Merit E. Cudkowicz, MD, MSC
Neurology
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Dr. Merit Cudkowicz is Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Executive Director of the Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute, and the Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical and research work focuses on ALS and accelerating the development and evaluation of treatments for neurodegenerative disease.
Harvard Medical School, MD, 1990,Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Internal Medicine internship, 1991,Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology residency, 1994,Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurodegenerative Disorders fellowship, 1996,Master's degree in Clinical Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,Neurodegenerative disorders,ALS clinical trials,Adaptive trial design,Neurological clinical-trial development
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Neurodegenerative Disorders
English, Italian
American Academy of Neurology Sheila Essay ALS Award (2009); International MND Alliance Forbes Norris Award (2017); Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Award (2017); American Neurological Association Ray Adams Award (2019). Boston Magazine listed her as a Top Doctor in 2025.
Founder/past co-chair of the Northeast ALS Consortium; Principal Investigator for the NeuroNEXT Clinical Coordination Center; leader of the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial; research focused on ALS treatment development, antisense therapies and more efficient clinical-trial models.
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