Michael G. Schlossmacher

Dr. Schlossmacher is a clinician-scientist with a particular interest in Parkinson disease and related disorders. He grew up in Vienna, where he attended medical school and completed residency training in general medicine. He underwent scientific training in Alzheimer disease and completed residency training in adult neurology as well as a fellowship in movement disorders in Boston at Harvard Medical School. In 2007, he opened a new laboratory in Canada's capital at The Ottawa Hospital, where he is the holder of the Bhargava Family Research Chair in Neurodegeneration. His team focuses on: a prediction model for Parkinson's, including the quantification of olfaction; the role of LRRK2 in inflammation; and the function of parkin in promoting health of catecholaminergic neurons in the adult human brain.