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Frederick John Marshall, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-1200

Office: (585) 341-7500

Fax: (585) 341-7510

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Faculty Appointments

Patient Care Setting

Neurology

Biography

Dr. Marshall graduated with high-honors from Swarthmore College where he studied Psychology, Philosophy and Biology. He attended Harvard Medical School and did his residency at the Harvard-Longwood Neurological Training Program, serving as Chief Resident prior to moving to Rochester. He completed his NINDS-funded fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disorders at the University of Rochester, and joined the UR faculty in 1996. He is Chief of Neurology at Monroe Community Hospital, Chief of the Geriatric Neurology Unit in the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Director of Strong's Memory Care Program. He is an author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters dealing with the natural history and therapeutics of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. He is elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Omega Alpha, and was a Dean's Teaching Fellow at the Medical School. He co-directs that Neurology Clerkship and has won many teaching awards. He served as a Chair of the University's Research Subject Review Board, and has been the Principle Investigator on several multi-center randomized clinical trials. He regularly volunteers at UR-Well, a student run clinic at St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center that provides care to individuals without health-insurance.

Research

Dr. Marshall graduated with high-honors from Swarthmore College where he studied Psychology, Philosophy and Biology. He attended Harvard Medical School and did his residency at the Harvard-Longwood Neurological Training Program, serving as Chief Resident prior to moving to Rochester. He completed his NINDS-funded fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disorders at the University of Rochester, and joined the UR faculty in 1996. He is Chief of Neurology at Monroe Community Hospital, Chief of the Geriatric Neurology Unit in the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Director of Strong's Memory Care Program. He is an author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters dealing with the natural history and therapeutics of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. He is elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Omega Alpha, and was a Dean's Teaching Fellow at the Medical School. He co-directs that Neurology Clerkship and has won many teaching awards. He served as a Chair of the University's Research Subject Review Board, and has been the Principle Investigator on several multi-center randomized clinical trials. He regularly volunteers at UR-Well, a student run clinic at St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center that provides care to individuals without health-insurance.

Credentials

Education

1989
MD | Harvard Medical School
Medical Education

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

09/01/1991 - 06/30/1994
Residency in Neurology at Harvard Medical School

09/01/1989 - 06/30/1990
Internship in Neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine

Awards


1982 Explorers Club of America, Summer Research Fellowship


1983 Phi Beta Kappa


1983 Sigma Xi


1986 Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Summer Research Fellowship


1995 Outstanding Research in CNS, Upjohn Research Award, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester


2000 Huntington Disease Society of America, Leadership Award


2001 Maureen Reagan Tribute Fund, National Alzheimer's Association Award for Investigator Initiated Grant


2002 Commendation for Excellence in 3rd Year Teaching (elected by students of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Class of 2003)


2003 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (elected by graduating student inductees)


2003-2004 Dean's Teaching Fellow, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry


2006 Commendation for Excellence in 3rd Year Teaching (elected by students of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Class of 2007)

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