Matthew B. Stern, MD

Parker Family Professor Emeritus of Neurology at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Director Emeritus, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 

Dr. Stern co-founded University of Pennsylvania’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, which he helped build into one of the premier centers of its kind in the world. He is an inaugural member of Penn's Academy of Master Clinicians, and the University of Pennsylvania established the Howard Hurtig-Matthew Stern Professorship in Neurology. Penn also established the Matthew B. Stern, M.D. Lectureship in Neurology in 2022. He is the founding director of the Philadelphia VA Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center and a Past President of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.