Sheng-Han Kuo

Sheng-Han Kuo is the H. Houston Merritt Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He earned his medical degree from National Taiwan University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine. His research focuses on the neuropathology and circuitry of the cerebellum in movement disorders, particularly essential tremor, spinocerebellar ataxia, and Parkinson’s disease, integrating translational research and clinical trials for therapy development. Recent publications examine cerebellar hemispheric pathology, cerebello-cortical EEG networks, and neuron type-specific microexons in Ank3. He has received the Derek Denny-Brown Award from the American Neurological Association (2020), the Jon Stolk Award for Movement Disorders from the American Academy of Neurology (2019), and the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholar Merit Award (2016). He serves as Vice Chair for the Movement Disorders Section of the American Academy of Neurology and leads the Columbia Ataxia and Tremor Initiative.