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