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Susan Bressman, MD
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Research Topics
Parkinson's Disease
Dystonia and Parkinson's Disease
I am a Director of the Mount Sinai Health System Movement Disorders Center and the Mirken Family Professor of Neurology. Over the last 30 years, my research has focused on identifying etiologies and disease mechanisms, especially genetic, that underlie dystonia (TORIA, THAP1, GNAL, GCH1, SGCE) and Parkinson’s disease (LRRK2, GBA ). My unique contribution has been in helping to create and promote translational teams and my special expertise has been clinical characterization and family studies aimed at identifying relatively homogeneous subgroups likely to share etiologies. As an extension of this work, once genetic etiologies are identified I have pursued further translational research aimed at expanding understanding of gene expression; this includes using additional clinical testing, imaging, and biomarkers of pathology. My work has been supported by the NIH, Michael J Fox Foundation, Dystonia Medical research Foundation and Bachmann Strauss Dystonia and Parkinson’s Foundation.

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Internship, Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Hospital

Internship, Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Hospital

Residency, Neurology, Neurological Institute of New York (Columbia Univ)

Residency, Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Residency, Neurology, Neurological Institute of New York (Columbia Univ)

Fellowship, Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Fellowship, Movement Disorders, Neurological Institute of New York (Columbia Univ)

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2017

Honorary Membership Award

International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

2016

Movement Disorder Research Award

American Academy of Neurology

2016

Bachman Strauss Prize

Michael J. Fox Foundation

2008

Stanley Fahn Lectureship

The Movement Disorder Society

294
Publications

Selected Publications

Discordance of Dopaminergic Dysfunction and Subcortical Atrophy by α-Synuclein Status in Sporadic and Genetic Parkinson's Disease. Michael Tran Duong, Sandhitsu R. Das, Pulkit Khandelwal, Joaquin A. Vizcarra, Yue Li, Long Xie, Paul A. Yushkevich, Leslie M. Shaw, Jacob G. Dubroff, Kenneth Marek, Shirley Lasch, Caroline Tanner, Tanya Simuni, Christopher Coffey, Karl Kieburtz, Renee Wilson, Brit Mollenhauer, Site Investigator, Douglas Galasko, Site Investigator, Tatiana Foroud, Lana Chahine, Andrew Siderowf, John Seibyl, Arthur Toga, Andrew Singleton, Daniel Weintraub, John Trojanowski, Leslie Shaw, Duygu Tosun-Turgut, Kathleen Poston, Susan Bressman, Kalpana M. Merchant, Werner Poewe, Todd Sherer, Sohini Chowdhury, Mark Frasier, Catherine Kopil, Anna Naito, Vanessa Arnedo, Ray Dorsey, Cynthia Casaceli, Imaging Core, Nichole Daegele, Justin Albani1 Statistics Core, Chelsea Caspell-Garcia, Liz Uribe, Eric Foster, Rachel Saunders-Pullman, Jesse Cedarbaum. Movement Disorders

Increased Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Levels in Parkinson's Disease Patients Carrying the p.A53T SNCA Mutation: Data from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative Study. Nikolaos Papagiannakis, Christos Koros, Athina Maria Simitsi, Leonidas Stefanis, Kenneth Marek, Tanya Simuni, Andrew Siderowf, Caroline Tanner, Thomas F. Tropea, Tatiana Foroud, Lana Chahine, Brit Mollenhauer, Kalpana Merchant, Douglas Galasko, Christopher Coffey, Kathleen Poston, Roseanne Dobkin, Ethan Brown, Roy Alcalay, Dan Weintraub, Emily Flagg, Kimberly Fabrizio, Susan Bressman, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Paola Casalin, Sonya Dumanis, Raymond James, Karl Kieburtz, Sneha Mantri, Werner Poewe, Michael Schwarzschild, John Seibyl, David Standaert, Duygu Tosun-Turgut, Sohini Chowdhury, Jamie Eberling, Mark Frasier, Leslie Kirsch, Katie Kopil, Maggie Kuhl, Alyssa O'Grady, Todd Sherer, Tawny Willson, Tanya Simuni, Bridget McMahon, Craig Stanley, Kim Fabrizio, Dixie Ecklund, Christine Kohnen, Katherine Leaver. Movement Disorders

Toward Harmonizing Quantification of Dopamine Neuron Imaging Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease: The Centamine Scale. Zhen Fan, Graham Searle, Gaia Rizzo, Justin Albani, Patrick Cella, Robert Comley, Gregory Klein, Luca Passamonti, Cristian Salinas, Adam J. Schwarz, Leonardo Iaccarino, Gilles Tamagnan, Jamie Eberling, Ken Marek, John Seibyl, Roger N. Gunn, Kenneth Marek, Caroline Tanner, Tanya Simuni, Andrew Siderowf, Douglas Galasko, Lana Chahine, Christopher Coffey, Kalpana Merchant, Kathleen Poston, Roseanne Dobkin, Tatiana Foroud, Brit Mollenhauer, Dan Weintraub, Ethan Brown, Karl Kieburtz, Mark Frasier, Todd Sherer, Sohini Chowdhury, Roy Alcalay, Aleksandar Videnovic, Duygu Tosun-Turgut, Werner Poewe, Susan Bressman, Jan Hammer, Raymond James, Ekemini Riley, John Seibyl, Leslie Shaw, David Standaert, Sneha Mantri, Nabila Dahodwala, Michael Schwarzschild, Connie Marras, Hubert Fernandez. Annals of Neurology

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