Dr. Maria Gonzalez Duarte Briseno

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dr. Gonzalez-Duarte is a neurologist and internist currently serving as a Carl Seaman Family Clinical Associate Professor of Dysautonomia Treatment and Research in the Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. As the Assistant Director of the Dysautonomia Research Laboratory, she focuses her research and clinical practice on rare autonomic disorders. Dr. Gonzalez-Duarte is the principal investigator of trials related to transthyretin amyloidosis and has published extensively on the disease. She is also involved in studies concerning congenital diseases, familial dysautonomia, and congenital insensitivity to pain. In addition to her research, she has managed patients with infectious, inflammatory, and degenerative autonomic disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to works addressing neurological autonomic complications and bioethical challenges during this time. Her expertise encompasses internal medicine and neurology, and she has postdoctoral fellowships in neuroinfectious diseases and autonomic nervous system disorders, as well as a master’s degree in bioethics. She has served on the Institutional Review Board for Bioethics Research for several years.

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Bachelor's degree from accredited institution Strong background in biological, chemical, physical, or mathematical sciences
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Specialization Notes

Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.