Florian Eichler
Clinical Expert
Board of Directors
Minory Therapeutics
Japan
Biography
Dr. Eichler is associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School (USA), assistant in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, director of the Leukodystrophy Clinic and director of the Center for Rare Neurological Diseases. Dr. Eichler studies monogenetic lipid metabolism disorders of the nervous system at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the genetics of peroxisomal disorders, lipid metabolism and spatial aspects of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Current projects include analyzing metabolic changes seen in the brain by MR measures and determining the neurotoxicity of newly discovered atypical sphingolipids.
Research Interest
neurology
