Tara D. Lipps, MSN, APRN, CNP

I began working in the Movement Disorder Clinic and Tourette's Syndrome Clinic within the Division of Neurology in 2001. I worked as a clinical nurse and research nurse for three years until transitioning to the role of nurse practitioner in 2004. I have helped to further develop the role of the nurse practitioner in a multi-disciplinary Movement Disorder Clinic and Tourette's Syndrome Clinic, presented on pediatric movement disorders and Tourette's Syndrome nationally and internationally, and have been involved as a sub-investigator on multiple clinical research studies on Tourette's Syndrome.

I have additional training in CBIT (Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics) as a clinical nurse practitioner (not as a psychologist or therapist) and am able to provide CBIT training to patients seen in the Tourette's Syndrome Clinic.

In addition, I spend part of my time working as a nurse practitioner in the general neurology clinic, seeing and treating patients with a variety of complex neurological conditions since 2005.