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Susan Bressman, MD
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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, Neurological Institute of New York (Columbia Univ)

Residency, Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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

291
Publications

Selected Publications

LRRK2-associated parkinsonism with and without in vivo evidence of alpha-synuclein aggregates: longitudinal clinical and biomarker characterization. Lana M. Chahine, David Erick Lafontant, Seung Ho Choi, Hirotaka Iwaki, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Andrew B. Singleton, Michael C. Brumm, Roy N. Alcalay, Kalpana Merchant, Kelly Nicole Holohan Nudelman, Alain Dagher, Andrew Vo, Qin Tao, Charles S. Venuto, Karl Kieburtz, Kathleen L. Poston, Susan Bressman, Paulina Gonzalez-Latapi, Brian Avants, Christopher Coffey, Danna Jennings, Eduardo Tolosa, Andrew Siderowf, Ken Marek, Tatyana Simuni, Kenneth Marek, Caroline Tanner, Tanya Simuni, Douglas Galasko, Lana Chahine, Kathleen Poston, Roseanne Dobkin, Tatiana Foroud, Brit Mollenhauer, Dan Weintraub, Ethan Brown, Mark Frasier, Todd Sherer, Sohini Chowdhury, Roy Alcalay, Aleksandar Videnovic, Duygu Tosun-Turgut, Werner Poewe, Jan Hammer, Raymond James, Ekemini Riley, John Seibyl, Leslie Shaw, David Standaert, Sneha Mantri. Brain Communications

Neuronal α-Synuclein Disease Stage Progression over 5 Years. Tanya Simuni, Caroline Gochanour, Anuprita R. Nair, Michael C. Brumm, Christopher Coffey, Kathleen L. Poston, Lana M. Chahine, Daniel Weintraub, Caroline M. Tanner, Paulina Gonzalez-Latapi, Catherine M. Kopil, Yuge Xiao, Sohini Chowdhury, Tien Dam, Gennaro Pagano, Diane Stephenson, Andrew Siderowf, Billy Dunn, Kenneth Marek, 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. Movement Disorders

Neuronal alpha-Synuclein Disease integrated staging system performance in PPMI, PASADENA, and SPARK baseline cohorts. Tien Dam, Gennaro Pagano, Michael C. Brumm, Caroline Gochanour, Kathleen L. Poston, Daniel Weintraub, Lana M. Chahine, Christopher Coffey, Caroline M. Tanner, Catherine M. Kopil, Yuge Xiao, Sohini Chowdhury, Luis Concha-Marambio, Peter DiBiaso, Tatiana Foroud, Mark Frasier, Danna Jennings, Karl Kieburtz, Kalpana Merchant, Brit Mollenhauer, Thomas J. Montine, Kelly Nudelman, John Seibyl, Todd Sherer, Andrew Singleton, Diane Stephenson, Matthew Stern, Claudio Soto, Eduardo Tolosa, Andrew Siderowf, Billy Dunn, Tanya Simuni, Kenneth Marek, Dilinuer Wubuli, Karen Williams, Diana Willeke, Catherine Wandell, Alejandra Valenzuela, Bobbie Stubbeman, Angela Stovall, Barbara Sommerfeld, Elisabeth Sittig, Anisha Singh, Cristina Simonet, Clarissa Sanchez, Stephanie Roman, Janelle Rodriguez, Kyle Rizer, Kori Ribb, Susan Bressman. npj Parkinson's Disease

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