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75 Francis StreetBrigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA 02115
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Summary
- Dr. Emer McGrath is a Boston-based Neurologist with a subspecialty in Neuromuscular Medicine. She completed her education and training at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and National University of Ireland, Galway. Her experience includes alzheimer's disease, interventional neuroradiology/endovascular neurosurgery, and cerebrovascular disease. Dr. McGrath has a number of celebrated publications, focusing primarily on tau burden, vascular risk factors for dementia, and the interplay between inflammation, sleep, and dementia, with citations ranging from 5 to 21 per publication.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 2017 - 2018- Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2014 - 2017
National University of Ireland, GalwayClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2017 - 2020
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Mid-life candidate vascular plasma biomarkers are associated with MRI markers of vascular brain injury and amyloid- and tau-PET in cognitively healthy adults.Martin D Mulligan, Ruiqi Wang, Qiong Yang, Alexa S Beiser, Pauline Maillard
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2026-08-30 - Association Between Nerve Growth Factor and Clinical Stroke and Covert Brain Infarcts: The FHS.Martin Mulligan, Alexa S Beiser, Saptaparni Ghosh, Ayantika Banerjee, Hugo Aparicio
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2026-05-05 - Number of Live Births as a Protective Factor Against Clinical and Covert Brain Infarcts: The Framingham Heart Study.Senan Maher, Matthew R Scott, Rachel F Buckley, Charles S DeCarli, Hugo J Aparicio
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2026-04-07
Press Mentions
Risk Factors for Dementia May Vary with Age, Study SuggestsMay 18th, 2022- Dementia Risk Factors Vary by AgeMay 18th, 2022
- New Research Identifies Blood Biomarker for Predicting Dementia Before Symptoms DevelopApril 27th, 2022
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