Maureen Leehey, MD
Professor Emerita, Neurology

Professional Titles

• Professor of Neurology
• Chief, Movement Disorders Section

Recognition & Awards

• Awarded the title of Fellow Member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Neurology (2016)

Research Interests

Publications

• Schwarzschild MA, Ascherio A, Casaceli C, Curhan GC, Fitzgerald R, Kamp C, Lungu C, Macklin EA, Marek K, Mozaffarian D, Oakes D, Rudolph A, Shoulson I, Videnovic A, Scott B, Gauger L, Aldred J, Bixby M, Ciccarello J, Gunzler SA, Henchcliffe C, Brodsky M, Keith K, Hauser RA, Goetz C, LeDoux MS, Hinson V, Kumar R, Espay AJ, Jimenez-Shahed J, Hunter C, Christine C, Daley A, Leehey M, de Marcaida JA, Friedman JH, Hung A, Bwala G, Litvan I, Simon DK, Simuni T, Poon C, Schiess MC, Chou K, Park A, Bhatti D, Peterson C, Criswell SR, Rosenthal L, Durphy J, Shill HA, Mehta SH, Ahmed A, Deik AF, Fang JY, Stover N, Zhang L, Dewey RB Jr, Gerald A, Boyd JT, Houston E, Suski V, Mosovsky S, Cloud L, Shah BB, Saint-Hilaire M, James R, Zauber SE, Reich S, Shprecher D, Pahwa R, Langhammer A, LaFaver K, LeWitt PA, Kaminski P, Goudreau J, Russell D, Houghton DJ, Laroche A, Thomas K, McGraw M, Mari Z, Serrano C, Blindauer K, Rabin M, Kurlan R, Morgan JC, Soileau M, Ainslie M, Bodis-Wollner I, Schneider RB, Waters C, Ratel AS, Beck CA, Bolger P, Callahan KF, Crotty GF, Klements D, Kostrzebski M, McMahon GM, Pothier L, Waikar SS, Lang A, Mestre T. Effect of Urate-Elevating Inosine on Early Parkinson Disease Progression: The SURE-PD3 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Sep 14;326(10):926-939. PubMed PMID: 34519802
• Trevino CE, Rounds JC, Charen K, Shubeck L, Hipp HS, Spencer JB, Johnston HR, Cutler DJ, Zwick ME, Epstein MP, Murray A, Macpherson JN, Mila M, Rodriguez-Revenga L, Berry-Kravis E, Hall DA, Leehey MA, Liu Y, Welt C, Warren ST, Sherman SL, Jin P, Allen EG. Identifying susceptibility genes for primary ovarian insufficiency on the high-risk genetic background of a fragile X premutation. Fertil Steril. 2021 Sep;116(3):843-854. PubMed PMID: 34016428
• Sempio C, Almaraz-Quinones N, Jackson M, Zhao W, Wang GS, Liu Y, Leehey M, Knupp K, Klawitter J, Christians U, Klawitter J. Simultaneous Quantification of 17 Cannabinoids bY LC-MS-MS in Human Plasma. J Anal Toxicol. 2021 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33754154
• Hall DA, Robertson EE, Leehey M, McAsey A, Ouyang B, Berry-Kravis E, O'Keefe JA. Open-label pilot clinical trial of citicoline for fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). PLoS One. 2020;15(2):e0225191. PubMed PMID: 32053612
• Leehey MA, Liu Y, Hart F, Epstein C, Cook M, Sillau S, Klawitter J, Newman H, Sempio C, Forman L, Seeberger L. Safety and Tolerability of Cannabidiol in Parkinson Disease: An Open Label, Dose-Escalation Study. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 2020 Mar 19.
