Ole Isacson

Dr. Ole Isacson (MD-PhD) is Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the Neuroregeneration Research Institute at McLean Hospital (MGB). After completion of his MD-PhD and research at University of Lund, Sweden, and a post-doctoral fellowship at University of Cambridge, UK, Dr Isacson was recruited as faculty to Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, Dept of Neurology, and McLean Hospital to establish an independent laboratory. Prof. Isacson’s laboratory has elucidated biological processes, mechanisms and treatments of neuronal vulnerability in several neurodegenerative diseases. To reverse the effects of brain cell death, his work has pioneered and patented new biotechnologies for restorative treatments using molecular, gene therapy and cell replacement methods, including stem cell derived patient derived neurons. The dual goals of his work are to prevent brain degeneration in PD/AD related pathologies; and repair any