Kristina M Key Cain, MD

Kristina Key Cain, MD, is a neurologist. She specializes in caring for people with neurodegenerative disorders, including:

• Alzheimer’s disease
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Lewy body dementia
• Multiple systems atrophy
• Parkinson’s disease
• Progressive supranuclear palsy
• Spinocerebellar ataxia

Her research interests include investigating proteinopathies, understanding behavioral and cognitive changes associated with movement disorders, and participating in clinical trials aimed at finding new treatment options for cognitive and movement disorders.

Dr. Key Cain was born in Panama City, Panama, and moved frequently as an Army brat. She moved to Charlottesville while studying as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia and has lived here ever since. She received her medical degree and completed her neurology residency, neurology internship, and movement disorders fellowship at UVA.

“I have seen how life-changing a diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disorder can be,” she says. “These conditions impact can who you are as a person. I became a doctor to help those who are experiencing these changes and their caregivers.”

Organizational Involvement/Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology
• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society