Jon Stoessl
MD
Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Full Member
Dr. Jon Stoessl is a professor of Neurology at UBC, editor-in-chief of Movement Disorders, and the past Canada Research Chair in Parkinson’s Disease. He was also previously the Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Director of the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre and Parkinson’s Foundation Centre of Excellence at UBC.
He has served on numerous other editorial boards including Lancet Neurology and Annals of Neurology. He has chaired the Scientific Advisory Board of the Parkinson’s Foundation and has completed a term as President of the World Parkinson Coalition. In addition, he is a Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Dr. Stoessl uses positron emission tomography to study Parkinson’s, including imaging biomarkers, the basis for complications of treatment and mechanisms of the placebo effect. He has published more than 300 papers and book chapters and has been cited more than 15,000 times in scientific literature.
Contact Info
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Research Information
Dr. Stoessl’s research involves the use of positron emission tomography to study Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, including the use of imaging as a biomarker, the basis for complications of treatment and mechanisms of the placebo effect. He has more than 13000 citations and has published more than 300 papers and book chapters.
PublicationsKeywords
- imaging
- Parkinson's disease
- movement disorders
- clinical trials
- rehabilitation