M. Flint Beal, M.D.

Neurology

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Gender: Male

Language: English

About

Specialties and Expertise

Biography

Dr. M. Flint Beal is an internationally recognized authority on neurodegenerative disorders. He is University Professor at the Brain and ind Institute of Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Beal received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1976 and did his internship and first year residency in Medicine at New York-Cornell before completing his residency in Neurology at The Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the neurology faculty at Harvard in 1983. Dr. Beal was Professor of Neurology at the Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Neurochemistry laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital before moving to Cornell. Dr. Beal's research has focused on the mechanism of neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Dr. Beal is the author or co-author of more than 500 scientific articles and more than 125 books, book chapters and reviews. He serves on the editorial boards of seven journals, the Journal of Neurochemistry, the Annals of Neurology, Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental Neurology and Neurobiology of Disease. Dr. Beal's research has focused on the mechanism of neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He has also been working on the development of novel neurochemical assays for assessing oxidative damage for use in clinical trials of new therapies for these disorders, as well as metabolomics for diagnosis.

Dr. Beal is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honorary Society and received the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award of the American Neurological Association. He has served on the Council and as Vice President of the American Neurological Association and on the Science Advisory Committees of the Hereditary Disease Foundation, Huntington's Disease Society of America, Parkinson's Disease Study Group, Parkinson' Disease Foundation, Bachman-Strauss Foundation, The ALS Association, and the American Health Assistance Foundation. Dr. Beal is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the Namtional Academy of Sciences.

Selected Recent Papers (downloadable in Adobe Acrobat format*):

Energetics in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases

Mitochondrial DNA mutations in complex I and tRNA genes in Parkinson's disease

Neuroprotective Effects of Creatine in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease

Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases. Nature 2006;443:787-795

Therapeutic effects of coenzyme Q10 and reduced COQ10 in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinsonism. J Neurochem 2008; 104:1613-1621

Metabolomic profiling to develop blood biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. Brain. 2008;131:389-96.

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Research

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Honors and Awards

1972	B. A. Cum Laude, Honors in Biology
1975	Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honorary Society, President Elect 1976
1976	Raven Society, Scholarship and Service Honorary Society of the University of Virginia
1982	NIH Young Investigator Award
1992	Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award, American Neurologic Association
1993	Who’s Who in the East
1994	Who’s Who in the World
1994	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
1995	American Neurologic Association Presidential Symposium Lecturer
1995	Honorary Masters Degree, Harvard University
1996	Andrew Mark Lippard Lecture, Columbia University
1997	Fred Plum Lecture, Cornell University
1998	American Society for Neurochemistry Plenary Lecture
1999	Temple Research Award, Alzheimer’s Association
1999	Grass Lectureship in Neuroscience
2000	Zenith Award, Alzheimer’s Disease Association
2000	ISI One Hundred Most Highly Cited Researchers in Neuroscience
2000	DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives
2001	Honored Member, Strathmore’s Who’s Who
2001	America’s Top Doctors, Castle and Connolly
2001	Davey Lecture, Northwestern University
2001	Stephens Lecturer, University of Colorado
2001	Porcellati Lecture, European Society of Neurochemistry
2001	Castle Connolly, Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area
2001	Irwin Levy Lecturer, Washington University
2002	America’s Top Doctors, Castle and Connolly
2002	Castle Connolly, Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area
2002	Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2002	Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2002	Who’s Who in America
2002	Who’s Who in the World
2002	Who’s Who of Professionals
2002	First Mirapex Award for Translational Research in Parkinson’s Disease
2002	Keynote Lecture, Berlin Neuroscience Forum
2003	Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2003	Who’s Who in America
2003	Who’s Who in the World
2003	Castle Connolly, Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area
2003	America’s Top Physicians, Consumer Research Council of America
2003	Druker Lecturer, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University
2003	Institute of Medicine of the National Academy Sciences
2003	Utterback Lecture, University of Tennessee
2004	Who’s Who In America
2004	Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2004	America’s Top Doctors, Castle and Connolly
2004	Who’s Who in the World
2004	International Who’s Who of Professionals
2004	Fellow Member of the American Academy of Neurology
2005	Who’s Who in America
2005	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2005	First Vice President, American Neurological Association
2005	Fellow, New York Academy of Science
2005	Whos’ Who in The East
2006	Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2006	Who’s Who in the East
2006 - 2007	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2006	Who’s Who in America
2007 – 2008	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2008 – 2009	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2009-2010	Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care
2009 2009	Guide to America’s Top Physicians Madison Who’s Who
2009	Listed as one of the 50 most cited authors in Alzheimer’s Disease since 1995 by the ISI
2010	Marquis Who’s Who in America
2010	Who’s Who for Executive and Professionals
2009-2010	2000 Outstanding Scientists 2010
2010	Great Minds of the 21st Century
2011	Who’s Who in America
2011	Who’s Who in the East
2011	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2012	Strathmore’s Who’s Who for Executives and Professionals
2012	Who’s Who in America
2012	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2012	America’s Best Doctors
2013	Who’s Who in America
2013	America’s Best Doctors 2013Selected as one of the 400 most influential biomedical researchers based on total citations and h-index (Eur J Clin Inv 43, 1339-65, 2013)
2014	Who’s Who in The East
2014	Who’s Who in America
2014	America’s Best Doctors
2014	Honoris Causa Professor-Univrsity of Szeged Szeged, Hungary
2014	Who’s Who in the East
2015	Who’s Who in America
2015	Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

Credentials

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine
Neurology

Clinical and Academic Positions

Professor of Neurology - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
University Professor of Neuroscience - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Attending Neurologist - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Education and Training

M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1976

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