The team in the Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism 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 Co-Chair, External Science Advisory Board, CCXDP Former Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Julianne Dorne Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Michael Schwarzschild MD, PhD Co-Chair, CCXDP Scientific Advisory Board Executive Committee Chair, Parkinson Study Group Clinical Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital 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 Founder and President, Sunshine Care Foundation, Inc.
Amy Alessi, PhD Program Director, CCXDP Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Leadership
Albert 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
Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD Director, Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism Director, Mass General Brigham Dystonia Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital Principal Investigator, Dystonia Partners Research Bank Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Ellen B. Penney, MD, PhD Head, CCXDP Brain Bank Neurologist in the Movement Disorders, Dystonia Clinic and Huntington's Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigators
Xandra Breakefield, PhD Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Geneticist, Neurology, & Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital
Laurie Ozelius, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Associate Neuroscientist, Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Talkowski, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology (Genetics), Psychiatry, and Pathology Director, Center for Genomic Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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
Jan Kristoper de Guzman, MD Neurologist Visiting Consultant, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Visiting Consultant, Mary Mediatrix Medical Center Active Professional Staff, Asian Hospital and Medical Center (Department of Neuroscience) Active Consultant, Paranaque Doctors Hospital
