Gary Ho, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurologist with subspecialty expertise in Movement Disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease, tremor, Lewy Body Dementia, atypical parkinsonian syndromes, ataxia, dystonia, and other related conditions. Dr. Ho received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his MD and PhD degrees from Johns Hopkins. He completed his general neurology residency and movement disorders fellowship at the Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital program.
Dr. Ho’s research uses patient-derived neurons and mouse models to investigate the potential of modifying proteins by fatty acids (palmitoylation) to prevent the accumulation of alpha-synuclein, a protein closely associated with Parkinson’s and other related neurodegenerative diseases. His research is funded by the NIH-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the American Parkinson Disease Association. Dr. Ho is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
