August 16-22, 2010
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
Vail, Colorado
Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Dr. Merit Cudkowicz is the Julianne Dorn Professor of Neurology at Massachusetts
General Hospital, at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cudkowicz completed medical training
at the Health Science and Technology program of Harvard Medical School, and she
was a resident in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. She obtained a Master's
degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in June,
1996. She was a fellow in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/ Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Clinical Investigator Training Program from 1994 to 1996.
Dr. Cudkowicz’s research and clinical activities are dedicated to the study and
treatment of patients with neurodegenerative disorders, in particular amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS). Dr. Cudkowicz directs the MGH ALS clinic and co-directs
the Neurology Clinical Trials Unit at MGH. She is one of the founders and co-directors
of the Northeast ALS Consortium, a group of 87 clinical sites in the United States
and Canada dedicated to performing collaborative academic led clinical trials in
ALS. In conjunction with the NEALS consortium, she planned and completed 7 multi-center
clinical trials in ALS and is currently leading three new trials in ALS. Dr. Cudkowicz
received the American Academy of Neurology 2009 Sheila Essay ALS award. She is actively
mentoring young neurologists in clinical investigation. Dr. Cudkowicz is on the
Research Council of the American Acadenmy of Neurology, and medical advisory boards
for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association.
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