Neurology Clinical Researchers
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AM Barrett , MD, FAAN, FANA, FASNR
Chair, Department of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Health Chief, Neurology, Central Western MA, VA Healthcare SystemPrograms: Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Neurology, Neurological Rehabilitation and Recovery
Category: NeurologyAM Barrett, MD, is a cognitive neurologist and neurorehabilitationist, and her research is focused on spatial cognition, right brain rehabilitation, and unawareness of deficits.
Barrett, MD, and her collaborators are pioneers and US leaders in spatial neglect rehabilitation. Her work demonstrates that when powerful right brain systems are damaged, hidden disabilities occur affecting functional vision, strength, and mobility as well as adaptive navigation. These problems devastate daily activities and can be dramatically improved with spatial retraining while wearing off-the-shelf optical prisms.
Dr. Barrett has trained hundreds of clinicians and led the treatment of thousands of patients, many of whom are relieved of spatial neglect symptoms, even years after stroke. The goal of her current, multisite, Veteran Administration-funded research is to identify a brain-based biomarker that can be used to personalize and facilitate spatial neglect care.
Learn more here: A.M. Barrett | Profiles RNS (umassmed.edu)
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Idanis Berrios Morales, MD , Director, Neuroimmunology Fellowship Program
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
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Roberto Bomprezzi, MD, PhD , Associate Clinical Director of Neuroimmunology and MS Center
Associate ProfessorPrograms: Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
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Wissam Deeb, MD , Director, Movement Disorders Fellowship Program
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
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Christopher Hemond, MD , Associate Research Director, Neuroimmunology and MS Center
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profiles Physician Profile
Christopher Hemond's lab focuses on the development and clinical implementation of noninvasive, MRI-based imaging biomarkers to improve the accuracy of both (1) MS diagnosis and (2) personalized risk factors that portend disease worsening. We anticipate that these MRI markers will lead to earlier recognition of forms of MS that should be treated more aggressively, and alternatively- forms that may not need such potent medications that come with their own risks. Dr. Hemond's research is constantly inspired and motivated by the challenges and opportunities that he observes in his own clinical MS practice.Clinical Trials in Conquering Diseases
Chris works in the Neuroimmunology and MS Center.
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Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD , Director, Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
ProfessorPrograms: Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
Category: NeurologyClinical research in multiple sclerosis and other immune mediated CNS diseases
My research is devoted to understanding the nervous system immune mediated diseases. Specific areas of interest are the interplay between psychiatric disorder and multiple sclerosis (MS), the clinical trials using new agents in treatment of MS, the biomarkers of MS disease activity and the biomarkers of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders.Learn more: Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
Carolina Ionete | Profiles RNS (umassmed.edu)
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Brian Silver, MD , Endowed Chair in Neuroscience Research, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
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Kara Smith, MD , Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Associate ProfessorPrograms: Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
Category: NeurologyKara Smith, MD, is a movement disorders specialist with a clinical research interest in Parkinson’s disease. Her research is focused on better understanding how Parkinson’s disease impacts daily life for patients, with research projects focused on cognitive impairment, speech and communication, and other non-motor symptoms. She believes clinical research should be driven and centered by the patient's experience, with ongoing collaboration between the patient community and researchers. Her work is aimed at developing biomarkers and therapies to fuel innovations in Parkinson’s disease treatment. She is also involved in clinical trials of novel therapeutics and monitoring modalities for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
Smith Lab for Parkinson's Disease Speech and Cognition Research
Learn more: Kara Smith | Profiles RNS (umassmed.edu)
Kara M. Smith, MD - UMass Memorial Health