Peter Lewitt, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Neurology and Pharmacology, Sastry Foundation Endowed Chair in Parkinson Disease Research; Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Henry Ford Hospital · Wayne State University School of Medicine
Peter Lewitt is Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology, Sastry Foundation Endowed Chair in Parkinson Disease Research; Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Henry Ford Hospital at Wayne State University School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 312 publications with 22,843 citations (h-index 61); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Neurology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Peter A. LeWitt, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology, Sastry Foundation Endowed Chair in Parkinson Disease Research at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. The public record shows 312 publications with 22,843 citations (h-index 61), centered on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurological disorders and treatments, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 23 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (1990–2006).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Brain
- Top research focus: Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 23 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 10 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 171.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Acamprosate and Methazolamide for Essential Tremor
Sponsor: Henry Ford Health System
- A Study of AP-CD/LD in Fluctuating Parkinson's Disease Patients Who Completed IN 11 004
Sponsor: Intec Pharma Ltd.
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
23 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- MDD US Operations, LLCProgram year202544 payments$33,705openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- H. Lundbeck A SProgram year20252 payments
- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals IncProgram year20253 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
91.5%Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylation Inhibitor53.2%Carbidopa-Levodopa85%Carbidopa-Levodopa Er9%Rytary6%Part D<11 patientsAtypical Antipsychotic6.8%Quetiapine Fumarate100%Part D<11 patients+ 8 more classes in this area
Musculoskeletal
4.3%gamma-Aminobutyric Acid-ergic Agonist4.3%Baclofen100%Part D<11 patientsCardiovascular
4.3%Beta blocker4.3%Propranolol Hcl Er100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 1990–2006 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Southeastern Michigan Parkinson's Disease Program
William Beaumont Hospital Research Inst
FY2006$10,000U10NS044468 - Nocardia: A Novel Environmental Agent For Parkinsonism?
William Beaumont Hospital Research Inst
FY2003$343,661R01ES010793 - Southeastern Michigan Parkinson's Disease Program
William Beaumont Hospital Research Inst
FY2003$77,126U10NS044468
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- A Systematic Review of the Parkinson's Foundation Hospital Care Recommendations.
Movement disorders clinical practice
Review2026 - Serum L-ornithine-derived polyamines as indicators of Parkinson disease progression.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria
Article2025
Most-cited works
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/peter-lewitt-1025ba16
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Mentions by others
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LinkedIn profile: Peter LeWitt - Neurologist at Henry Ford Hospital
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →icpoep.com ↗
- MD
Brown University School of Medicine
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Brown University
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Neurology
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- President
Tremor Research Group
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Parkinson Study Group
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Michigan Parkinson Foundation
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International Essential Tremor Foundation
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Movement Disorder Fellowship Program, Wayne State University
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Awards & honors
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- Research fellow
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, with appointment as Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Public Health Service
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Director
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program, Henry Ford Hospital, West Bloomfield/Detroit, MI
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Media & interviews
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NeurologyLive (Clinical Neurology News)
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