Autonomic Disorders Research Faculty
Research faculty in the Division of Autonomic Disorders lead innovative collaborative projects designed to advance the field.
Horacio Kaufmann, MD
Director, Division of Autonomic Disorders and Dysautonomia Center
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Medicine, and Pediatrics
Research interests: neurologic disorders that affect autonomic neurons; Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy, dementia with Lewy bodies, pure autonomic failure, autoimmune autonomic disorders, familial dysautonomia, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, and hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies; gene therapy; clinical trials; biomarkers; and neurogenetic disorders
Methodological skills: autonomic physiology, natural history and clinical trial data analysis, and biomarker data analysis
Alejandra Gonzalez-Duarte Briseno, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Dysautonomia Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Research interests: autonomic disorders, amyloidosis, and small fiber neuropathy
Methodological skills: autonomic function testing and small fiber neuropathy evaluation
Patricio A. Millar Vernetti, MD
Research Instructor, Department of Neurology
Research interests: multiple system atrophy, baroreflex failure, pure autonomic failure, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, and hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathies
Methodological skills: autonomic reflex testing
Jose-Alberto Palma, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Research interests: neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy, dementia with Lewy bodies, autonomic disorders, familial dysautonomia, orthostatic hypotension, hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies, gene therapy, clinical trials, biomarkers, and neurogenetic disorders
Methodological skills: autonomic testing, natural history study data analysis, clinical trial data analysis, and biomarker data analysis
