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Ole Isacson, MD (Dr Med Sci) - Scientific Advisory Board
Professor
Department of Neurology
Neuroregeneration Center, McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts

Dr. Ole Isacson is Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Center for Neuroregeneration Research/Neuroregeneration Laboratories at McLean Hospital and an NIH Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence center grant awardee and director. He co-chairs the Regeneration and Repair program of the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair.

Dr. Isacson received his Medical Bachelor (1984) and Doctor of Medicine (as a full PhD doctoral degree and training in Medical Neurobiology, 1987) from the University of Lund in Sweden. His postdoctoral fellowship and training were at Cambridge University, England; from there he was recruited to direct and start his own laboratory and program in Boston in 1989, when he also joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Isacson is receiving Editor of the European Journal of Neuroscience and sits on several Editorial Boards. He has written over 150 original peer-reviewed scientific articles in his field, and numerous reviews. He has received several awards for his work.