• The Evidence for Cannabis Use in Movement Disorders. In Cannabis in Medicine An Evidence Based Approach. Finn, Kenneth (Ed.). [in press]
• Leehey MA, Liu Y, Hart F, Epstein C, Cook M, Sillau S, Klawitter J, Newman H, Sempio C, Forman L, Seeberger L, Klepitskaya O, Baud Z, Bainbridge J. Safety and Tolerability of Cannabidiol in Parkinson Disease: An Open Label, Dose-Escalation Study. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2020;5(4):326-336. PubMed PMID: 33381646
• Rietcheck HR, Maghfour J, Rundle CW, Husayn SS, Presley CL, Sillau SH, Liu Y, Leehey MA, Dunnick CA, Dellavalle RP. A Review of the Current Evidence Connecting Seborrheic Dermatitis and Parkinson's Disease and the Potential Role of Oral Cannabinoids. Dermatology. 2020 Dec 17;:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33333525
• Hall DA, Leehey MA, Hagerman RJ, Pelak VS. Eye Movements in Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol. 2020 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33110011
• Hall DA, Robertson EE, Leehey M, McAsey A, Ouyang B, Berry-Kravis E, O'Keefe JA. Open-label pilot clinical trial of citicoline for fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). PLoS One. 2020;15(2):e0225191. PubMed PMID: 32053612
• Hall DA, Stebbins GT, Jacquemont S, Berry-Kravis E, Goetz CG, Hagerman R, Zhang L, Leehey MA. Clinimetric Properties of the Fragile X-associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome Rating Scale. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2019 Feb;6(2):120-124. PubMed PMID: 30838310
• Piquet AL, Khan M, Warner JEA, Wicklund MP, Bennett JL, Leehey MA, Seeberger L, Schreiner TL, Paz Soldan MM, Clardy SL. Novel clinical features of glycine receptor antibody syndrome: A series of 17 cases. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 Sep;6(5):e592. PubMed PMID: 31355325
• Shickman R, Famula J, Tassone F, Leehey M, Ferrer E, Rivera SM, Hessl D. Age- and CGG repeat-related slowing of manual movement in fragile X carriers: A prodrome of fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome?. Mov Disord. 2018 Apr;33(4):628-636. PubMed PMID: 29389022
• Leehey M, Luo S, Sharma S, Wills AA, Bainbridge JL, Wong PS, Simon DK, Schneider J, Zhang Y, Pérez A, Dhall R, Christine CW, Singer C, Cambi F, Boyd JT. Association of metabolic syndrome and change in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale scores. Neurology. 2017 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28972194
• Hauser RA, Li R, Pérez A, Ren X, Weintraub D, Elm J, Goudreau JL, Morgan JC, Fang JY, Aminoff MJ, Christine CW, Dhall R, Umeh CC, Boyd JT, Stover N, Leehey M, Zweig RM, Nicholas AP, Bodis-Wollner I, Willis A, Kieburtz K, Tilley BC. Longer Duration of MAO-B Inhibitor Exposure is Associated with Less Clinical Decline in Parkinson's Disease: An Analysis of NET-PD LS1. J Parkinsons Dis. 2017;7(1):117-127. PubMed PMID: 27911341
• Klawitter J, Sempio C, Mörlein S, De Bloois E, Klepacki J, Henthorn T, Leehey MA, Hoffenberg EJ, Knupp K, Wang GS, Hopfer C, Kinney G, Bowler R, Foreman N, Galinkin J, Christians U, Klawitter J. An Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization MS/MS Assay Using Online Extraction for the Analysis of 11 Cannabinoids and Metabolites in Human Plasma and Urine. Ther Drug Monit. 2017 Oct;39(5):556-564. PubMed PMID: 28640062
• Niethammer M, Tang CC, LeWitt PA, Rezai AR, Leehey MA, Ojemann SG, Flaherty AW, Eskandar EN, Kostyk SK, Sarkar A, Siddiqui MS, Tatter SB, Schwalb JM, Poston KL, Henderson JM, Kurlan RM, Richard IH, Sapan CV, Eidelberg D, During MJ, Kaplitt MG, Feigin A. Long-term follow-up of a randomized AAV2- GAD gene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease. JCI Insight. 2017 Apr 6;2(7):e90133. PubMed PMID: 28405611
