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David L. Perez, MD, MMSc

Associate Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Behavioral Neurology & Integrated Brain Medicine
Director, Functional Neurological Disorder Unit
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

David L. Perez MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANPA, FAPA is board certified in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry, and is a full time faculty member in the Massachusetts General Hospital Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry.

Dr. Perez is the Chief of the Division of Behavioral Neurology & Integrated Brain Medicine. He is also the Founding Director of the multidisciplinary Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Unit and FND Research Group. Dr. Perez has published over 100 peer reviewed articles - the majority in the fields functional neurological disorder, brain imaging research, and behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry. He has co-edited several special issues on functional neurological disorder and a 32-chapter Springer Functional Movement Disorder textbook.

Dr. Perez is affiliated with the MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and is also a member Neuropsychiatry Division at the Massachusetts General Hospital.