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Welcome to the Tyler’s Hope Center for Comprehensive Dystonia Care, the vision of Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure, Inc. and The University of Florida Movement Disorders Center.

Our mission: To provide the highest level of medical and surgical care to patients with dystonia. To perform research that will lead to better treatments and ultimately a cure for dystonia and other movement disorders.   To learn more about Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure click here.

A Multidisciplinary Approach

Our team includes specialized physicians, a physician assistant, nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists, psychologists, researchers as well as other interdisciplinary specialists.  Learn more about our team here.

Our Center provides:

• Neurological consults
• Neurosurgical consultation and surgery including Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
• Botulinum toxin treatment
• Speech and language disorder evaluation and treatment
• Gait training and Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Treatment of associated anxiety, depression and mood disorders
• Education for fellows, residents, medical and graduate students
• Interdisciplinary research toward dystonia treatments and a cure

Becoming a Tyler’s Hope Center for Comprehensive Dystonia Care Patient

If you are interested in becoming a patient, please contact your physician for a referral.  This can be your family physician, internal medicine physician, neurologist, or any physician who feels you may have a movement disorder.

Please ask your doctor’s office to fax a referral to Jennifer Reichwage, our Program Coordinator at 352-273-5575. This referral should include all your demographic information (so we can contact you with appointment information), as well as copies of your insurance card(s) and the most-recent 3-5 clinic notes from your neurologist. You can also call Jennifer at 352-273-6885 for more information on this process.

Find out more about our Dystonia Center’s:

• Clinic
• Research
• Surgery
• Educational Opportunities
• 2010 Cruise