Jori Fleisher, MD, MSCE, FAAN

Biography

Jori Fleisher, MD, MSCE, is a fellowship-trained, movement disorders neurologist with a special interest in understanding the needs of individuals and families who are living with advanced Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. She also has a special interest in designing new models of care to better serve this population. After three years on the faculty at New York University, she joined the Rush University Medical Center Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders Program in 2017, where she sees patients and conducts research.

Fleisher is supported by the National Institutes of Health and various non-profit foundations, and has several research studies underway that are focused on interdisciplinary home visits and caregiver peer mentoring to improve the lives of patients and families who are living with these conditions. She is also studying the impact of karate on mobility, mood, and cognitive outcomes in people with Parkinson’s disease. Fleisher has a longstanding interest in global neurology and is working to create the first registry of people with Parkinson’s disease in Zambia. In addition, she has been recognized as an Emerging Leader and Outstanding Patient Advocate by the American Academy of Neurology.

Honors and Activities

NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program, 2013 - 2019

Rush Research Mentoring Program Symposium Award, 2017

International Travel Scholarship Award, American Neurological Association, 2017

Travel grant for 4th World Parkinson Congress, 2016

Fellow, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, New York University School of Medicine, 2015

Movement Disorders Society Travel Grant, 2014

Emerging Leaders Forum, American Academy of Neurology, 2013 - 2014

Palatucci Leadership and Advocacy Forum, American Academy of Neurology, 2011 - 2014

Movement Disorders Society Travel Grant, 2013

American Academy of Neurology Institute 2013 Annual Meeting Fellow Scholarship, 2013

Junior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2013

Postdoctoral investigator travel scholarship, Parkinson’s Advocacy Network 17th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, 2013

Publications

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Grants

NIH/NINDS
U01NS100610
Principal Investigator
Dementia with Lewy Bodies Consortium

NIH/NINDS
K23NS097615
Principal Investigator
Reaching the most vulnerable: a novel model of care

NIH/NRSA
T32-NS-061779
Additional Investigator
Medication beliefs in Parkinson’s disease

CurePSP
633-2016-10_Rush
Principal Investigator
Care Where It Counts: Interdisciplinary Home Visits for PSP-Related Disorders

Feldstein Medical Foundation
Principal Investigator
Vaccination Uptake in an Interdisciplinary Home Visit Program for Advanced Parkinson’s disease

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists
Principal Investigator
A telehealth-home visit intervention to improve patient outcomes in advanced Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson Alliance
Principal Investigator
Interdisciplinary Home Visits to Improve Outcomes for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Parkinson Council
Principal Investigator
Medication beliefs in Parkinson’s disease

American Neurological Association
Principal Investigator
ZEPHyR: Zambian Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease and Healthcare Registry

Biogen
Co-Investigator
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenously Administered BIIB092 in Participants with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Education

Research Areas