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 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Anne B. Young, MD, PhD Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Former Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Schwarzschild MD, PhD Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board Julieanne Dorne Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Clinical Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS
Amy Alessi, PhD Program Director Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Leadership
Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Director, Mass General Brigham Dystonia Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital Principal Investigator, Dystonia Partners Research Bank
Albert Hung, MD, PhD Co-Head, Clinical Research Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Senior Clinical Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Director, Mass General Movement Disorders Unit
Ellen B. Penney, MD, PhD Head, XDP Brain Bank Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School Neurologist in the Movement Disorders Dystonia Clinic and Huntington's Disease Unit Massachusetts General Hospital
Principal Investigators
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
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
Clinical Team
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
