Awards
2009
Honorary Member, The Movement Disorder Society
2008
Member (elected), Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
2007 - 2008
Best Doctors in America
2006
Stanley Fahn Lecturer, Movement Disorder Society
2006
Outstanding Leadership, Parkinson Study Group 20 Years of Service
2005
H. Houston Merritt Lecturer, American Academy of Neurology
2005
J.L. Silversides Lecturer, University of Toronto
2004 - 2006
Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, Inaugural World Parkinson Congress
2004
Stephen J. Fink Memorial Lecturer, Boston University
2004
Chair, Organizing Committee, Thomas N. Chase Symposium, NINDS
2004
Louis C. Lasagna Memorial Lecturer, Tufts University
2003 - 2007
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Hereditary Disease Foundation
2003
Chair, Program Committee, World Congress on Huntington's Disease
2002 - 2007
Principal Investigator, Prospective Huntington At Risk Observational Study, NIH (HG02449)
2002 - 2006
Scientific Advisory Board, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
2002 - 2005
Member, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Advisory Council
2001 - 2004
America's Top Doctors (Castle Connoly/Marquis), 1st - 4th editions
2001 - 2003
Member, Science Committee, American Academy of Neurology
2001 - 2003
President, American Society Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT)
2001 - 2002
First Vice President, American Neurological Association
2001
Edward Fogan Lecture, University of Buffalo
2001
Editorial Board, Neurology Today
2000 - Present
Editorial Committee, Disease Markers
2000 - 2006
Chair (Elected), Executive Committee, Parkinson Study Group
2000
Nathan L. Cohen Neurology Resident Guest Lectureship, Johns Hopkins University
2000
American Academy of Neurology Movement Disorder Award
2000
Rochester Academy of Medicine Award of Merit
1999 - Present
Director, Huntington's Disease Society of America/University of Rochester Center of Excellence
1999 - 2001
President-Elect, American Society Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT)
1999
University of Rochester Neurology Faculty Award
1999
First John B. Penney Jr. Memorial Lecture, Massachusetts General Hospital
1998 - Present
Editorial Board, Current Treatment Options in Neurology
1998 - Present
Member, National Neurofibromatosis Foundation Research Advisory Board
1998 - 2002
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Hereditary Disease Foundation
1998
First Robert S. Klayman Memorial Lecture in Parkinson's Disease Research, Washington University
1998
Guthrie Family Humanitarian Award, Huntington's Disease Society of America
1997 - Present
Representative (ANA), National Committee on Research in Neurological & Communicative Disorders & Stroke
1997 - Present
Representative (ANA), National Foundation for Brain Research
1997 - 2001
Secretary, American Neurological Association
1997 - 1999
Treasurer, Movement Disorder Society
1997 - 1999
Chair, Program Committee, American Society of Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT)
1997
Milton Wexler Award for Huntington's Disease Research, Huntington's Disease Society of America
1996 - Present
Expert Consultant, FDA, Special Government Employee
1996 - Present
Associate Editor, Archives of Neurology
1996 - 2002
Chair (Elected), Executive Committee, Huntington Study Group
1996 - 1997
The Best Doctors in America: Northeast Region, Woodward/White Inc., 1st edition.
1995 - Present
Representative (University of Rochester), US Pharmacopeia
1995
Member, Program Review Committee, Dana Foundation
1994 - Present
Chair, Performance and Safety Monitoring Board, NINDS
1994 - Present
Member, Research for Rett Syndrome Scientific Review Committee
1994 - 2000
Chair (Elected), Executive Committee, Parkinson Study Group
1994 - 1998
Director, AAN Course
1994 - 1997
Chair, Public Policy Committee, American Neurological Association
1994 - 1996
Member, University of Rochester, Chair of Department of Psychiatry Search Committee
1994 - 1996
Treasurer-Elect, Movement Disorder Society
1994
Member, Nominating Committee, American Neurological Association
1994
Invited Lecturer, Sigma Tau Foundation, Lectures on Aging
1993 - Present
Director, National Parkinson Foundation-University of Rochester Center of Excellence
1993 - Present
Member, International Editorial Board, CNS Drugs
1993 - 1997
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Hereditary Disease Foundation
1993 - 1996
Principal Investigator, The Pew-McDonnell
1993 - 1996
Chair, Executive Committee, Huntington Study Group
1992 - Present
Member, American Academy of Neurology, Legislative Affairs Committee
1992 - 1999
The Best Doctors in America, Woodward/White Inc. 1st, 2nd ,3rd, and 4th editions
1992 - 1996
Member, FDA Peripheral and Central Nervous System Advisory Committee
1992 - 1994
Councilor, American Neurological Association
1992 - 1994
Member, American Academy of Neurology Decade of the Brain Advisory Committee
1991 - 1995
Member, Professional Advisory Board, Children with Attention Deficit Disorders (ChADD)
