Susan Bressman, MD Email Susan Bressman
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- Positions
- SITE CHAIR, NEUROLOGY, MOUNT SINAI BETH ISRAEL, MOUTH SINAI ROOSEVELT | Mount Sinai St. Luke's
- PROFESSOR AND SITE CHAIR | Neurology
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- Specialty
- Neurology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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- Phone
- New Office 212-844-8379212-844-8379
Susan B. Bressman, MD holds the Alan and Joan Mirken Chair and is the Mount Sinai Health System Vice - Chair for the Department of Neurology and Chair for the Departments of Neurology at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai West; she is also a Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine. She is recognized for her work identifying genes and characterizing phenotypes, including the identification of dystonia genes, as well as Parkinson’s disease genotype phenotype studies. Her current research is focused on identifying diagnostic and progression markers and disease pathways for Parkinson’s disease, especially the LRRK2 and GBA genetic subtypes. She also continues to work on gene identification for dystonia, tremor and other movement disorders.
Dr Bressman attended Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and received her postgraduate and fellowship training at Columbia’s Neurological Institute. She has authored more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, is a co-editor of two books, and has been a named by Castle Connolly, New York Magazine, and The New York Times as a Best Doctor. In 2014 Castle Connolly recognized her with their Physician of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence. She was a Director of the American Academy of Neurology and associate editor for Movement Disorders, and has served or serves on the scientific advisory boards of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia and Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, and Dystonia Medical Research Foundation.
Certification
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Focus
- Ataxia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- Cervical Dystonia
- Chorea
- Dystonia
- Huntington's Disease
- Lewy Body Disease
- Movement Disorders
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Myoclonus
- Neurobehavioral status testing
- Parkinson's Disease
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Tremor
Research Topics
Parkinson's Disease
Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Internship, Internal Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Residency, Neurology
Neurological Institute
Fellowship, Movement Disorder
Neurological Institute
Language
English
2017
Honorary Membership Award
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
For extraordinary contribution to the field of Movement Disorders
2016
Movement Disorder Research Award
American Academy of Neurology
in recognition of research contribution to the field
2008
Stanley Fahn Lectureship
The Movement Disorder Society
in recognition of outstanding clinical research
Fuchs T, Saunders-Pullman R, Masuho I, Luciano MS, Raymond D, Factor S, Lang AE, Liang TW, Trosch RM, White S, Ainehsazan E, Hervé D, Sharma N, Ehrlich ME, Martemyanov KA, Bressman SB, Ozelius LJ. Mutations in GNAL cause primary torsion dystonia. Nature genetics 2013 Jan; 45(1).
Ozelius LJ, Bressman SB. Genetic and clinical features of primary torsion dystonia. Neurobiology of disease 2011 May; 42(2).
Ozelius LJ, Lubarr N, Bressman SB. Milestones in dystonia. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2011 May; 26(6).
Carbon M, Raymond D, Ozelius L, Saunders-Pullman R, Frucht S, Dhawan V, Bressman S, Eidelberg D. Metabolic changes in DYT11 myoclonus-dystonia. Neurology 2013 Jan; 80(4).
Gan-Or Z, Ozelius LJ, Bar-Shira A, Saunders-Pullman R, Mirelman A, Kornreich R, Gana-Weisz M, Raymond D, Rozenkrantz L, Deik A, Gurevich T, Gross SJ, Schreiber-Agus N, Giladi N, Bressman SB, Orr-Urtreger A. The p.L302P mutation in the lysosomal enzyme gene SMPD1 is a risk factor for Parkinson disease. Neurology 2013 Apr; 80(17).
Alcalay RN, Mirelman A, Saunders-Pullman R, Tang MX, Mejia Santana H, Raymond D, Roos E, Orbe-Reilly M, Gurevich T, Bar Shira A, Gana Weisz M, Yasinovsky K, Zalis M, Thaler A, Deik A, Barrett MJ, Cabassa J, Groves M, Hunt AL, Lubarr N, San Luciano M, Miravite J, Palmese C, Sachdev R, Sarva H, Severt L, Shanker V, Swan MC, Soto-Valencia J, Johannes B, Ortega R, Fahn S, Cote L, Waters C, Mazzoni P, Ford B, Louis E, Levy O, Rosado L, Ruiz D, Dorovski T, Pauciulo M, Nichols W, Orr-Urtreger A, Ozelius L, Clark L, Giladi N, Bressman S, Marder KS. Parkinson disease phenotype in Ashkenazi Jews with and without LRRK2 G2019S mutations. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2013 Dec; 28(14).
Saunders-Pullman R, Fuchs T, San Luciano M, Raymond D, Brashear A, Ortega R, Deik A, Ozelius LJ, Bressman SB. Heterogeneity in primary dystonia: lessons from THAP1, GNAL, and TOR1A in Amish-Mennonites. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2014 May; 29(6).
