Texas Movement Disorder Specialists, PLLC - Michael J. Soileau, MD

Dr. Michael Soileau grew up in Lumberton, TX (small town in Southeast Texas) prior to his moving to Waco, TX for college at Baylor University.  After graduating from Baylor University, he attended medical school at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston after which he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where he completed his neurology residency at the prestigious University of Michigan.  While in Ann Arbor, he was honored with numerous teaching awards and fell in love with the field of Movement Disorders.  Rarely in neurology, can there be such an influential and immediate improvement in quality of life.  This love prompted him to return to his medical school alma mater and complete a fellowship in the medical and surgical management of movement disorders. 

After directing the movement disorder division at a large institution in Central Texas for 3 years and starting a DBS program, he decided to open Texas Movement Disorder Specialists, PLLC in 2017.  Doing so allowed him to bring “big city training” to smaller towns as a convenience to his patients.  Now, he continues to provide comprehensive, sub-specialized care to those patients with movement disorders in a compassionate, individualized manner.  He continues to develop a regional and statewide presence having patients travel from all over Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.  

Dr. Soileau also enjoys teaching students, residents, and other neurologists about the “art” of treating movement disorders as well as advanced therapies.  In his short tenure to date, he’s traveled regionally and nationally as a consultant and lecturer to patients and providers, authored several book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, and co-authored a board review textbook for neurology students and providers.  He is also a member of the Parkinson Study Group (PSG) as well as a board member of the Texas Neurological Society.