• Klawitter J, Sempio C, Mörlein S, De Bloois E, Klepacki J, Henthorn T, Leehey MA, Hoffenberg EJ, Knupp K, Wang GS, Hopfer C, Kinney G, Bowler R, Foreman N, Galinkin J, Christians U, Klawitter J. An Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization MS/MS Assay Using Online Extraction for the Analysis of 11 Cannabinoids and Metabolites in Human Plasma and Urine. Ther Drug Monit. 2017 Oct;39(5):556-564. PubMed PMID: 28640062
• Leehey M, Luo S, Sharma S, Wills AA, Bainbridge JL, Wong PS, Simon DK, Schneider J, Zhang Y, Pérez A, Dhall R, Christine CW, Singer C, Cambi F, Boyd JT. Association of metabolic syndrome and change in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale scores. Neurology. 2017 Oct 24;89(17):1789-1794. PubMed PMID: 28972194
• Niethammer M, Tang CC, LeWitt PA, Rezai AR, Leehey MA, Ojemann SG, Flaherty AW, Eskandar EN, Kostyk SK, Sarkar A, Siddiqui MS, Tatter SB, Schwalb JM, Poston KL, Henderson JM, Kurlan RM, Richard IH, Sapan CV, Eidelberg D, During MJ, Kaplitt MG, Feigin A. Long-term follow-up of a randomized AAV2- GAD gene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease. JCI Insight. 2017 Apr 6;2(7):e90133. PubMed PMID: 28405611
• Hauser RA, Li R, Pérez A, Ren X, Weintraub D, Elm J, Goudreau JL, Morgan JC, Fang JY, Aminoff MJ, Christine CW, Dhall R, Umeh CC, Boyd JT, Stover N, Leehey M, Zweig RM, Nicholas AP, Bodis-Wollner I, Willis A, Kieburtz K, Tilley BC. Longer Duration of MAO-B Inhibitor Exposure is Associated with Less Clinical Decline in Parkinson's Disease: An Analysis of NET-PD LS1. J Parkinsons Dis. 2017;7(1):117-127. PubMed PMID: 27911341
• Hauser RA, Li R, Pérez A, Ren X, Weintraub D, Elm J, Goudreau JL, Morgan JC, Fang JY, Aminoff MJ, Christine CW, Dhall R, Umeh CC, Boyd JT, Stover N, Leehey M, Zweig RM, Nicholas AP, Bodis-Wollner I, Willis A, Kieburtz K, Tilley BC. Longer Duration of MAO-B Inhibitor Exposure is Associated with Less Clinical Decline in Parkinson's Disease: An Analysis of NET-PD LS1. J Parkinsons Dis. 2016 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27911341
• Berman BD, Smucny J, Wylie KP, Shelton E, Kronberg E, Leehey M, Tregellas JR. Levodopa modulates small-world architecture of functional brain networks in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2016 Nov;31(11):1676-1684. PubMed PMID: 27461405
• Goudreau JL, Pérez A, Aminoff MJ, Boyd JT, Burau KD, Christine CW, Leehey M, Morgan JC. Choice of dopaminergic therapy among early, mild Parkinson disease subjects in North America. J Neurol Sci. 2016 Jul 15;366:74-81. PubMed PMID: 27288780
• Wills AA, Pérez A, Wang J, Su X, Morgan J, Rajan SS, Leehey MA, Pontone GM, Chou KL, Umeh C, Mari Z, Boyd J. Association Between Change in Body Mass Index, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Scores, and Survival Among Persons With Parkinson Disease: Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data From NINDS Exploratory Trials in Parkinson Disease Long-term Study 1. JAMA Neurol. 2016 Jan 11;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26751506
• Wills AM, Pérez A, Wang J, Su X, Morgan J, Rajan SS, Leehey MA, Pontone GM, Chou KL, Umeh C, Mari Z, Boyd J. Association Between Change in Body Mass Index, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Scores, and Survival Among Persons With Parkinson Disease: Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data From NINDS Exploratory Trials in Parkinson Disease Long-term Study 1. JAMA Neurol. 2016 Mar;73(3):321-8. PubMed PMID: 26751506
