Faculty Bio
Stuart H. Isaacson, MD
Director, Florida Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton
Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders Center of South Florida
Associate Professor of Neurology FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Boca Raton, FL
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Stuart H. Isaacson MD, is Associate Professor of Neurology at the Florida International
University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami, Florida, and Director of the
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton in Florida, a nationally
recognized center for the evaluation, care, and clinical research for patients with these
disorders. He is also the Medical Director of the Parkinson's Research and Education
Foundation.
The development of new treatments for Parkinson's disease and other movement
disorders, including essential tremor, dystonia, restless legs syndrome, Huntington's
disease, and atypical forms of parkinsonism, has long been the research focus of Dr.
Isaacson. He has been involved in over 75 clinical trials and has served on national and
international committees for many drug development programs and trials, as well as for
the Parkinson Study Group and the movement disorders section of the American Academy
of Neurology. Dr. Isaacson has authored or coauthored nearly 100 abstracts, journal
articles, and book chapters. He lectures frequently and has presented abstracts at national
and international scientific meetings and patient symposiums, and has trained numerous
physicians in the injection of botulinum toxins. Dr. Isaacson has worked closely with
national foundations, including the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. He
is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Movement Disorders Society,
among others, and has been recognized in Best Doctors in America, America's Top
Physicians, and Florida SuperDoctors.
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