Jay Nutt, M.D.

Academic and Clinical Positions

Co-Founder and Director of the OHSU Parkinson Center of Oregon (PCO) and Movement Disorders Program and Co-Director of the Portland VAMC Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center.

Biography

Dr. Nutt's care philosophy is "to provide thoughtful and comprehensive care to people with movement disorders." Along with movement disorders, his special interests also include clinical neuropharmacology and neurogenetics. Dr. Nutt is currently engaged in movement disorder-related clinical trials, including deep brain stimulation, neuroprotective and neurorestorative therapies for Parkinson's disease, and mechanisms of dopaminergic agents in Parkinson's disease.

Professional Education

• Degree:
  M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1970
  
• Residency:
  Neurology - University of Washington, Seattle
• Fellowships:
  Clinical fellowship, Addiction Research Institute in Lexington, Kentucky, 1973
  Clinical fellowship, NIH-NINDS Experimental Therapeutics Branch, 1978