• Hall D, Todorova-Koteva K, Pandya S, Bernard B, Ouyang B, Walsh M, Pounardjian T, Deburghraeve C, Zhou L, Losh M, Leehey M, Berry-Kravis E. Neurological and endocrine phenotypes of fragile X carrier women. Clin Genet. 2016 Jan;89(1):60-7. PubMed PMID: 26212380
• Debrey SM, Leehey MA, Klepitskaya O, Filley CM, Shah RC, Kluger B, Berry-Kravis E, Spector E, Tassone F, Hall DA. Clinical Phenotype of Adult Fragile X Gray Zone Allele Carriers: a Case Series. Cerebellum. 2016 Oct;15(5):623-31. PubMed PMID: 27372099
• Hall D, Todorova-Koteva K, Pandya S, Bernard B, Ouyang B, Walsh M, Pounardjian T, Deburghraeve C, Zhou L, Losh M, Leehey M, Berry-Kravis E. Neurological and endocrine phenotypes of fragile X carrier women. Clin Genet. 2016 Jan;89(1):60-7. PubMed PMID: 26212380
• Debrey SM, Leehey MA, Klepitskaya O, Filley CM, Shah RC, Kluger B, Berry-Kravis E, Spector E, Tassone F, Hall DA. Clinical Phenotype of Adult Fragile X Gray Zone Allele Carriers: a Case Series. Cerebellum. 2016 Oct;15(5):623-31. PubMed PMID: 27372099
• Berman BD, Smucny J, Wylie KP, Shelton E, Kronberg E, Leehey M, Tregellas JR. Levodopa modulates small-world architecture of functional brain networks in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2016 Nov;31(11):1676-1684. PubMed PMID: 27461405
• Goudreau JL, Pérez A, Aminoff MJ, Boyd JT, Burau KD, Christine CW, Leehey M, Morgan JC. Choice of dopaminergic therapy among early, mild Parkinson disease subjects in North America. J Neurol Sci. 2016 Jul 15;366:74-81. PubMed PMID: 27288780
• Wills AM, Pérez A, Wang J, Su X, Morgan J, Rajan SS, Leehey MA, Pontone GM, Chou KL, Umeh C, Mari Z, Boyd J. Association Between Change in Body Mass Index, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Scores, and Survival Among Persons With Parkinson Disease: Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data From NINDS Exploratory Trials in Parkinson Disease Long-term Study 1. JAMA Neurol. 2016 Mar;73(3):321-8. PubMed PMID: 26751506
• Hall D, Todorova-Koteva K, Pandya S, Bernard B, Ouyang B, Walsh M, Pounardjian T, Deburghraeve C, Zhou L, Losh M, Leehey M, Berry-Kravis E. Neurological and endocrine phenotypes of fragile X carrier women. Clin Genet. 2016 Jan;89(1):60-7. PubMed PMID: 26212380
• Writing Group for the NINDS Exploratory Trials in Parkinson Disease (NET-PD) Investigators, Kieburtz K, Tilley BC, Elm JJ, Babcock D, Hauser R, Ross GW, Augustine AH, Augustine EU, Aminoff MJ, Bodis-Wollner IG, Boyd J, Cambi F, Chou K, Christine CW, Cines M, Dahodwala N, Derwent L, Dewey RB Jr, Hawthorne K, Houghton DJ, Kamp C, Leehey M, Lew MF, Liang GS, Luo ST, Mari Z, Morgan JC, Parashos S, Pérez A, Petrovitch H, Rajan S, Reichwein S, Roth JT, Schneider JS, Shannon KM, Simon DK, Simuni T, Singer C, Sudarsky L, Tanner CM, Umeh CC, Williams K, Wills AM. Effect of creatine monohydrate on clinical progression in patients with Parkinson disease: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2015 Feb 10;313(6):584-93. PubMed PMID: 25668262
• Fang JY, Pérez A, Christine CW, Leehey M, Aminoff MJ, Boyd JT, Morgan JC, Dhall R, Nicholas AP, Bodis-Wollner I, Zweig RM, Goudreau JL, NINDS NET-PD Investigators. Parkinson's disease severity and use of dopaminergic medications. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 Mar;21(3):297-9. PubMed PMID: 25541182
