Alice W. Flaherty, MD, PhD
Biography
Affiliations
Research Investigator Profile
Alice Flaherty, MD, PHD
- Associate Professor of Neurology,
Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School - Associate in Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital - Director,
Movement Disorders Fellowship Program
Research Description
Dr. Flaherty's research focuses on how our brains represent our bodies, a factor that helps drive suffering in depression, Parkinson’s, and somatoform disorders. She currently heads the MGH Neurology’s Brain Stimulator Unit, where she uses deep brain stimulators to treat psychiatric as well as neurological disease. She was the site principle investigator for the trial of the first successful genetic treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
| Research interests | Stroke, Depression, Parkinson’s, somatoform disorders |
| Research techniques | fMRI |
| Diseases studied | Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonias and depressions |
| Selected publications |
Books, Monographs, Articles and Presentations in Other Media For more information please visit Dr. Flaherty's research lab website. |
| Lab mailing address | Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02110 |
| Alice W. Flaherty, MD, PhD | |
| Clinical interests | Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonias and depressions |
| Clinical address | Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology, Suite 835 Wang Ambulatory Care Center 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114 USA |
| Clinical website address | Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic |
Updated 1/25/2012
