She completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at the Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic (PDCMDC) at BCM. She is the Director of the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Program with particular clinical and research interests in this area, but also specializes in the care of adult and pediatric patients with other movement disorders, including Tourette syndrome. Dr. Jimenez-Shahed is a member of the Parkinson Study Group, serving as co-chair of the Functional Neurosurgical Working Group. She is also an investigator with the Huntington Study Group, Clinical Research Consortium for Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Dystonia Coalition and TSA International Database of DBS Studies in Tourette Syndrome. Her research focuses on investigating the neurophysiologic correlates of movement disorders symptoms in patients undergoing DBS surgery.