Gerard Saranza

Dr. Saranza is a board-certified neurologist practicing in Cebu, Philippines. He earned his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of the Philippines. He completed his Adult Neurology training at the Philippine General Hospital and further trained in Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders at the University of Toronto-Toronto Western Hospital. In his senior year of fellowship training, he had rotations in subspecialty clinics, including Electrophysiology in Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Programming. He also performs botulinum toxin injections for movement disorders (e.g., dystonia, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, post-stroke spasticity) as well as for other indications, such as sialorrhea. In the hospitals he is affiliated with, he has been given privileges to see pediatric patients with movement disorders. Dr. Saranza is an active member of the Movement Disorders Society of the Philippines, the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, and the Rare Neurological Diseases Special Interest Group. Moreover, Dr. Saranza has a strong commitment to education and research, having published in the field of General Neurology and Movement Disorders, including first-author publications and co-authorship in respectable, peer-reviewed journals. He is also an Assistant Professor at the Cebu Institute of Medicine, teaching Neuroanatomy and Neurology.