Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Child Neurology, Movement Disorders

Clinical Interests:

• Movement disorders in children
• Consequences of prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse

Basic Research Interests:

• Physiology and pharmacology of the basal ganglia
• Neurobiology of motivation and reward
• Effects of early exposure to drugs of abuse on brain and behavioral development
• Cellular electrophysiology
• Behavioral and developmental neuroscience
• Drug abuse neurobiology

Certifications
Board Certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology; American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2004.

Education/Training

• B.A. Biology. Swarthmore College, 1989
• M.D., Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology. West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1997
• Internship in Pediatrics. The Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts New England Medical Center, 1998
• Residency in Neurology. Partners Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 2000
• Fellowship in Child Neurology. Massachusetts General Hospital, 2002