Meet our Team
The team in the Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism at Massachusetts General Hospital is dedicated to furthering the understanding of this rare genetic disorder.
Executive Leadership
Cristopher Bragg, PhD
Director, Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (CCXDP)
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Anne B. Young, MD, PhD
Chair, External Science Advisory Board, CCXDP
Former Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Distinguished Julianne Dorne Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Neurological Clinical Research Institute
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Co-Founder and Former Co-chair, Northeast ALS Consortium
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine
Co-Founder, CCXDP
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Founder and President, Sunshine Care Foundation, Inc.
Clinical Leadership
Albert Y. Hung, MD, PhD
Co-Head, Clinical Research, CCXDP
Senior Clinical Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Director of the MGH Movement Disorders Unit
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD
Co-Head, Clinical Research, CCXDP
Executive Committee Chair, Parkinson Study Group
Clinical Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Dystonia Partners Research Bank
Director, Neurological Clinical Research Institute
Medical Director, Partners Dystonia Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Ellen B. Penney, MD, PhD
Neurologist in the Movement Disorders, Dystonia Clinic and Huntington's Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Team
Ann L. Hunt, DO
Neurologist
Movement Disorders
Massachusetts General Hospital
Marisela Dy-Hollins, MD
Director, Pediatric Movement Disorders Clinic
Neurologist, Movement Disorders
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Christopher D. Stephen, MB, CHB
Neurologist
Movement Disorders, Dystonia Clinic and Ataxia Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Amy E. Armstrong-Javors, MD
XDP Clinical Fellow, Movement Disorders
Pediatric Neurologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jan Kristoper de Guzman, MD
Consultant Investigator
Collaborative Center for XDP
Sunshine Care Foundation
Trisha Multhaupt-Buell, MS, CGC
Clinical Research Program Coordinator
Genetic Counselor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Melanie Supnet, MD
Research Fellow
Movement Disorder Clinics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lisa Paul, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Partners Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Treatment Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Patrick Acuña, MD
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Dystonia Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital
Samuel Carr
Clinical Research Coordinator
Dystonia Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital