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Brad A. Racette, MD, FAAN
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More than 30 years’ experience using botulinum toxin for limb disorders
More than 160 peer-reviewed publications
Brad A. Racette, MD, FAAN, is the Kemper and Ethel Marley Chair for Neurology, and Senior Vice President at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is also Professor and Academic Chair for Creighton University School of Medicine, Professor and Chair of the University of Arizona College of Medicine (Barrow Neurological Institute Campus), Professor of Translational Neurosciences for Arizona State University, Professor Emeritus at Washington University School of Medicine, and Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health (South Africa). He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Racette’s clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and management of all types of movement disorders, and he was named to the Best Doctors list in St. Louis for 14 consecutive years before moving to Barrow Neurological Institute. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association. He is the past chairman of the Neurological, Aging, and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a current member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He has served as an advisor for numerous international regulatory agencies.
Dr. Racette earned his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and his bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Princeton University in New Jersey. He completed his neurology residency and a fellowship in movement disorders at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He then joined the faculty at Washington University, where he held the roles of Robert Allan Finke Professor of Neurology and Executive Vice-Chairman of Neurology.
Dr. Racette’s research focuses on manganese neurotoxicity, environmental risk factors for Parkinson’s disease, and the use of administrative health care data to investigate neurological diseases. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications.
- Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Section of Movement Disorders, 1996-1998
- Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, Neurology, 1993-1996
- Internship, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1992-1993
- MD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 1992
- BA, Princeton University, Molecular Biology, 1988
- Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
- Member, Huntington Study Group
- Member, Parkinson’s Study Group
- Keystone Lecture, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016
- Zaffarano Lecture, Iowa State University, 2015
- Hanninen Lecture, International Congress of Occupational Health Scientific Committee on Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology, Cape Town, South Africa, 2013
- Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2014-2021
- Top Doctor, S. News and World Report, 2012-2022
- Top Provider, Washington University, 2010
- Fellow, American Neurological Association, 2004
- Fellow in Neuropharmacology, Seay Foundation, 1996-1997, 1997-1998
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Northwestern University Medical School Chapter, 1991
- Cum Laude, Princeton University, 1988
- Class of 1961 Scholarship, Princeton University, 1987
- Angus and Elizabeth Williams’ Scholarship, Princeton University, 1986
A predictive algorithm to identify ever smoking in medical claims-based epidemiologic studies
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Irene Faust, Mark Warden, Alejandra Camacho-Soto, Brad A. Racette, Susan Searles Nielsen
Neuroinflammation and white matter alterations in occupational manganese exposure assessed by diffusion basis spectrum imaging
Date: 04/2023
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, S R Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Irene M. Faust, Joshua S. Shimony, Robert L. White, Jason Lenox-Krug, Brad A. Racette
Protective Effects of Lovastatin in a Population-Based ALS Study and Mouse Model.
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Collin J Kreple, Susan Searles Nielsen, Kathleen M Schoch, Tao Shen, Mark Shabsovich, Yizhe Song, Brad A Racette, Timothy M Miller
Incidence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Older Adults.
Date: 06/2022
Authors: Alejandra Camacho-Soto, Susan Searles Nielsen, Irene M Faust, Robert C Bucelli, Timothy M Miller, Brad A Racette
Environmental manganese exposure and cognitive control in a South African population
Date: 03/2022
Authors: Brad A. Racette, Gill Nelson, Wendy W. Dlamini, Tamara Hershey, Pradeep Prathibha, Jay R. Turner, Harvey Checkoway, Lianne Sheppard, Susan Searles Nielsen
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- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
Brad A. Racette, MD, FAAN
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
More than 30 years’ experience using botulinum toxin for limb disorders
More than 160 peer-reviewed publications
Brad A. Racette, MD, FAAN, is the Kemper and Ethel Marley Chair for Neurology, and Senior Vice President at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is also Professor and Academic Chair for Creighton University School of Medicine, Professor and Chair of the University of Arizona College of Medicine (Barrow Neurological Institute Campus), Professor of Translational Neurosciences for Arizona State University, Professor Emeritus at Washington University School of Medicine, and Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health (South Africa). He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Racette’s clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and management of all types of movement disorders, and he was named to the Best Doctors list in St. Louis for 14 consecutive years before moving to Barrow Neurological Institute. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association. He is the past chairman of the Neurological, Aging, and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a current member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He has served as an advisor for numerous international regulatory agencies.
Dr. Racette earned his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and his bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Princeton University in New Jersey. He completed his neurology residency and a fellowship in movement disorders at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He then joined the faculty at Washington University, where he held the roles of Robert Allan Finke Professor of Neurology and Executive Vice-Chairman of Neurology.
Dr. Racette’s research focuses on manganese neurotoxicity, environmental risk factors for Parkinson’s disease, and the use of administrative health care data to investigate neurological diseases. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications.
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
- Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Section of Movement Disorders, 1996-1998
- Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, Neurology, 1993-1996
- Internship, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1992-1993
- MD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 1992
- BA, Princeton University, Molecular Biology, 1988
- Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
- Member, Huntington Study Group
- Member, Parkinson’s Study Group
- Keystone Lecture, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016
- Zaffarano Lecture, Iowa State University, 2015
- Hanninen Lecture, International Congress of Occupational Health Scientific Committee on Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology, Cape Town, South Africa, 2013
- Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2014-2021
- Top Doctor, S. News and World Report, 2012-2022
- Top Provider, Washington University, 2010
- Fellow, American Neurological Association, 2004
- Fellow in Neuropharmacology, Seay Foundation, 1996-1997, 1997-1998
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Northwestern University Medical School Chapter, 1991
- Cum Laude, Princeton University, 1988
- Class of 1961 Scholarship, Princeton University, 1987
- Angus and Elizabeth Williams’ Scholarship, Princeton University, 1986
A predictive algorithm to identify ever smoking in medical claims-based epidemiologic studies
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Irene Faust, Mark Warden, Alejandra Camacho-Soto, Brad A. Racette, Susan Searles Nielsen
Neuroinflammation and white matter alterations in occupational manganese exposure assessed by diffusion basis spectrum imaging
Date: 04/2023
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, S R Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Irene M. Faust, Joshua S. Shimony, Robert L. White, Jason Lenox-Krug, Brad A. Racette
Protective Effects of Lovastatin in a Population-Based ALS Study and Mouse Model.
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Collin J Kreple, Susan Searles Nielsen, Kathleen M Schoch, Tao Shen, Mark Shabsovich, Yizhe Song, Brad A Racette, Timothy M Miller
Incidence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Older Adults.
Date: 06/2022
Authors: Alejandra Camacho-Soto, Susan Searles Nielsen, Irene M Faust, Robert C Bucelli, Timothy M Miller, Brad A Racette
Environmental manganese exposure and cognitive control in a South African population
Date: 03/2022
Authors: Brad A. Racette, Gill Nelson, Wendy W. Dlamini, Tamara Hershey, Pradeep Prathibha, Jay R. Turner, Harvey Checkoway, Lianne Sheppard, Susan Searles Nielsen
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