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Heather Panic, MD, Neurology, Boston, MA

Heather Panic MD PhD

Neurology•Boston, MA

Otoneurology

Vestibular Neurologist, Mass Eye and Ear & Instructor, Harvard Medical School

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  • 243 Charles StBoston, MA 02114

  • Phone+1 617-573-4306

  • Fax+1 410-500-4266

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Summary

  • Heather Panic is a vestibular neurologist with extensive training and research experience.

    She earned her PhD in Neuroscience from Brandeis University in 2016 and her MD from the University of Miami in 2020. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Florida (2020-2024), followed by an vestibular and oculomotor neurology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University (2024-2025).

    Her research focuses on the perception of balance and gravitational influences on sensation and motor control. In 2015, she received the Modeling, Simulation, and Training Fellowship from the Link Foundation. She currently works as a clinician scientist at Mass Eye and Ear.

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Neurotology, 2024 - 2025
  • University of Florida
    University of FloridaResidency, Neurology, 2020 - 2024
  • University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
    University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 2020
  • Brandeis University
    Brandeis UniversityPhD, Neuroscience, 2010 - 2016

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2025 - 2028
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
  • Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Modeling, Simulation, and Training Fellowship Link Foundation, 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Otolaryngological and neuro-vestibular considerations for commercial spaceflight  
    Panic H, Wexler D, Stephanian B, Correia JP, Sides M, Hoffman T, Aerosp Med Hum Perf, 9/1/2025
  • Gravitational and somatosensory influences on control and perception of roll balance  
    Panic AS, Panic H, DiZio P, Lackner JR, Aerosp Med Hum Perf, 11/1/2017
  • Direction of balance and perception of the upright are perceptually dissociable  
    Panic H, Panic AS, DiZio P, Lackner JR, J Neurophys, 6/1/2015

Abstracts/Posters

  • Visual, vestibular, and gravitational contributions to the perception of balance equilibrium
    Panic AS, Panic H, DiZio P, Lackner JR, Aerosp Med Hum Perf, 3/1/2016
  • Increased variability of vehicle control in absence of dynamic gravitational cue
    Panic H, Panic AS, DiZio P, Lackner JR, Aerosp Med Hum Perf, 3/1/2016
  • Gravitational vertical and the control of balance
    Panic AS, Panic H, DiZio P, Lackner JR, Aviat Space Envir Med, 3/1/2014

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