TEAM
Scientific Team

Dr. Stuart H. Isaacson, MD
Stuart H. Isaacson, MD, is a Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders specialist and serves as the Medical Director of the Parkinson’s Research & Education Foundation. He founded the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton in 1999, a nationally recognized center for the evaluation, care, and clinical research of patients with these disorders.

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson, MD
Richard S. Isaacson, MD, is a Harvard-trained neurologist and world-renowned researcher in the field of Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment. He founded and directed the first Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic in the U.S. in 2013 at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian.
NOTE: Dr. Richard Isaacson conducts research but is not practicing and not available for patient appointments at IND Florida.

Dr. Kellyann Niotis, MD
Cornell-trained neurologist Kellyann Niotis, MD specializes in movement disorders, is the first fellowship-trained preventive neurologist. Her research focuses on personalized risk reduction for patients at-risk for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body Dementia, and Parkinson’s. Her work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
NOTE: Dr. Niotis conducts research but is not available for patient appointments through IND Florida.

Dr. Christine Greer, MD, MS
Christine Greer, MD, MS, is a USC-trained ophthalmologist with fellowship training at Cornell in neuro-ophthalmology. In her practice, she treats common ophthalmic conditions, and performs eye surgery, but also diagnoses and treats more complex eye conditions such as eye movement disorders, double vision, and neurologic causes of vision loss. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and been quoted as an expert in the media.
NOTE: Dr. Greer is not available for patient appointments through IND Florida.

Philip Sisser B.S.
Philip Sisser joined our Foundation in 2022 as a research coordinator after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University. He has responsibility for foundation-supported research projects with a focus on the genetic and environmental causes of neurodegenerative disease. He oversees IRB and regulatory approvals of research studies and assists with database management, sample preparation / storage, research administration and data analysis.
Executive Leadership Team
- Stuart Isaacson, M.D. Medical Director
- Jessica Lakis, Ethos Consulting
- Danielle Lessman, PAREF
- Elyse Rallo, PAREF