Chi-Ying (Roy) Lin, M.D., M.P.H.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US
- Director, CurePSP Center of Care for PSP, CBD, and MSA
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Neurology
Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center (Clinic)
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Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center
7200 Cambridge St., 9th Floor, MS: BCM609
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4734
Fax: (713) 798-7434
ADMDC Site
- Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic (Clinic)
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Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center
7200 Cambridge St., 9th Floor, MS: BCM609
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2273
Fax: (713) 798-6808
PDCMDC Site
Education
- Fellowship at The Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University
- 06/2021 - New York, NY
- Movement Disorders
- Residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 06/2019 - New York, NY
- Neurology
- Internship at Mount Sinai Queens Hospital Center
- 06/2016 - Queens, NY
- Medicine
- MPH from Columbia University
- New York, NY
- MD from Kaohsiung Medical University
- Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Research Fellowship at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
- 06/2015 - New York, New York
- Postmortem human cerebellar pathology
- Postdoctoral Training at Taipei Veterans General Hospital
- 11/2013 - Taipei, Taiwan
- Alzheimer's disease and related dementia
Certifications
- Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Honors & Awards
- Physician Inductee
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- Futures in Neurologic Research (FINR) Scholarship Recipient
- American Academy of Neurology
- Junior Faculty Seed Award
- Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment research
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Power of Professionalism Award
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Neurology Faculty Teaching Award
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Mike Hogg Fund Award
- Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment research
- Mike Hogg Fund Trust
- Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)
- American Academy of Neurology
Professional Interests
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Dementia
- Tremor
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- LGBTQ+ Health in Dementia and Movement Disorders
Websites
Dr. Lin was interviewed by The Washington Post for the practice experience and current understanding of the stiff-person syndrome.
Dr. Lin was interviewed by The Washington Post to discuss the current understanding of frontotemporal dementia (FTD)/frontotemporal lobe degeneration (FTLD).
Dr. Lin is featured in American Academy of Neurology's official magazine, Brain & Life, about developing the wellness program, Broadway For Ataxia, during COVID-19 pandemic using theatrical art based therapy for people with cerebellar ataxia.
Dr. Lin discussed specific considerations for non-binary people with Parkinson's.
Dr. Lin's Mandarin-community outreach talk on Parkinson's disease
Dr. Lin's Mandarin-community outreach talk on Alzheimer's disease and related dementia
Selected Publications
- Amokrane N, Viswanathan A, Freedman S, Yang CY, Desai NA, Pan MK, Kuo SH, Lin CY*. "Impulsivity in cerebellar ataxias: Testing the cerebellar reward hypothesis in humans." Mov Disord. 2020;35(8):1491-3. Pubmed PMID: 32497310
- Lin CY, Chen CH, Tom SE, Kuo SH, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. "Cerebellar volume is associated with cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment: Results from ADNI." Cerebellum. 2020;19(2):217-25. Pubmed PMID: 31900856
- Louis RJ, Lin CY, Faust PL, Koeppen AH, Kuo SH. "Climbing fiber synaptic changes correlate with clinical features in essential tremor." Neurology. 2015;84(22):2284-6. Pubmed PMID: 25948728
- Lin CY, Louis ED, Faust PL, Koeppen AH, Vonsattel JP, Kuo SH. "Abnormal climbing fibre-Purkinje cell synaptic connections in the essential tremor cerebellum." Brain. 2014;137(Pt 12):3149-59. Pubmed PMID: 25273997
- Lin CR, Rosendale N, Deeb W. "Expanding sexual and gender minority research in movement disorders: More than awareness and acceptance." Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2021 Jun;87:162-5. Pubmed PMID: 34088617
- Chen TX, Lin CYR, Aumann MA, Yan Y, Amokrane N, Desai NA, Kang H, Claassen DO, Kuo SH. "Impulsivity trait profiles in patients with cerebellar ataxia and Parkinson disease." Neurology. 2022 Apr;10.1212/WNL.0000000000200349. Pubmed PMID: 35428731
- Lin CR*, Viswanathan A, Chen TX, Mitsumoto H, Vonsattel JP, Faust PL, Kuo SH. "Clinicopathological correlates of pyramidal signs in multiple system atrophy." Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 May 20; Pubmed PMID: 35593123
- Lin CR*, Amokrane N, Chen S, Chen TX, Lai RY, Trinh P, Minyetty MJ, Emmerich H, Pan MK, Claassen DO, Kuo SH. "Cerebellar impulsivity-compulsivity assessment scale." Ann Clin Transl Neurol.. 2022 Nov 19; Pubmed PMID: 36401598
- Lai RY, Desai NA, Amlang CJ, Lin CR, Chen TX, Minyetty MJ, Amokrane N, Kuo SH. "Gambling associated risk-taking decision in cerebellar ataxia." Parkinsonism Relat Disord.. 2023 Feb; Pubmed PMID: 36577359
- Lin CR, Kuo SH "Ataxias: Hereditary, Acquired, and Reversible Etiologies." Semin Neurol. 2023 Feb 24; Pubmed PMID: 36828010
Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
- International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
- National Ataxia Foundation
- American Neurological Association
- American Neuropsychiatric Association
- Texas Neurological Society
- Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin), Taiwanese
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