Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell – HCS25
Associate Professor Medicine/Neurology, UBC; Director, Pacific Parkinson Research Centre, UBC; Director, BC Brain Wellness Program
Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell is a movement disorder neurologist and Associate Professor for Medicine/Neurology at UBC, where she holds the Marg Meikle Professorship for Research in Parkinson’s disease and directs the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre and the UBC Movement Disorders Clinic. Her research focusses on the role of the microbiome and nutrition in Parkinson’s disease and related brain disorders, lifestyle interventions as well as non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s. She leads numerous clinical trials and is passionate about the improvement of care delivery in movement disorders.
She is the co-founding director of the BC Brain Wellness Program, is a member of the International Movement Disorder Society Taskforce on Wellness and has previously served as the president of the Canadian Movement Disorder Society and the Director of the Canadian Residents Course for Movement Disorders. She received the UBC Killam Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2023, the UBC Honorary Medical Alumni Award in 2024 and the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025.
Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell is a movement disorder neurologist and Associate Professor for Medicine/Neurology at UBC, where she holds the Marg Meikle Professorship for Research in Parkinson’s disease and directs the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre and the UBC Movement Disorders Clinic. Her research focusses on the role of the microbiome and nutrition in Parkinson’s disease and related brain disorders, lifestyle interventions as well as non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s. She leads numerous clinical trials and is passionate about the improvement of care delivery in movement disorders.
She is the co-founding director of the BC Brain Wellness Program, is a member of the International Movement Disorder Society Taskforce on Wellness and has previously served as the president of the Canadian Movement Disorder Society and the Director of the Canadian Residents Course for Movement Disorders. She received the UBC Killam Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2023, the UBC Honorary Medical Alumni Award in 2024 and the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025.
