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David Lewis Perez, M.D.

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Columbia UniversityBA05/2003Neuroscience & Behavior
New York University School of MedicineMD05/2007Medicine
MGH/BWH Partners Neurology Residency06/2011Neurology
BIDMC/BWH Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency06/2014Psychiatry - Research Concentration
Harvard Medical SchoolMMSc05/2016Clinical & Translational Investigation
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2003
Cum Laude, Columbia University
2007
Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University School of Medicine
2012
Outstanding Psychiatry Resident Teacher, Harvard Medical School
2012
Young Investigator Award, American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
2013
Joseph J. Schildraut Psychiatry Research Award
2013
Partners in Excellence Team Award - Spanish Neurology Program
2014
Career Development Award, American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
2016
MGH ECOR Clinician-Scientist Career Development Award
2018
Diplomate - UCNS Behavioral Neurology-Neuropsychiatry
2021
Fellow - American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)
2022
Fellow - American Neuropsychiatric Association (FANPA)
2023 - 2024
Co-President, Boston Society of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (BSNNP)
2023 - 2025
President, Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology (SBCN)
2023 - 2025
Chair, AAN Section of Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
2024
Fellow - American Psychiatric Association (FAPA)
2024
Fellow - American Neurological Association (FANA)

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

Dr. Perez is the Chief of the Mass General Brigham Division of Behavioral Neurology. 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.
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  1. R01MH125802 (PEREZ, DAVID LEWIS) Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2026
    NIH
    Defining Neurobiological Subtypes of Motor Functional Neurological Disorder
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. K23MH111983 (PEREZ, DAVID LEWIS) Sep 14, 2017 - Aug 31, 2022
    NIH
    Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Symptom Severity, Adverse Life Events and Prognosis in Motor Functional Neurological Disorders
    Role: Principal Investigator
  3. R25NS065743 (PEREZ, DAVID LEWIS) Jul 1, 2013 - Jun 30, 2015
    NIH
    Functional and Structural Biomarkers of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
    Role: Principal Investigator

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