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Vikram Khurana, MD, Neurology, Boston, MA, Brigham and Women's Hospital

VikramKhuranaMDPhD

Neurology • Boston, MA

Movement Disorder

Associate Neurologist -Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Summary

  • Vik Khurana is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a scientific co-Founder of Yumanity Therapeutics. His clinical and research interests relate to neurodegenerative movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and the cerebellar ataxias. He is a medical graduate of the University of Sydney, Australia, and came to Boston as a Fulbright Scholar and Merck Company Foundation Fellow in 2001, obtaining his Ph.D. in neurobiology from Harvard University in 2006. He completed his residency in Neurology at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals, and Fellowship training in Movement Disorders and Ataxia at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was a postdoctoral Fellow at the Whitehead Institute/MIT with Susan Lindquist and Rudolf Jaenisch. His research efforts aim to develop novel therapies for neurodegenerative diseases by using diverse model systems including patient-derived stem cells. This work has been supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the JPB Foundation, and awards from foundations including the American Brain Foundation,Parkinson's Disease Foundations and Multiple System Atrophy coalition . Vik is a member of the Global Multiple System Atrophy Roadmap Consortium and sits on the Board of the MSA Coalition. His recent research has been published in leading journals, including Science, Cell Systems and Cell.

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Neurology, 2010 - 2012
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2007 - 2010
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2007
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityPh.D., Neurobiology, 2001 - 2006
  • University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine
    University of Sydney Faculty of MedicineClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2010 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • A Parkinson’s ‘Game Changer,’ Backed by Michael J. Fox, Could Lead to New Diagnostics and, Someday, Treatments
    A Parkinson’s ‘Game Changer,’ Backed by Michael J. Fox, Could Lead to New Diagnostics and, Someday, TreatmentsApril 12th, 2023
  • Peng a Part of Multi-Institutional Research Team to Investigate Parkinson's Disease
    Peng a Part of Multi-Institutional Research Team to Investigate Parkinson's DiseaseSeptember 16th, 2020
  • Two Parkinson’s Organizations Issue a Total of $5.9M in Research Grants
    Two Parkinson’s Organizations Issue a Total of $5.9M in Research GrantsSeptember 19th, 2019
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Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Vikram Khurana, Dr. Vikram Khurana, MD, Dr. V Khurana