Matthew B. Stern

Matthew B. Stern, MD, is the Parker Family Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Director Emeritus of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center.

Dr Stern received his B.A. from Harvard University and medical degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He completed his training in neurology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Stern cofounded Penn’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, which he helped build into one of the premier centers of its kind in the world. Dr Stern has authored or co-authored numerous papers on Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders and edited and/or co-edited 8 books. Dr. Stern has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator of many studies related to PD and movement disorders. He was also co-chair of VA Cooperative Study 468 investigating Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s disease and founding director of the Philadelphia VA Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center. He serves on numerous consulting boards and has lectured throughout the world. He is an inaugural member of Penn's Academy of Master Clinicians and is a Past President of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society which has awarded him its President’s Distinguished Service Award and Honorary Membership. The University of Pennsylvania recently established the Howard Hurtig-Matthew Stern Professorship in Neurology to commemorate his contributions to Penn Medicine.