Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Abraham Lieberman

Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center (MAPC) at Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA

Biography

Dr Lieberman was Muhammad Ali’s neurologist and encouraged him to become the face of the fight against Parkinson’s disease. Their bond led to the founding of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow in 1997.
Dr Lieberman treated more than 40,000 patients during his 50 years as a practising neurologist and is regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on Parkinson’s disease.

Publications

Falls in Parkinson Disease

Falls are a major risk for Parkinson disease patients (PD). We sought to understand why patients fall. In one study we followed 404 PD patients for a year, 204 of who fell at least once. We did not distinguish between single and recurrent fallers. In a second study we followed 249 different patients for a year, 205 of whom fell once and 44 fell mor... Read More»

Abraham Lieberman, Aman Deep and Thurmon Lockhart

Research Article: J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000248

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