Overview
Updated 14 Jul 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 focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 12 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 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
InvestigatorCompletedNCT03867344 - Hypoglycemia and Autonomic Nervous System Function-B
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
InvestigatorPhase 4CompletedNCT03429946 - Hypoglycemia and Autonomic Nervous System Function- B2
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
InvestigatorCompletedNCT03422471
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 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
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 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 14 Jul 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
2026 - Cerebral Blood Flow Dynamics in Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.
2025 - Cutaneous amyloid is a biomarker in early ATTRv neuropathy and progresses across disease stages.
Annals of clinical and translational neurology
2022
Contact
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Office address
330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees 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 rolesjournal 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 ↗
Awards & honorshonors 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 affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Director and Senior Scientific Advisor / co-founder
CND Life Sciences
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 ↗ - Member
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 ↗
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/roy-freeman-md
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linkedin.com/in/roy-freeman-493214123
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researchgate.net/profile/Roy-Freeman-2
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
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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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