Dr. Lorraine Kalia | Director

Dr. Lorraine Kalia MD, PhD, FRCPC, Director of DWP's Research Committee graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School and had a brief professional ballet career as an apprentice with the National Ballet of Canada and a corps de ballet member with the National Ballet of Portugal. She then pursued academic training to become a clinician scientist, obtaining a BSc (Biology) at Queen’s University, MD/PhD (Neuroscience) at University of Toronto, FRCPC (Neurology) at University of Toronto, a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, a movement disorders fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital. Currently, Lorraine is an associate professor in the Division of Neurology University of Toronto, and a senior scientist at the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network. She is a movement disorders neurologist. Her clinical work and research program focus on improving the understanding and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.