• Hall DA, Birch RC, Anheim M, Jønch AE, Pintado E, O'Keefe JA, Trollor JN, Stebbins GT, Hagerman RJ, Fahn S, Berry-Kravis E, Leehey MA. Erratum: Emerging topics in FXTAS. J Neurodev Disord. 2015;7(1):13. PubMed PMID: 25852777
• Kieburtz K, Tilley BC, Elm JJ, Babcock D, Hauser R, Ross GW, Augustine AH, Augustine EU, Aminoff MJ, Bodis-Wollner IG, Boyd J, Cambi F, Chou K, Christine CW, Cines M, Dahodwala N, Derwent L, Dewey RB Jr, Hawthorne K, Houghton DJ, Kamp C, Leehey M, Lew MF, Liang GS, Luo ST, Mari Z, Morgan JC, Parashos S, Pérez A, Petrovitch H, Rajan S, Reichwein S, Roth JT, Schneider JS, Shannon KM, Simon DK, Simuni T, Singer C, Sudarsky L, Tanner CM, Umeh CC, Williams K, Wills AM. Effect of creatine monohydrate on clinical progression in patients with Parkinson disease: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2015 Feb 10;313(6):584-93. PubMed PMID: 25668262
• Fang JY, Pérez A, Christine CW, Leehey M, Aminoff MJ, Boyd JT, Morgan JC, Dhall R, Nicholas AP, Bodis-Wollner I, Zweig RM, Goudreau JL. Parkinson's disease severity and use of dopaminergic medications. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 Mar;21(3):297-9. PubMed PMID: 25541182
• Niu YQ, Yang JC, Hall DA, Leehey MA, Tassone F, Olichney JM, Hagerman RJ, Zhang L. Parkinsonism in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): Revisited. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24491663
• The Parkinson Study Group QE3 Investigators, Beal MF, Oakes D, Shoulson I, Henchcliffe C, Galpern WR, Haas R, Juncos JL, Nutt JG, Voss TS, Ravina B, Shults CM, Helles K, Snively V, Lew MF, Griebner B, Watts A, Gao S, Pourcher E, Bond L, Kompoliti K, Agarwal P, Sia C, Jog M, Cole L, Sultana M, Kurlan R, Richard I, Deeley C, Waters CH, Figueroa A, Arkun A, Brodsky M, Ondo WG, Hunter CB, Jimenez-Shahed J, Palao A, Miyasaki JM, So J, Tetrud J, Reys L, Smith K, Singer C, Blenke A, Russell DS, Cotto C, Friedman JH, Lannon M, Zhang L, Drasby E, Kumar R, Subramanian T, Ford DS, Grimes DA, Cote D, Conway J, Siderowf AD, Evatt ML, Sommerfeld B, Lieberman AN, Okun MS, Rodriguez RL, Merritt S, Swartz CL, Martin WR, King P, Stover N, Guthrie S, Watts RL, Ahmed A, Fernandez HH, Winters A, Mari Z, Dawson TM, Dunlop B, Feigin AS, Shannon B, Nirenberg MJ, Ogg M, Ellias SA, Thomas CA, Frei K, Bodis-Wollner I, Glazman S, Mayer T, Hauser RA, Pahwa R, Langhammer A, Ranawaya R, Derwent L, Sethi KD, Farrow B, Prakash R, Litvan I, Robinson A, Sahay A, Gartner M, Hinson VK, Markind S, Pelikan M, Perlmutter JS, Hartlein J, Molho E, Evans S, Adler CH, Duffy A, Lind M, Elmer L, Davis K, Spears J, Wilson S, Leehey MA, Hermanowicz N, Niswonger S, Shill HA, Obradov S, Rajput A, Cowper M, Lessig S, Song D, Fontaine D, Zadikoff C, Williams K, Blindauer KA, Bergholte J, Propsom CS, Stacy MA, Field J, Mihaila D, Chilton M, Uc EY, Sieren J, Simon DK, Kraics L, Silver A, Boyd JT, Hamill RW, Ingvoldstad C, Young J, Thomas K, Kostyk SK, Wojcieszek J, Pfeiffer RF, Panisset M, Beland M, Reich SG, Cines M, Zappala N, Rivest J, Zweig R, Lumina LP, Hilliard CL, Grill S, Kellermann M, Tuite P, Rolandelli S, Kang UJ, Young J, Rao J, Cook MM, Severt L, Boyar K. A Randomized Clinical Trial of High-Dosage Coenzyme Q10 in Early Parkinson Disease: No Evidence of Benefit. JAMA Neurol. 2014 Mar 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24664227
• Hall DA, Birch RC, Anheim M, Jønch AE, Pintado E, O'Keefe J, Trollor JN, Stebbins GT, Hagerman RJ, Fahn S, Berry-Kravis E, Leehey MA. Emerging topics in FXTAS. J Neurodev Disord. 2014;6(1):31. PubMed PMID: 25642984
