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Office
6701 Fannin St
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-824-1000
Summary
- Director, Pediatric Movement Disorders
Education & Training
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Stereotactic & Movement Disorders, 2014 - 2015
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, 2010 - 2014
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2010
- Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2008
- Lehigh UniversityB.A., Premedical Science, 2001
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2014 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Clinical Trials
- Ecopipam Tablets to Study Tourette's Disorder in Children, Adolescents and Adults Start of enrollment: 2023 Jan 31
Roles: Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 53 citationsTics and TikTok: Functional Tics Spread Through Social Media.Mariam Hull, Mered Parnes
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2021-11-01 - 17 citationsBrain monoamine vesicular transport disease caused by homozygous SLC18A2 variants: A study in 42 affected individuals.Ken Saida, Reza Maroofian, Toru Sengoku, Tadahiro Mitani, Alistair T Pagnamenta
Genetics in Medicine. 2023-01-01 - 5 citationsEffective Treatment of Geniospasm: Case Series and Review of the Literature.Mariam Hull, Mered Parnes
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 2020-08-17
Journal Articles
- Is Benign Hereditary Chorea Really Benign? Brain‐Lung‐Thyroid Syndrome Caused by NKX2‐1 Mutations.Mered Parnes MD, Hassaan Bashir MD, Joseph Jankovic MD, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 10/6/2018
- Novel Deletion of 6p2131p211 Associated with Laryngeal Cleft, Developmental Delay, Dysmorphic Features and Vascular AnomalyPillai N, Marafi D, Monteiro SA, Parnes M, Chandy BM, Patel A, Bacino CA, Breman AM, Burrage LC, European Journal of Medical Genetics, 1/22/2018
- Is Benign Hereditary Chorea Really Benign? Brain-Lung-Thyroid Syndrome Caused by NKX2-1 MutationsParnes M, Bashir H, Jankovic J, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 1/6/2018
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Striatal Changes on MRI in Young Children with NMDAR: A Single Center Experience.Nelson MB, Marcus M, Parnes M, Risen S, Muscal E, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 1/1/2018
- Is Benign Hereditary Chorea Really Benign? Brain-Lung-Thyroid Syndrome Caused by NKX2-1 Mutations.Parnes M, Bashir H, Jankovic J, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 1/1/2018
- Acute Onset of Chorea-Ballismus in a Child: Thinking Beyond Strep.Jimenez-Gomez A, Parnes M, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, 1/1/2017
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Lectures
- A Review of Pediatric Movement Disorders.1/24/2018
- Shimmies, Shakes and Wiggles in Childhood: Pediatric Movement Disorders.1/8/2018
- What is Dystonia, Anyhow?1/7/2018
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Other
- Tics and Tourette SyndromeParnes, M, Tics and Tourette Syndrome 101, TCH (exas Children's Hospital) Blog, Live
https://www.texaschildrens.org/blog/tics-and-tourette-syndrome-101
1/1/2018 - Childhood Movement DisordersParnes, M, MedLink Neurology
http://www.medlink.com/article/childhood_movement_disorders
1/1/2017
Authored Content
- Tics and Tourette Syndrome 1011/29/2018
Press Mentions
- Teen Girls Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok Could Be a FactorOctober 19th, 2021
- 12-Year-Old Texas Girl Sneezes Nearly 12,000 Times a DayJanuary 13th, 2016
- TX Children's Helps Boy Battle Seizures, Tic DisorderNovember 18th, 2016
Professional Memberships
- Member
External Links
- BCM Profilehttps://www.bcm.edu/people/view/mered-parnes-m-d/b2302b1f-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6
- TCH Profilehttps://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-doctor/mered-parnes-md
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