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 Co-Chair, CCXDP Scientific Advisory Board Former Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Distinguished Julianne Dorne 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 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
Jan Kristopher de Guzman, MD Consultant Investigator, CCXDP Sunshine Care Foundation
Tricia Multhaupt-Buell, MS, CBC Clinical Research Program Coordinator, Genetic Counselor Massachusetts General Hospital
Melanie Supnet, MD Research Fellow, Movement Disorder Clinics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Patrick Acuña, MD, MPH Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Samuel Carr Clinical Research Coordinator, Dystonia Clinic Massachusetts General Hospital
