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David Perez MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANPA, FAPA, FANA

David L. Perez MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANPA, FAPA, FANA

Associate Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry; Chief, MGH Division of Behavioral Neurology & Integrated Brain Medicine; Director, Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Unit & FND Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. David Perez is board certified in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry. At the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Perez is the Division Chief of Behavioral Neurology & Integrated Brain Medicine, as well as the Founding Director of the Functional Neurological Disorder Unit and FND Research Group. He has published over 140 articles, the majority in functional neurological disorder, brain imaging, and behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry. He also co-edited two textbooks on functional neurological disorder.  

Disclosures

Dr. Perez has received honoraria for continuing medical education lectures in FND; royalties from Springer for a functional movement disorder textbook and honoraria from Elsevier for a functional neurological disorder textbook; is on the editorial boards of Brain and Behavior (paid), Epilepsy & Behavior, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences and Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology; has previously received funding from the NIH and Sidney R. Baer Jr. Foundation unrelated to this work; and is on the FND Society Board, American Neuropsychiatric Association Advisory Council, and the FND Hope International Medical Advisory Board.