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Anh-Thu N. Vu

Anh-Thu N. Vu, MD, MS

Assistant Professor


Department: Neurology

Specialties: Neurology, Movement Disorders

Education

  • MD - Weill Cornell Medical College (2012)
  • MS in Neuroscience - Tulane University (2008)
  • BS in Psychology - Louisiana State University (2007)

Memberships / Professional Affiliations

  • International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
  • American Academy of Neurology

Anh-Thu Vu, MD, is a neurologist practicing in Philadelphia. She specializes in movement disorders. Dr. Vu is board certified in neurology, and she has experience in the usage of botulinum toxin for the treatment of dystonia, blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. She also has experience in management and programming of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor and dystonia.

Clinical Services

Parkinson's disease

Internships

  • Internal Medicine - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2013)

Residencies

  • Neurology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2016)

Fellowships

  • Movement Disorders - Emory University (2018)

Anh-Thu Vu, MD, is an assistant professor of neurology at Drexel University College of Medicine. She serves as the director of the Neurology Clerkship and Neurology Pathway for the College of Medicine. In addition to teaching and education for medical students, she has interests in improving health equity within neurology and humanism in medical education.

Research Interests

Medical education and research in underserved populations

Publications

“Accelerated Implementation of a Virtual Neurology Clerkship Amid a Global Crisis”
Govindarajan R, Vu AN*, Salas RME, Miller AM, Sandness DJ, Said RR, Southerland AM, Fernandez A, Romano S, Sennott BJ, Patino-Murillas J, Soni M; AAN Undergraduate Education Subcommittee and Education Committee
Neurology (Dec 17, 2021)

"Hospitalizations of children with Huntington disease in the United States"
*Mendizabal A, Vu A, Thibault D, Willis A, Gonzalez-Alegre P
Mov Disord Clin Pract (Sept 11, 2017)

"Hospital Preparedness Exercises Atlas of Resources and Tools"
Cheung M, Vu A-T, Varlese D, Xiong W, Hupert N
AHRQ Publication No. 10-0001-1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (December 2010)

"Hospital Preparedness Exercises Guidebook"
Cheung M, Vu A-T, Varlese D, Xiong W, Hupert N
AHRQ Publication No. 10-0001-2. Prepared under Contract No. HHSA29020060000181. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (October 2010)

Presentations

“Rehabilitation outcomes of cortical blindness and its characteristics and prognosis secondary to cardiac arrest”
Ngankam DKA, Crozier, K, Therattil M, Vu A-T
Poster Presentation: Association of Academic Physiatrists, New Orleans, La. (May 24, 2022)

“Quantitative motion analysis and clinical characteristics of Holmes tremor as compared to other tremor types”
Williams SR, McKay JL, Bernhard D, Saad M, Vu AN, Tripathi R, Factor SA, Esper CD
Platform Presentation: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash. (Apr 6, 2022)

“Deep brain stimulation improves dystonia in classical and atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration”
Vu AN, Hatcher-Martin JM; Maxwell C, Factor SA, Gross RE, Buetefisch CM
Poster presentation: American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Ga. (Oct 21, 2018)

“Quantitative tremor analysis of Holmes tremor: a case series”
Vu A, Tripathi R, Alexander G, Factor S
Poster Presentation: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif. (Apr 27, 2018)

"Epidemiology of Juvenile Huntington’s Disease in the United States"
Vu A, Mendizabal A, Thibault D, Willis A, Gonzalez-Alegre P
Poster Presentation: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting (Apr 24, 2017)

This clinical practice is independent of Drexel University.