Roy Freeman, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Roy Freeman is Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 382 publications with 35,733 citations (h-index 79); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 8 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Neurology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 17 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Roy L. Freeman, MD, is Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School). The public record shows 382 publications with 35,733 citations (h-index 79), centered on Neurology. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 17 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (1995–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Movement disorders
- Top research focus: Neurology
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 17 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; 12 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
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Updated 18 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- The Functional Neuroanatomy of the Human Physiological Stress Response
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Hypoglycemia and Autonomic Nervous System Function-B
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Hypoglycemia and Autonomic Nervous System Function- B2
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
17 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATEDProgram year20257 payments$10,326openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- H. Lundbeck A SProgram year20253 payments
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20251 payment
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.
Cardiovascular
100%Adrenergic and dopaminergic agents100%Droxidopa100%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 18 Oct 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 1995–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- From Nerve to Brain: Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Human Subjects
Massachusetts General Hospital
FY2026$758,578RM1NS128741 - Sensory Phenotyping to Enhance Neuropathic Pain Drug Development
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
FY2025$7,081,684UH3NS130592 - From Nerve to Brain: Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Human Subjects
Massachusetts General Hospital
FY2025$3,986,147RM1NS128741
Publications
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha-Synuclein in Lewy Body Dementia.
Annals of clinical and translational neurology
Article2026 - Cerebral Blood Flow Dynamics in Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.
Meta-analysis2025 - Cutaneous amyloid is a biomarker in early ATTRv neuropathy and progresses across disease stages.
Annals of clinical and translational neurology
Article2022
Online presence
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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linkedin.com/in/roy-freeman-493214123
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americanautonomicsociety.org/physician-directory/dr-roy-freeman
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cardiometabolichealth.org/faculty/roy-freeman
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michaeljfox.org/researcher/roy-freeman-md
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Background & recognition
Updated 18 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 →doximity.com ↗
- MB ChB
University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cme.utsouthwestern.edu ↗ - provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director
Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →michaeljfox.org ↗ - Former President
American Autonomic Society
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Former Chairman
Autonomic Section, American Academy of Neurology
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Former Chairman
World Federation of Neurology research group on the autonomic nervous system
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Editor-in-Chief
Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical (Elsevier)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →journals.elsevier.com ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Irwin Schatz Award for Autonomic Disorders
American Academy of Neurology (endowed by Lundbeck, Inc.), presented at AAN 71st Annual Meeting
2019
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Director and Senior Scientific Advisor / co-founder
CND Life Sciences
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Executive and Steering Committees, ACTTION (Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks), FDA public-private partnership
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Editorial board member
Clinical Autonomic Research
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →link.springer.com ↗ - Editorial board member
The Clinical Journal of Pain / Pain: Clinical Updates
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →michaeljfox.org ↗
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