• Parkinson Study Group QE3 Investigators, Beal MF, Oakes D, Shoulson I, Henchcliffe C, Galpern WR, Haas R, Juncos JL, Nutt JG, Voss TS, Ravina B, Shults CM, Helles K, Snively V, Lew MF, Griebner B, Watts A, Gao S, Pourcher E, Bond L, Kompoliti K, Agarwal P, Sia C, Jog M, Cole L, Sultana M, Kurlan R, Richard I, Deeley C, Waters CH, Figueroa A, Arkun A, Brodsky M, Ondo WG, Hunter CB, Jimenez-Shahed J, Palao A, Miyasaki JM, So J, Tetrud J, Reys L, Smith K, Singer C, Blenke A, Russell DS, Cotto C, Friedman JH, Lannon M, Zhang L, Drasby E, Kumar R, Subramanian T, Ford DS, Grimes DA, Cote D, Conway J, Siderowf AD, Evatt ML, Sommerfeld B, Lieberman AN, Okun MS, Rodriguez RL, Merritt S, Swartz CL, Martin WR, King P, Stover N, Guthrie S, Watts RL, Ahmed A, Fernandez HH, Winters A, Mari Z, Dawson TM, Dunlop B, Feigin AS, Shannon B, Nirenberg MJ, Ogg M, Ellias SA, Thomas CA, Frei K, Bodis-Wollner I, Glazman S, Mayer T, Hauser RA, Pahwa R, Langhammer A, Ranawaya R, Derwent L, Sethi KD, Farrow B, Prakash R, Litvan I, Robinson A, Sahay A, Gartner M, Hinson VK, Markind S, Pelikan M, Perlmutter JS, Hartlein J, Molho E, Evans S, Adler CH, Duffy A, Lind M, Elmer L, Davis K, Spears J, Wilson S, Leehey MA, Hermanowicz N, Niswonger S, Shill HA, Obradov S, Rajput A, Cowper M, Lessig S, Song D, Fontaine D, Zadikoff C, Williams K, Blindauer KA, Bergholte J, Propsom CS, Stacy MA, Field J, Mihaila D, Chilton M, Uc EY, Sieren J, Simon DK, Kraics L, Silver A, Boyd JT, Hamill RW, Ingvoldstad C, Young J, Thomas K, Kostyk SK, Wojcieszek J, Pfeiffer RF, Panisset M, Beland M, Reich SG, Cines M, Zappala N, Rivest J, Zweig R, Lumina LP, Hilliard CL, Grill S, Kellermann M, Tuite P, Rolandelli S, Kang UJ, Young J, Rao J, Cook MM, Severt L, Boyar K. A randomized clinical trial of high-dosage coenzyme Q10 in early Parkinson disease: no evidence of benefit. JAMA Neurol. 2014 May;71(5):543-52. PubMed PMID: 24664227
• Niu YQ, Yang JC, Hall DA, Leehey MA, Tassone F, Olichney JM, Hagerman RJ, Zhang L. Parkinsonism in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): revisited. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Apr;20(4):456-9. PubMed PMID: 24491663
• Seritan AL, Nguyen DV, Mu Y, Tassone F, Bourgeois JA, Schneider A, Cogswell JB, Cook KR, Leehey MA, Grigsby J, Olichney JM, Adams PE, Legg W, Zhang L, Hagerman PJ, Hagerman RJ. Memantine for fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2014 Mar;75(3):264-71. PubMed PMID: 24345444
• Klepitskaya O, Neuwelt AJ, Nguyen T, Leehey M. Primary dystonia misinterpreted as Parkinson disease: Video case presentation and practical clues. Neurol Clin Pract. 2013 Dec;3(6):469-474. PubMed PMID: 24353921
• Seritan AL, Nguyen DV, Mu Y, Tassone F, Bourgeois JA, Schneider A, Cogswell JB, Cook KR, Leehey MA, Grigsby J, Olichney JM, Adams PE, Legg W, Zhang L, Hagerman PJ, Hagerman RJ. Memantine for fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24345444
• Leehey MA, Pelak V, Hall D. Eye Movements in Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. [in press]
• Rietcheck H, Maghfour J, Rundle C, Husayn S, Presley C, Sillau S, Liu Y, Leehey MA, Dunnick C, Dellavalle R. A Review of the Current Evidence Connecting Seborrheic Dermatitis and Parkinson’s Disease and the Potential Role of Oral Cannabinoids. Dermatology. [In Press]

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology, Member
• Movement Disorder Society, Member
• American Neurological Association, Member
• National Fragile X Foundation, Member
• Parkinson Disease Study Group, Member
• University of Texas Houston Medical School Alumni Association, Member
• National Ataxia Foundation, Member