Dr. Kuniyoshi earned her medical degree and doctorate degree from the Loma Linda Medical School and Loma Linda University respectively in Loma Linda, California. She received her doctorate degree in physiology, investigating the effect of pallidotomy, a surgical procedure whereby a therapeutic lesion is placed in the basal ganglia, on postural instability in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Currently, she is working with Dr. Greg Bonnen, an accomplished stereotactic neurosurgeon, to make deep brain stimulation available to patients with Parkinson’s Disease at UTMB. She completed her residency in neurology at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, and a movement disorders fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kuniyoshi is an assistant professor in the UTMB Department of Neurology.