Our Mission
to provide comprehensive, compassionate medical care in the specialty of Neurology in the community
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Our History
Booth Neurology Clinic was founded in 2013 by Dr. T. Nguyen who opened the clinic with two associate neurologists. Since then, the clinic has grown steadily and we have the largest Neurology group practice in the Ottawa area. Our group of physicians provide consultation services in a several medical specialties including General Neurology, Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders, Neuromuscular disorders. Our services have expanded to include EMG and nerve conduction studies, as well as botox treatments for chronic migraines, spasticity and movement disorders. We serve Ottawa and the surrounding areas in Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais region in Quebec.
Meet our Doctors
Dr. Tung (Tom) Nguyen, MD, BSc, FRCPC
Neurology
Dr. Nguyen graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. He completed Neurology residency training at the University of Ottawa. Prior to this, he had completed training in Family Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, and worked as a family physician, emergency physician and hospitalist.
He has active privileges at the Ottawa Hospital as well as the Montfort Hospital. His main areas of clinical interest in Neurology are the management of spasticity and post stroke care, as well as headaches. He is also active in the training of medical students and residents in both English and French programs.
He is the founder of Booth Neurology clinic, which has become of the largest outpatient Neurology clinics within the province.
Dr. Nguyen is fluent in English, French and Vietnamese.
Dr. Vivien Parker, MD, BSc, FRCPC, CSCN (EMG)
Neurology
Dr. Parker graduated from medical school at McMaster University and completed her neurology residency training at the University of Ottawa. She completed her EMG certification with the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN). She has been part of Booth Neurology clinic since its inception.
She sees patients in her EMG clinic with peripheral nervous system disorders including mononeuropathies, plexopathies, radiculopathies, myopathies and neuromuscular junction disorders. She also sees patients with various neurological conditions such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, migraines (including performing botulinum toxin injections for chronic migraines), stroke, and Parkinson disease.
Dr. Parker is an associate in the Division of Neurology at The Ottawa Hospital. She works in the Neurovascular Unit (Stroke team), treating patients presenting with acute stroke.
She travels to Iqaluit, Nunavut several times per year to provide neurological care to the northern communities in the Baffin Island region.
She enjoys teaching trainees (medical students and residents) at Booth Neurology clinic, at The Ottawa Hospital and in Iqaluit neurology clinics.
Dr. Chantel Barrett, MD, FRCPC
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders
Dr. Barrett completed her MD and residency training at Memorial University of Newfoundland before moving to Ottawa in 2014 to pursue a fellowship in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Barrett balances her outpatient practice at Booth Neurology and the Movement Disorders Clinic at The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus. She also serves the larger community as a whole by performing spasticity injections at several local long term care facilities. Currently she is the primary investigator of the PRESENCE study: Effect of LY3154207 on Cognition in Mild to Moderate Parkinson’s Disease Dementia.
Dr. Shreyans Shah, MD, FRCPC, CSCN (EMG)
Neurology
Dr. Shreyans Shah is an Adult Neurologist with an interest in General Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases.
Dr. Shah trained in Neurology at Queen’s University. He then completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and is certified in EMG by the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists. He is member of various professional organizations including the American Academy of Neurology and American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.