Hubert Fernandez, MD

Hubert H. Fernandez, M.D. Director, Center for Neurological Restoration, Neurological Institute

Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and the Head of Movement Disorders under the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr Fernandez received both his BS in Biology and MD degree in the Philippines. He completed his internship in internal medicine at University of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his residency in neurology at Boston University Medical Center in Massachusetts; and his fellowship in movement disorders at Brown University in Rhode Island.

Dr Fernandez is an internationally recognized expert in movement disorders who has been voted one of the Best Doctors in America by his peers. After completing his medical training, he joined the faculty of Brown University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and served as Associate Director of the Movement Disorders Unit and Neurological Director of its Functional Neurosurgical Program. In 2003, Dr Fernandez relocated to the University of Florida, where he eventually became Director of the Clinical Research Unit for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, and Professor of Neurology prior to joining Cleveland Clinic. An active and productive researcher, he has initiated or participated in over 150 clinical trials and has published his findings in well over 300 articles and abstracts on Parkinson’s disease, cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and other movement disorders. He has 50 published book chapters and a dozen books to his credit. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, and has served on the editorial board of Movement Disorders and is currently an editorial board member of the American Journal of Clinical Neurology, European Neurological Journal, and Clinical Neuropharmacology. He has served his third term as Co-Medical Editor of the Movement Disorders Society Website, which received the Standard of Excellence Award by the WMA in 2015.

Dr Fernandez is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and a member of the American Neurological Association. He has served as a Councilor for the AAN Movement Disorders Section, Executive Committee of the Parkinson Study Group and Dystonia Study Group, and President of the World Neurology Foundation, President of the Florida Society of Neurology, and 3 terms as Co-Medical Editor of the Movement Disorders Society Website. Recently, he has been elected for a second term as the Co-Chair of the Parkinson Study Group (North America's oldest and largest consortium of clinical researchers in Parkinson Disease). He was awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award by the Movement Disorders Society at the 16th International Congress for Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders in Dublin, Ireland in 2012.

Approximately one million Americans have Parkinson's disease and more than 50,000 Americans are diagnosed every year. Learn from Parkinson disease specialist, Dr. Hubert Fernandez on who is at risk for this disease and what treatment options are available.