented at the 2002 International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.

Dionne, AJ, Griffith A, Levin M, Stommel EW. Exacerbation of multiple sclerosis following wasp stings. May Clin Proc 2000 Mar;75(3):317-8.

Jahn B, Wang M, Griffth A, Krane S, Skolnik P. 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) and Lipopolysaccharide Synergistically Enhance HIV-1 Replication in Monocytes. Abstract and poster presented at the 1993 AIDS conference in Amsterdam.

Fenton RA, Griffith AF, Dobson JG. Ethanol Reduces Adenosine Release and Enhances the Antiadrenergic Action of Adenosine in the Rat Myocardium. Abstract, Experimental Biology 1995.

Associations

  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Movement Disorders Society
  • Northern New England Neurologic Society

Awards, Honors, and Other Distinctions
Recipient of Resident Travel Award, American Neurological Association meeting. Boston, October 2000.
Invited to National Cerebrovascular Fellowship Stroke Forum, One of 30 chief residents and stroke fellows selected nationwide to attend. Palm Beach, October 2000.
Monitor at American Academy of Neurology Meeting, San Diego, May 2000, and Denver, May 2002.
Selected to attend Merritt-Putnam Epilepsy Conference. Phoenix, April 2000.
Presenter, Nothern New England Neurologic Society Meetings, Case history and literature review, 1998 and 1999.
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Award. Harvard College Scholarship. Was graduated cum laude. Dean's list all semesters. Harvard University 1984-88.
National Merit Scholar 1984.