Melissa J. Armstrong MD, MSc, FAAN

Dr. Melissa J. Armstrong, MD, MSc is the Director of the Mangurian Clinical-Research Center for Lewy Body and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia at the University of Florida. She joined the UF Department of Neurology and the Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration in 2015.

Dr. Armstrong graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1995 with a major in chemistry and a minor in philosophy. She completed medical school at the Stritch School of Medicine (Loyola University Chicago), where she subsequently completed a preliminary residency year in internal medicine and her neurology residency. During her neurology residency, she was recognized with awards for her clinical neurology skills and her residency research projects. Following her residency, she worked as a general neurologist at Loyola University Medical Center for a year before pursuing fellowship training in movement disorders.

Dr. Armstrong was a clinical and research fellow at the highly respected Morton & Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) from 2008 through 2011 where she was an Edmond J. Safra Fellow in Movement Disorders. She also completed an MSc in clinical epidemiology and health care research at the University of Toronto Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation.