Dr. Lynda Nwabuobi earned her medical degree from NYU School of Medicine where she also completed her Neurology residency. She went on to complete a 2-year Movement Disorders fellowship at Columbia University. After her training, she provided neurological care at the Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Institute at Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she was also involved in health disparities research, teaching, advocacy, and community engagement/outreach. She joined The Neurology Center in 2022.
Dr. Nwabuobi offers compassionate and personalized care in Movement Disorders including Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism, essential tremor, Huntington’s disease, dystonia, facial spasm, tics and Tourette’s syndrome, ataxia, gait disorders, chorea, restless leg syndrome, and myoclonus. She is also an experienced botulinum toxin injector for movement disorders.
Dr. Nwabuobi is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at national and international conferences.
In her free time, Dr. Nwabuobi enjoys exploring DC museums, culinary scenes and cultural activities with her husband, daughter and German shepherd dog.