Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
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About Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD
Gender
Male
Leadership Title
Director, Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair in Neurology
Kaye Family Director, Psychiatric Brain Stimulation Program
Specialties
Neurology
Clinical Interests
behavioral neurology
deep brain stimulation
dystonia
essential tremor
movement disorders
neuroimaging
neuropsychiatric disorders
Parkinson's disease
Bio

Dr. Fox is the Founding Director of the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics and a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fox’s goal is to use research advances in brain imaging and neuromodulation technology to provide better treatments for his patients, especially patients with symptoms that are refractory to medication.  He approaches both neurological and psychiatric symptoms as disorders of brain circuits, and uses tools such as deep brain stimulation (DBS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and focused ultrasound (FUS) to target these circuits for symptom relief. 

Dr. Fox’s clinical practice focuses on patients with medication-refractory neurological or psychiatric symptom that may benefit from neuromodulation therapy.  His practice includes deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, focused ultrasound (FUS) for the treatment of tremor, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for the treatment of medication-refractory depression.  

Dr Fox’s research focuses on developing new and improved treatments for brain disease based on understanding brain circuits and the effects of brain stimulation. He helped develop brain imaging techniques for visualizing human brain circuits, and is a leader in applying these techniques towards improved neuromodulation therapies. He is the author of numerous highly cited articles in the fields of brain imaging and brain stimulation, teaches courses on these topics, and has won many awards for his work.

Education

Internship
Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 2008 - 2009
Medical School
Washington University, 2001 - 2008
Board Certifications
Neurology, 2012
Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital, 2012 - 2014

Awards

S. Weir Mitchel Award
American Academy of Neurology
McCamish Award
National Parkinson's Foundation
Behavioral Research Award
National Institute of Mental Health
Inaugural Trailblazer Prize
Foundation for the National Institute of Health
Derek Denny-Brown Award
American Neurological Association
A.E. Bennet Translational Research Award
Society for Biological Society
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