1991 - 1993
Member, Program Committee, WFN Research Group on Huntington's Disease
1991 - 1993
Chair, American Neurological Association Scientific Program Advisory Committee
1991 - 1992
Co-chair, Subcommittee on Clinical Research, American Academy of Neurology
1991
Good Housekeeping's list of The 400 Best Doctors in America
1991
Robert Graves Professorship, Albany Medical College
1991
Distinguished Achievement in Medicine Award, Modern Medicine
1990 - Present
University of Rochester, Louis C. Lasagna Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Named Chair
1990 - Present
Scientific Advisory Council, Huntington Society of Canada
1990 - Present
Co-Director, NIH Training Program: Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disorders (NS-07338)
1990 - 1997
Editorial Board, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
1990 - 1995
Scientific Advisory Board, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
1990 - 1994
National Science Council, Huntington's Disease Society of America
1990 - 1991
Public Policy Fellowship, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
1990
Member, NIA Clinical Trial Oversight Committee
1989
Member, Phase I Panel, NIH General Clinical Research Centers
1989
Town and Country's List of Outstanding Medical Specialists in the United States
1988 - Present
Editorial Board, Experimental Neurology
1988 - 1994
Neurologist, NIH-NINCDS Neurologic Disorders Program (HD in Venezuela)
1988 - 1990
Faculty Advisory Board, The Journal of the University of Rochester Medical Center
1988 - 1989
Chair, University of Rochester, Director of Biostatistics Search Committee
1988
Member, Ad Hoc Review Committee on Alzheimer Centers, NIA
1988
Landacre Society Lecturer, Ohio State University
1987 - 1995
Member, Medical Advisory Board, American Parkinson Disease Association
1987 - 1995
Principal Investigator,Deprenyl & Tocopherol Antioxidative Therapy of Parkinsonism (DATATOP), NIH-NINCDS(RO1-NS-24778)
1987 - 1993
Member, Education Committee, American Academy of Neurology
1987 - 1989
Member, Program Committee, American Neurological Association
1987
Neurologist, NIH-NINCDS Neurologic Disorders Program (HD in Peru)
1986 - 1987
Reviewer, Orphan Drug Division, FDA
1986
Honor Award, Huntington's Disease Foundation of America; National Huntington's Disease Association
1985 - 1992
Editorial Board, Movement Disorders
1985 - 1990
Chair, University of Rochester Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee
1985 - 1988
Member, FDA Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee
1985 - 1988
Member, University of Rochester Committee on Tenure and Promotions (elected)
1985 - 1988
Steering Committee, Movement Disorders
1985 - 1986
Consultant, AMA Drug Evaluations
1984 - 1988
Scientific Advisory Board, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
1983 - Present
Member, Huntington's Disease Research Roster Advisory Committee
1983 - 1985
Director, Parkinson Disease Program, Watertown, NY
1983
Member, Scientific Program Advisory Committee, NIH, NINCDS
1982 - Present
Editorial Board, Clinical Neuropharmacology
1982 - 1996
Assistant Editor, Archives of Neurology
1982 - 1990
Principal Investigator, Baclofen As Protective Therapy in HD, NIH-NINCDS (RO1-NS-17978)
1982 - 1990
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Hereditary Disease Foundation
1981 - Present
Member, Section on Neuropharmacology, American Academy of Neurology
1981 - 1987
National Science Council, Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, Chairman
1981 - 1986
Neurologist, NIH-NINCDS Neurologic Disorders Program (HD in Venezuela)
1981 - 1985
Consultant, Neurology Division, Bureau of Drugs, FDA
1980 - 1994
Medical Advisory Board, United Parkinson Foundation
1980
National Science Council, Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease
1979 - Present
Member, Huntington's Chorea Research Group, World Congress of Neurology
1979 - 1986
Medical Consultant, Committee To Combat Huntington's Disease
1979 - 1986
Medical Consultant, National Huntington's Disease Association
1978 - 1983
Teacher-Investigator Development Award (NS00397), NINCDS
1977 - 1978
Buswell Research Fellow, University of Rochester School of Medicine
1977
Fellow, Fourth Intensive Study Program, Neurosciences Research Program
1976 - 1977
Chair, Clinical Care Work Group, U.S. Commission for the Control of Huntington's and Its Consequences
1975 - Present
Consulting Physician, Rochester Chapter of Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease
1975
Diploma of Recognition of Merit for Humanitarian Services (conferred by Ambassador of Bolivia to the United States)
1971
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society
1971
M.D. with Honors, University of Rochester School of Medicine
1970
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Rochester, in Cambridge, England
1968
American Epilepsy Foundation Fellowship
1967
B.A. Psychology with honors, University of Pennsylvania
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