Igor J. Koralnik, M.D.

Education

• University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland, M.D., 1987

Training

• 1987- 1990   Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1993 – 1996  Residency in Neurology, Harvard-Longwood Neurology Training  Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
• 1996 – 1997  Repeat Internship in Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, requested by the American Board of Neurology which does not recognize Internal Medicine training done in Switzerland
• 1990 – 1993  Post doctoral fellowship, Molecular Biology of Retroviruses, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Robert C. Gallo, MD, Chief.  National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Appointments

• 1997, Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 1997 – 2003, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 2003 – 2009, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 2009-present, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Honors

• 1990,  John Bizot Prize for MD thesis, Geneva University Medical School
• 1990 – 1991, Fellowship from the Swiss National Fund for Research
• 1991 – 1993, Advanced Researchers’ Fellowship, Swiss National Fund for Research
• 1991, Swiss Society of Internal Medicine Award
• 2001, Best Clinical Science Poster Award, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Research Day
• 2004, Elected to the American Neurological Association
• 2008, Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
• 2013- present, Elected Vice President, International Society for Neuro Virology