Steve Hersch, MD, PhD
Steve Hersch, MD, PhD
About Steve Hersch, MD, PhD
Dr. Hersch's clinical and research interests are in neurodegenerative disorders and particularly Huntington's disease (HD). He was recruited to MGH/Harvard Medical School in 2001 to direct the HD clinical center and develop a laboratory devoted to translational research for HD. Dr. Hersch's work on HD has spanned basic, translational, and clinical and has included the neuropathology of HD, its pathogenesis, the development of therapeutics, and the development of clinical and biological measures of HD in humans to improve testing potential therapies.
His laboratory has examined the roles of huntingin protein in pathogenesis, the contributions of transcriptional dysfunction and cellular energetics to HD pathogenesis, and has extensively used HD mouse models to examine mechanisms of disease and explore potential therapies. Many of the compounds the Hersch lab has helped explore in HD mice are advancing through clinical trials. Dr. Hersch has been a principal investigator, steering committee member, or site investigator for many observational or therapeutic studies in HD patients. He has developed and holds INDs for potential disease modifying therapies for HD, which have gone to phase II and phase III clinical trials. He is leading a collaborative NIH supported program to develop neuroimaging, protein, small molecule, and genomic biomarkers of HD. He is also co-chair of the executive committee of the Huntington Study Group (HSG) and plays a major role in the planning and execution of multicenter clinical trials for HD. He also directs clinical care for HD provided by the New England Center of Excellence for Huntington's disease and sees patients in the Movement Disorders unit at MGH.
Clinical Interests:
- Huntington's disease
- Neurodegenerative disorders
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Neurology Associates
15 Parkman Street
Boston, MA 02114-3117
Phone: 617-726-5532
Fax: 617-726-4101
Medical Education
- PhD, Boston University
- MD, Boston University School of Medicine
- Residency, Emory University Hospital
- Fellowship, Emory University Hospital
- Fellowship, Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - New York
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
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Research
Dr. Hersch's clinical and research interests are in neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Huntington's disease (HD). Visit the Hersch Lab to learn more.
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