Neurology Specialty Group Directors

UMass Memorial Chair in Neurology
Chair, Department of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School,
Chair, Department of Neuroogy, UMass Memorial Health 
Chief, Neurology, Central Western MA, VA Healthcare System

AM Barrett, MD, professor of neurology, is a cognitive neurologist and neurorehabilitationist, and her research is focused on spatial cognition, right brain rehabilitation, and unawareness of deficits.

Barrett, MD, and her collaborators are pioneers and US leaders in spatial neglect rehabilitation. Her work demonstrates that when powerful right brain systems are damaged, hidden disabilities occur affecting functional vision, strength, and mobility as well as adaptive navigation. These problems devastate daily activities and can be dramatically improved with spatial retraining while wearing off-the-shelf optical prisms.

Dr. Barrett has trained hundreds of clinicians and led the treatment of thousands of patients, many of whom are relieved of spatial neglect symptoms, even years after stroke. The goal of her current, multisite, Veteran Administration-funded research is to identify a brain-based biomarker that can be used to personalize and facilitate spatial neglect care. 

Director, Epilepsy Center

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Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center

Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center

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Director, Neurology Critical Care Division and Tele-Stroke Service

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Director, Neuromuscular Medicine Division

Education:
- fellowship training in Muscular Dystrophy at Massachusetts General Hospital and
- fellowship training in Neuromuscular research at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- residency training in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital
- medical school, at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX

Director of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Program
Principal Investigator of Ionete Lab
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Director, In-Patient Stroke Services; 
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
Director Stroke and Sleep Centers, Day Kimball Hospital, Connecticut
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Education:
- fellowship training in neurology of aging and dementia, and epilepsy at UMASS Chan Medical School
- residency training in neurology at UMASS Chan Medical School
- residency training in neurology at All India Institute of Med Sciences, Delhi
- residency training in internal medicine at Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi
- residency training in pulmonary medicine at V.P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi
- residency training in medicine and surgery at Safadarjung Hospital, University of Delhi
- medical school, University College of Medical Science, at University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Director, Neurocritical Care Center

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Education:
- fellowship training in Neurocritical Care at Cedar Sinai School of Medicine, NY
- residency training in Neurology at UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
- medical school, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY