KevinRobertsonCannardMD

Summary

• Dr. Cannard is a Neurologist and Movement Disorders specialist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He trained at Walter Reed in Neurology. After six years of general neurology experience, he completed a Movement Disorders fellowship at Emory under deep brain stimulation (DBS) pioneer Dr. Mahlon DeLong. He later completed a fellowship and is board certified in Clinical Pharmacology that included training at the FDA’s CDER Neurology Division and at NIH. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Neurology (F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, USU) and core residency faculty at Walter Reed where he is active in teaching at all levels. Dr. Cannard has received several teaching awards including two AAN AB Baker Teacher Recognition Awards. He is active in clinical research with his partners at Vanderbilt University, collaborating on studies of Deep Brain Stimulation therapy in early phase Parkinson’s Disease. His practice encompasses both general neurology as well as movement disorders as part of the residency training program at Walter Reed. He has over 30 years of experience in the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of movement disorders, spasticity, and pain syndromes to include headache. The first 20 years of his medical career was spent on active duty in the U.S. Army, retiring as a Colonel in 2008. He has been a civilian physician at Walter Reed ever since.