Michael D. Fox
American neurologist
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Education and Early Career
Fox received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University in 2001. He then pursued his MD and PhD in Systems Neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis, completing both degrees in 2008. He completed his residency in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in 2012, followed by a fellowship in Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation in 2013.
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Professional Positions and Roles
Fox has held various academic and clinical positions. Since 2023, he has been a full Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He founded the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2020, where he also holds the Steven and Judy Kaye Directorship in Psychiatric Brain Stimulation. His previous roles include Associate Editor for Annals of Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurology and leadership in the Deep Brain Stimulation program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Research Contributions
Fox is known for his pioneering work in brain circuit mapping and neuromodulation. He co-developed resting state functional connectivity MRI, a technique to map human brain circuits by analyzing spontaneous fluctuations in blood oxygenation levels. His research has explored how brain lesions correlate with specific brain circuits, providing insights into various neurological and psychiatric conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, addiction, and epilepsy. He and his team developed methods such as lesion network mapping, DBS network mapping and TMS network mapping. He has also applied these findings to therapeutic interventions, including deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Selected Honors and Awards
- Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021): Recognized among the top 0.1% of researchers worldwide.
- Trailblazer Prize (2018): Awarded by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health for translational research.
- Inaugural International Brain Stimulation Early Career Award (2021): Awarded by Elsevier for contributions to brain stimulation research.
- Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair in Neurology (2020): Brigham and Women’s Hospital.