Whitley Aamodt, MD, MPH

Whitley Aamodt, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine. She is a movement disorders specialist and directs the outpatient palliative care clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center. Dr. Aamodt’s research interests relate to palliative care and end-of-life care for persons with neurodegenerative diseases. Her current work is focused on improving end-of-life care quality for hospitalized patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. Her prior work has also examined health care disparities at the end of life using administrative claims data.

Dr. Aamodt received her MD and MPH from the University of Texas Long School of Medicine. She subsequently completed her neurology residency and Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania. Following her clinical fellowship, she received formal research training in neuroepidemiology and completed the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) program at the University of Pennsylvania in 2022.