Dr. Beristain is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology. He received his medical degree from the University of the Basque Country, Spain in 1989. He trained in neurology in Spain and graduated in December 1993. He came to Chicago, IL in February of 1994 to do research at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for 2 years. Dr. Beristain completed an internship at Ball Memorial Hospital and residency in Neurology at Indiana University in Indianapolis. He received extra training in Movement Disorders as a fellow at Indiana University and then joined the faculty at Indiana University Department of Neurology where he was assistant professor for almost 3 years, until July 2004.