PADMA MAHANT, MD
Director, Medical Affairs
Dr. Padma Mahant joined CND Life Sciences as the part-time Director, Medical Affairs. As an experienced neurologist, she also continues to provide direct patient care in private practice specializing in movement disorders. At CND, Dr. Mahant plays a key role in many areas including education and guidance on CND’s diagnostic technologies for Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, physician case reviews and discussions regarding results of the Syn-One Test® and CND’s support services for clinicians and patients.
Outside of CND, Dr. Mahant is a board-certified neurologist specializing in movement disorders at Foothills Neurology in Phoenix, Arizona, where she is active in the clinical education of future physicians, as Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology with the University of Arizona Medical School in Phoenix, Arizona. Her clinical interests include blepharospasm, exercise in Parkinson’s disease, and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Mahant has contributed to research throughout her career, in former roles with the Parkinson’s Study Group, the Arizona Parkinson’s Disease Consortium, and the Center for Adaptive Neural Systems at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University.
Dr. Mahant’s presence in the movement disorders community in Arizona was established early in her career through leadership positions including Medical Director of the multidisciplinary Movement Disorders Clinic at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and Co-Medical Director of the American Parkinson’s Disease Association (APDA) Southwest Chapter’s Information and Referral Center.
Dr. Mahant graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania of Drexel University, with multiple honors including induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Rochester, where she was active in supporting the interests of the neurology community as resident representative on several committees for the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Mahant completed her fellowship in movement disorders at the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center at Barrow Neurological Institute and continued to work as a part-time faculty member at BNI for several years prior to her transition to her current role in medical affairs at CND Life Sciences.
