Jack, Sadie, and David Breakstone Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience),Harvard Medical School

Center for Neurologic Diseases
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, NRB641E
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

Tel: (617) 525-5330
Fax: (617) 525-5333

Email:dhafler@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Education & Training

• Emory University, Atlanta, GA, B.S., M.Sc, 1970-74, Chemistry
• University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, M.D., 1974-78, Medicine
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Intern, 1978-79, Medicine
• New York Hospital, Cornell Med. Ctr., NYC, Resident, 1979-82, Neurology
• The Rockefeller Univ. (Kunkel Lab), NYC Guest Invest, 1982, Immunology
• Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Fellow, 1983-84, Immunology

Research & Professional Experience

• 1984-99 Assistant, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
• 1988- Senior Neurologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
• 1995- Director, Molecular Immunology Lab., Dept. of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
• 1999 Jack, Sadie, and David Breakstone Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience), HMS
• 2002-2004 Research Scientist, Whitehead Institute, Human Genome Center, MIT
• Member (Associate) Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

Honors & Awards

• 1974, Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry
• 1977, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
• 1978, The Upjohn Achievement Award for Clinical Excellence
• 1985, Harry Weaver Scholar of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• 1991, American Neurological Association
• 1993, American Society of Clinical Investigation
• 2002 The Javits Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Major Committee Assignments

• 1998- Organizing Committee, Vth International Neuroimmunology Congress
• 1998- Chairman, International Multiple Sclerosis Cytokine Meeting
• 1999- Executive Council, Clinical Immunology Society
• 1999- Founder and Chair-Elect, Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS)

Editorial Boards

• 1989-94 Associate Editor, Journal of Immunology
• 1994- Editorial Board, Cellular Immunology
• 1998- Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Investigation
• 1998- Editorial Board, Journal of Neuroimmunology