Peter Lewitt

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About Peter Lewitt

Peter A. LeWitt, M.D. serves as Professor of Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he holds the Sastry Foundation Endowed Chair in Parkinson Disease Research. An M.D. graduate of Brown University School of Medicine (and also awarded an M.Med.Sc. in Biochemical Pharmacology), his neurology residency training was at Stanford University School of Medicine. Following fellowship training in experimental therapeutics at the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders, he has been active in conducting clinical trials for Parkinson disease and other neurological disorders. His clinical and basic neuroscience research interests have also included animal models of neurological disease, biomarkers, pharmacokinetic analysis, and, most recently, gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease. He has been the author of more than 300 publications in basic and clinical neuroscience. Dr. LeWitt was a founding member of the North American Parkinson Study Group and was elected as secretary of the Movement Disorder Society from He is a member of that organization’s Task Force for the Development of Rating Scales for Parkinson’s Disease. Dr. LeWitt has been a recipient and reviewer of research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, and other foundations. He is president of the Tremor Research Group and has served in advisory roles for the pharmaceutical industry and patient advocacy organizations. He has been editor-in-chief of Clinical Neuropharmacology and has served on the editorial boards of Movement Disorders, Journal of Neural Transmission, Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, and Translational Neurodegeneration. Dr. LeWitt has been the mentor for several movement disorder fellowship trainees and has been active in educational programs conducted by the Movement Disorder Society, the American Academy of Neurology, the European Federation of Neurological Sciences, and other organizations.