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Dr. Nita Chen is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders. Dr. Chen received her medical degree from Albany Medical College in 2017. She then completed a neurology residency at UC Irvine (2021) and a movement disorders fellowship at the University of Florida (2023). Throughout her training, she has developed a special interest in Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. What she loves most about these areas is how treatment and technology meet to provide an individualized plan. Dr. Chen uses her love of art to connect science with humanism and is known to use illustrations to demonstrate concepts of disease and treatment.
Outside of the role of neurologist, she enjoys gardening, making ceramics, and exploring local crafting festivities. In another life without being plagued by sea sickness, she would be a marine biologist. For now, she’ll settle for her cat (Glia) who is reportedly known to act like a shark at times, or a puffer fish.
Dr. Apides is board-certified in Neurology, with a subspecialty in Neurophysiology, by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Subspecialties. Recently retired, Dr. Apides serves as a clinical advisor for Brain Treatment Center Carlsbad.
Throughout his career, Dr. Apides has had extensive experience in managing chronic migraine headaches, stroke, and neuromuscular disorders.
Additionally, he has a great deal of experience in dealing with returning military personnel who have suffered traumatic brain injury as a result of serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Moreover, Dr. Apides has substantial neurophysiology experience with nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG) tests, and electroencephalography (EEG). He also has experience with Botulinum Toxin A injections for chronic migraine headaches, upper and lower limb spasticity, torticollis, and hemifacial spasms.
And in 2009, as a result of his determination to provide the best in patient care, he was named a top 5 pain management provider of the United States Navy Medicine, by patient survey.
Dr. Apides completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine Philippines. This is also where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree. He then obtained his rotational medical internship at Saint Louis University, Hospital of the Sacred Heart, and subsequent internal medicine internship at Saint Francis Medical Center, New Jersey.
Following this, he received his neurology residency training and certification at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland, and pursued neurophysiology fellowship training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology — Diplomate
ABPN subspecialty in Neurophysiology — Diplomate
NBPS (National Board of Physicians and Surgeons – Neurology and Neurophysiology) — Diplomate
Education
1976-1980, Bachelor of Science in Biology, St. Louis University, Phil Academic Scholar, Ministry of Education and Culture, Phil Cum Laude
1980-1984, Doctor of Medicine St. Louis University, Phil Academic Scholar, NISGP, Ministry of Education and Culture, Phil. Meritus award, comprehensive oral and written examination at Completion of Clinical clerkship program
Professional Training
Rotational Internship: 1984-1985, St. Louis University, Phil
Postgraduate Internship: 1992-1993, St. Francis Medical Center, New Jersey. Voted “best post-graduate intern of the year” by medical and nursing staff
Neurology Residency: 1993-1996, National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, MD Grand rounds at NIH and NNMC: Benign Monomelic amyotrophy
Fellowship training in Neurophysiology: 1999-2000, National Capital Consortium Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Work History
2000-December 2021, Naval Medical Center San Diego. Neurologist and Neurophysiologist Special interest in neurophysiology (EEG/EMG, EP’s), Botulinum Toxin A injections for chronic migraine headaches, spasticity, cervical torticollis, hyperhidrosis, hemifacial spasms, Traumatic brain injury, stroke, immunology.
Dr. Mindy Bixby is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders, brain injury medicine and headache. She has been practicing medicine since 2012 and takes an individual approach to each patient’s care that includes understanding their unique needs and goals. Dr. Bixby believes in educating, empowering and supporting patients and their families, and encouraging them to be involved in all aspects of healing.
As a movement disorder specialist, Dr. Bixby cares for patients with essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, ataxia and rare movement disorders. She also treats a comprehensive range of headache syndromes such as migraine, cluster, tension and atypical headaches.
An advocate for the Parkinson's population, she is an active public speaker to help educate and empower all patients to live their best life.
Throughout his extensive career, board-certified neurologist William Shankle, MS, MD, FACP, has been regarded as a leading expert in the management and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurological degenerative conditions. As the founder of Shankle Clinic in Newport Beach, California, Dr. Shankle uses his extensive experience to provide exceptional care for patients from near and far.
Dr. Shankle attended undergrad at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in biology. He continued to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he completed medical school.
He pursued an internship in internal medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and then completed his residency in neurology at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Dr. Shankle also trained as a statistician at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and completed further postgraduate studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
After co-founding the Alzheimer’s Research Center at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Shankle served as Clinical Director for ten years. He also served as Director of the Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program at Hoag Neurosciences Institute.
Dr. Shankle has taken part in many research endeavors and has received numerous awards, including the Zenith Fellows Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. The New York Times has also recognized Dr. Shankle’s investigations on human brain development, reporting on his research as among the most important scientific discoveries of the 1990s.
“Very professional staff and modern equipment.
Dr. Shankle is extremely knowledgeable in his profession and also friendly and easy to communicate with.
Staff are also very knowledgeable and efficient preforming their duties.”
Dr. William Shankle, MS, MD
Neurologist
3900 West Coast Highway
Suite 310
Newport Beach, CA 92663