Hubert Fernandez, M.D.
Director, Clinical Trials for Movement Disorders

Phone: (352) 273-5550
Fax: (352) 273-5575
fernandez@neurology.ufl.edu

Department of Neurology
L3-100 McKnight Brain Institute
Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL. 32610

Associate Professor
Co-Director, Movement Disorders Center
Program Director, Neurology Residency and Movement Disorders Fellowship

Professional Background: M.D., Boston University

Personal Info
Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Director, Clinical Trials for Movement Disorders, neurologist and movement disorders specialist, completed residency training at Boston University where he was first exposed to the field of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. He then completed his fellowship training in Movement Disorders at Brown University where he later served as Associate Director of the Movement Disorders Program, Director of the Parkinson Day Program and Neurological Director of the Functional Neurosurgical Program for Movement Disorders, before moving to the University of Florida.

Research Interests
Being an active member of the Parkinson Study Group and the Huntington Study Group, Dr. Fernandez has a strong interest in clinical trials and has initiated and participated in numerous single-center and multi-center trials for the delay and symptomatic treatment of Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and dystonia. He also has a strong interest and several publications on epidemiology, long-term/nursing home care and 'non-motor' problems of Parkinson’s disease and other parkinsonian syndromes such as psychosis, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances.

Publications Extracted from Medline
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