Scientific Advisory Board

PDF's work as a leader in Parkinson's disease research, education and public advocacy would not be possible without the guidance of our Scientific Advisory Board, and our sub-committees which include our Medical Policy Committee, Research Center Advisory Committee and Grants Review Committee. 

• Scientific Advisory Board
• Medical Policy Committee
• Research Center Advisory Committee
• Grants Review Commitee
  

Scientific Advisory Board

Constance Woodruff Atwell, Ph.D.
Former Director of the Division of Extramural Research
National Insitute of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Board Member, Parkinson's Disease Foundation

M. Flint Beal, M.D.
The Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Robert Burke, M.D.
Alfred and Minnie Bressler Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Director of Research Laboratories for Parkinson's Disease
Director of the Udall Parkinson’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University
Departments of Neurology and Pathology
Columbia University Medical Center

Cynthia L. Comella, M.D., F.A.A.N.
Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush University Medical Center

David Eidelberg, M.D.
Head, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Center for Neurosciences
Vice Chairman for Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, North Shore- LIJ Health System
Director, Movement Disorders Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
New York University School of Medicine

Stanley Fahn, M.D., Chair, Scientific Director, Parkinson Disease Foundation
Movement Disorders Division Chief
H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology
Division of Movement Disorders
Columbia University Medical Center

Christopher Goetz, M.D.
United Parkinson Foundation Professor of Neurology
Departments of Neurological Sciences and Pharmacology
Head, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Lloyd Greene, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Medical Center

J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief of the Movement Disorders
Division of the Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh

Danna Jennings, M.D.
Clinical Research Director
The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders

Katie Kompoliti, M.D.
Associate Professor, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Jeffrey H. Kordower, Ph.D.
The Jean Schweppe-Armour Professor of Neurological Sciences
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Research Center for Brain Repair
Section Head, Neuroscience
Rush University Medical Center

J. William Langston, M.D.
Founder, CEO and Scientific Director
The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center

Karen Marder, M.D., M.P.H.
Sally Kerlin Professor of Neurology
Chief of the Division of Aging and Dementia
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry
Sergievsky Center and Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University Medical Center

Serge Przedborski, M.D., Ph.D.
Page and William Black Professor of Neurology
Co-Director, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease
Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Medical Center

Kathleen Shannon, M.D.
Professor, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Yaakov Stern, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology
Division Leader of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Sergievsky Center
Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University Medical Center

David Sulzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Columbia University Medical Center

G. Frederick Wooten, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology
University of Virginia

Anne B. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Chief of the Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Medical Policy Committee 

Christopher Goetz, M.D., Chair
United Parkinson Foundation Professor of Neurology
Departments of Neurological Sciences and Pharmacology
Head, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Roy N. Alcalay, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Movement Disorders Division
Columbia University Medical Center

Robert Burke, M.D.
Alfred and Minnie Bressler Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Director of Research Laboratories for Parkinson's Disease
Director of the Udall Parkinson’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University
Departments of Neurology and Pathology
Columbia University Medical Center

Stanley Fahn, M.D.
Movement Disorders Division Chief
H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology
Division of Movement Disorders
Columbia University Medical Center

Blair Ford, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director, Columbia's Neurology Residency Program
Medical Director, Movement Disorders Surgery
Division of Movement Disorders
Columbia University Medical Center

Jennifer Goldman, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Katie Kompoliti, M.D.
Associate Professor, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Kathleen Shannon, M.D.
Professor, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Leo Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Cheryl Waters, M.D.
Albert B and Judith L. Glickman Professor of Clinical Neurology
Chief of Clinical Practice and Services
Columbia University Medical Center         

Research Center Advisory Committee

Anne B. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Chief of the Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Constance Woodruff Atwell, Ph.D.
Former Director of the Division of Extramural Research
National Insitute of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Board Member, Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Joseph Friedman, M.D.
Director of the Movement Disorders Program, Butler Hospital
Professor & Chief of Movement Disorders
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief of the Movement Disorders
Division of the Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh

J. William Langston, M.D.
Founder, CEO and Scientific Director
The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center

G. Frederick Wooten, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology
University of Virginia

Grant Review Committee

Robert E. Burke, M.D., Chair
Alfred and Minnie Bressler Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Director of Research Laboratories for Parkinson's Disease
Director of the Udall Parkinson’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University
Departments of Neurology and Pathology
Columbia University Medical Center

M. Flint Beal, M.D.
The Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Lorraine Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
Department of Pathology
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Center for Human Genetics
Columbia University Medical Center

William Dauer, M.D.
Elinore Levine Associate Professor of Neurology
Departments of Neurology and Department Cell & Molecular Biology
University of Michigan Medical School

Sue Dubman, M.A.
Massachusetts State Coordinator
Parkinson's Action Network
Research Advocate
Parkinson's Disease Foundation

David Eidelberg, M.D.
Head, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Center for Neurosciences
Vice Chairman for Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, North Shore- LIJ Health System
Director, Movement Disorders Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
New York University School of Medicine

Stanley Fahn, M.D., Scientific Director, Parkinson Disease Foundation
Movement Disorders Division Chief
H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology
Division of Movement Disorders
Columbia University Medical Center

Christopher Goetz, M.D.
United Parkinson Foundation Professor of Neurology
Departments of Neurological Sciences and Pharmacology
Head, Section of the Movement Disorders
Rush University Medical Center

Lloyd Greene, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Medical Center

Claire Henchcliffe, M.D., D.Phil.
Daisy and Paul Soros Clinical Scholar in Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Danna Jennings, M.D.
Clinical Research Director
The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders

Jeffrey H. Kordower, Ph.D.
The Jean Schweppe-Armour Professor of Neurological Sciences
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Research Center for Brain Repair
Section Head, Neuroscience
Rush University Medical Center

Matthew J. LaVoie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Center for Neurologic Diseases
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Karen Marder, M.D., M.P.H.
Sally Kerlin Professor of Neurology
Chief of the Division of Aging and Dementia
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry
Sergievsky Center and Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University Medical Center

Pietro Mazzoni, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Division of Movement Disorders
Co-Director Motor Performance Laboratory
Columbia University Medical Center

Melissa J. Nirenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Associate Director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Institute
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Serge Przedborski, M.D., Ph.D.
Page and William Black Professor of Neurology
Co-Director, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease
Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Medical Center

Seth Pullman, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Division of Movement Disorders
Director of the Clinical Motor Control Physiology Laboratory
Co-Director of the Center for Movement Disorders Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center

Margaret Rice, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery, Physiology and Neuroscience
Departments of Neurosurgery and Physiology and Neuroscience
New York University Langone Medical Center

Thomas Shiftan, M.D.
Physician and Medical Director of Oncology
Sharp Healthcare
Research Advocate
Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Yaakov Stern, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology
Division Leader of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Sergievsky Center
Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University Medical Center

David Sulzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Columbia University Medical Center

Fred Woodlief, III, D.D.S.
PDF Research Advocate
Member, People with Parkinson Advisory Council
Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Ai Yamamoto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology
Division of Movement Disorders
Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Medical Center