title: Helen Bronte-Stewart
text: # Helen Bronte-Stewart
  
  Helen M. Bronte-Stewart is a neurologist and an assistant professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also the director of the Stanford Movement Disorders Center.
  
  ## Education and career
  
  She studied mathematics and physics at the University of York before earning a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She then obtained a medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine. She was promoted to an associate professorship in December 2006. Bronte-Stewart later held the John E. Cahill Family Professorship, first held by William C. Mobley. Her research focuses on the pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Bronte-Stewart is a former professional dancer.
  
  