Vikram Khurana, MD, PhD
Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
2018 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator
MD, University of Sydney, Australia
PhD, Harvard University
Residency and Clinical Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital; Postdoctoral Training, Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research
Bio
Dr. Khurana is the Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His clinical and research interests relate to neurodegenerative movement disorders, particularly Parkinson’s disease. His laboratory is using patient stem cells to model and observe the misfolded forms of alpha-synuclein, a protein that becomes toxic in Parkinson’s patients, with the goal of developing patient-specific therapies. He completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and his postdoctoral studies at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
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Mentioned In
- For Brain Disease Research, Patients Lead the Way
- Music, Mentorship, and Medicine: Highlights of the NYSCF Innovators Retreat
- The NYSCF Conference Returns in Person to Showcase Seminal Advances in Translational Stem Cell Research
- The Surprising Double Life of a Parkinson’s-Related Protein
- Science by the Sea: Highlights of the NYSCF Innovators Retreat
- Experts Explore the Power of Artificial Intelligence in Brain Disease Research
- Community Continues from Afar: Highlights of the NYSCF Innovators Retreat