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Jeremiah Scharf, MD, Neurology, Boston, MA

Jeremiah M Scharf MD PhD

Movement Disorder


Assistant Professor, Neurology-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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  • Division of Movement Disorders, Dept. of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital55 Fruit Street, ACC 835Boston, MA 02114

  • Phone+1 617-726-5532

  • Fax+1 617-726-4101

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Summary

  • Dr. Jeremiah Scharf is a behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatric geneticist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 14 years. He specializes in behavioral neurology/ neuropsychiatry with a focus on Tourette syndrome, tic disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. He is a principal research faculty member in the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit in the Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Member in the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His research focuses on identifying clinical and genetic risk factors for Tourette syndrome, tic disorders and OCD through a combination of computational, molecular and cellular biology techniques.

Education & Training

  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2002 - 2005
  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2002
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityPhD, Neurobiology, 1995 - 2001
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
  • Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
    United Council for Neurologic SubspecialtiesBehavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Examination of the Shared Genetic Basis of Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder  
    Jeremiah M Scharf, Cynthia M Bulik, Stephanie Zerwas, Gerald Nestadt, Carol A Mathews, Nature

Press Mentions

  • Six from HMS Elected 2020 AAAS Fellows
    Six from HMS Elected 2020 AAAS FellowsNovember 24th, 2020
  • Hundreds of Genes May Contribute to Risk for Tourette’s Syndrome
    Hundreds of Genes May Contribute to Risk for Tourette’s SyndromeMarch 2nd, 2019
  • Major Genetic Study Confirms That Many Genes Contribute to Risk for Tourette's Syndrome
    Major Genetic Study Confirms That Many Genes Contribute to Risk for Tourette's SyndromeMarch 1st, 2019
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Grant Support

  • Large-Scale Collaborative Genetic and Epigenetic Studies of Tourette SyndromeMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2019–2025
  • Hoarding disorder in older adults: cognition, etiology and functional impactUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA2018–2025
  • Integrating Common and Rare Variation to Discover Genes Associated with Tourette SyndromeMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2018–2025
  • Large-scale collaborative genetic and epigenetic studies of Tourette SyndromeNIH/NINDS2019–2024
  • Hoarding and aging: epidemiology, neurocognition and etiologyNIH/NIMH2018–2023
  • Integrating common and rare variation to discover genes for Tourette SyndromeNIH/NINDS2018–2023
  • Translational Phenomics And Genomics Of Gilles DE LA Tourette SyndromeNational Institute Of Mental Health2009–2012
  • A Genetic Linkage Study Of GtsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2010

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