Vacic V, Ozelius LJ, Clark LN, Bar-Shira A, Gana-Weisz M, Gurevich T, Gusev A, Kedmi M, Kenny EE, Liu X, Mejia-Santana H, Mirelman A, Raymond D, Saunders-Pullman R, Desnick RJ, Atzmon G, Burns ER, Ostrer H, Hakonarson H, Bergman A, Barzilai N, Darvasi A, Peter I, Guha S, Lencz T, Giladi N, Marder K, Pe'er I, Bressman SB, Orr-Urtreger A. Genome-wide mapping of IBD segments in an Ashkenazi PD cohort identifies associated haplotypes. Human molecular genetics 2014 Sep; 23(17).
Barrett MJ, Shanker VL, Severt WL, Raymond D, Gross SJ, Schreiber-Agus N, Kornreich R, Ozelius LJ, Bressman SB, Saunders-Pullman R. Cognitive and Antipsychotic Medication Use in Monoallelic GBA-Related Parkinson Disease. JIMD reports 2014; 16.
Vo A, Sako W, Niethammer M, Carbon M, Bressman SB, Uluğ AM, Eidelberg D. Thalamocortical Connectivity Correlates with Phenotypic Variability in Dystonia. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 2014 May;.
Gupte M, Alcalay RN, Mejia-Santana H, Raymond D, Saunders-Pullman R, Roos E, Orbe-Reily M, Tang MX, Mirelman A, Ozelius L, Orr-Urtreger A, Clark L, Giladi N, Bressman S, Marder K. Interest in Genetic Testing in Ashkenazi Jewish Parkinson's Disease Patients and Their Unaffected Relatives. Journal of genetic counseling 2014 Aug;.
Agalliu I, San Luciano M, Mirelman A, Giladi N, Waro B, Aasly J, Inzelberg R, Hassin-Baer S, Friedman E, Ruiz-Martinez J, Marti-Masso JF, Orr-Urtreger A, Bressman S, Saunders-Pullman R. Higher Frequency of Certain Cancers in LRRK2 G2019S Mutation Carriers With Parkinson Disease: A Pooled Analysis. JAMA neurology 2015 Jan; 72(1).
Alcalay RN, Mejia-Santana H, Mirelman A, Saunders-Pullman R, Raymond D, Palmese C, Caccappolo E, Ozelius L, Orr-Urtreger A, Clark L, Giladi N, Bressman S, Marder K. Neuropsychological performance in LRRK2 G2019S carriers with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & related disorders 2015 Feb; 21(2).
Saunders-Pullman R, Mirelman A, Wang C, Alcalay RN, San Luciano M, Ortega R, Raymond D, Mejia-Santana H, Ozelius L, Clark L, Orr-Utreger A, Marder K, Giladi N, Bressman SB. Olfactory identification in LRRK2 G2019S mutation carriers: a relevant marker?. Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2014 Sep; 1(9).
Gan-Or Z, Amshalom I, Kilarski LL, Bar-Shira A, Gana-Weisz M, Mirelman A, Marder K, Bressman S, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. Differential effects of severe vs mild GBA mutations on Parkinson disease. Neurology 2015 Feb;.
Marder K, Wang Y, Alcalay RN, Mejia-Santana H, Tang MX, Lee A, Raymond D, Mirelman A, Saunders-Pullman R, Clark L, Ozelius L, Orr-Urtreger A, Giladi N, Bressman S. Age-specific penetrance of LRRK2 G2019S in the Michael J. Fox Ashkenazi Jewish LRRK2 Consortium. Neurology 2015 Jun;.
Pont-Sunyer C, Bressman S, Raymond D, Glickman A, Tolosa E, Saunders-Pullman R. Disclosure of research results in genetic studies of Parkinson's disease caused by LRRK2 mutations. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2015 May;.
Saunders-Pullman R, Mirelman A, Wang C, Alcalay RN, San Luciano M, Ortega R, Raymond D, Mejia-Santana H, Ozelius L, Clark L, Orr-Utreger A, Marder K, Giladi N, Bressman SB. Olfactory identification in LRRK2 G2019S mutation carriers: a relevant marker?. Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2014 Sep; 1(9).
Mirelman A, Alcalay RN, Saunders-Pullman R, Yasinovsky K, Thaler A, Gurevich T, Mejia-Santana H, Raymond D, Gana-Weisz M, Bar-Shira A, Ozelius L, Clark L, Orr-Urtreger A, Bressman S, Marder K, Giladi N. Nonmotor symptoms in healthy Ashkenazi Jewish carriers of the G2019S mutation in the LRRK2 gene. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2015 Mar;.
Shanker V, Bressman SB. Diagnosis and Management of Dystonia. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2016 Aug; 22(4 Movement Disorders).
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