Stuart H. Isaacson, MD
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. He is also the Medical Director of the Parkinson’s Research and Education Foundation. Dr. Isaacson earned his medical degree at Northwestern University – The Feinberg School of Medicine. After, he completed his residency and fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 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.