About me
Stuart H. Isaacson, MD, FAAN is the Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton in Florida, USA. Dr. Isaacson received his medical degree from Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He completed fellowships at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland, and in NYC at Mount Sinai Medical Center under Melvin Yahr, Warren Olanow, and Mitchell Brin. In 1999, Dr. Isaacson established the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton, where he directs a team of movement disorder neurologists and clinical coordinators combining a holistic approach to medical therapy with access to one of the largest Parkinson’s clinical trial centers in the US. He has been involved in over 250 clinical trials, and has served as Principal Investigator and on steering committees for many drug development programs, seeking to advance emerging symptomatic, nonmotor, and disease-modifying therapies. Dr. Isaacson has authored or co-authored over 200 journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and has presented research results at international scientific meetings.
