Todd Herrington

Dr. Herrington is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) program at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research is focused on understanding the impact of DBS on motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease with the goal of developing new approaches to neuromodulation.

In addition, he has helped advance novel approaches for Parkinson's treatment including the development of autologously derived dopaminergic cell therapy. Dr. Herrington has been a principal investigator on both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical trials in Parkinson’s disease, and has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, American Academy of Neurology and the Bachmann Strauss Dystonia and Parkinson’s Foundation. He received his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard Medical School and completed his training in Neurology at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals.