Dr. Nicholas Cothros joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neurology in 2021. He is cross-appointed in the Department of Psychiatry and in the Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Cothros completed his MSc and PhD in neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario, after which he earned his MD at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. He returned to the University of Western Ontario for residency training in adult neurology. This was followed by a combined clinical and research fellowship in adult and paediatric movement disorders at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Cothros has clinical interests in tic disorders and Tourette syndrome; dystonia; botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of movement disorders under ultrasound guidance; device-assisted therapies for Parkinson disease; other forms of parkinsonism; tremor; cerebellar ataxia; drug-induced movement disorders; and Huntington disease and other heritable movement disorders. His research interests span human motor control and behavioural/cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Cothros is a co-founder of the Huntington Disease Clinic, within the Department of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Cothros also offers behavioural therapies for tic disorders and body-focused repetitive behaviours for children and adults. He has completed training and certification in Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention for Tics (CBIT) through the Child and Parent Resource Institute, as well as training and certification in the Comprehensive Behavioural (ComB) model for treating trichotillomania, skin-picking, and other body-focused repetitive behaviours, through the Trichotillomania Learning Center.
He has been supported by the Young Investigator Award from the Tourette Association of America, the Parkinson Alberta Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Canadian League Against Epilepsy Post-Graduate Training Fellowship Award, and the Mary Ann Lee Award from the Canadian League Against Epilepsy.
Referrals for Dr. Cothros can be faxed to 613-548-2314.