Daniel Weintraub, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Dr. Weintraub is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Psychiatrist at the Parkinson’s Disease Center at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. A board-certified geriatric psychiatrist, he conducts clinical research in the psychiatric and cognitive complications of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. He has been PI or Core Lead on grants from NIH, Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Pennsylvania, the Fox Foundation, the Movement Disorder Society, and industry-sponsored studies. He is on the Executive Steering Committee for the Fox Foundation-funded PPMI study; serves on the Steering Committee of the Movement Disorders Society Non-Motor PD Study Group; and is co-Chair of the Cognitive Subgroup for the NINDS Common Data Elements. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Council of the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) and is an Advisor to the Critical Path for Parkinson’s Consortium (CPP) of the Critical Path Institute. Dr. Weintraub also is a long-time Associate Editor of Movement Disorders Journal.