Juan Sanchez Ramos Has Dedicated His Career to Cure Huntington’s & Parkinson’s Disease

Juan Sanchez-Ramos, MD, PhD, has dedicated much of his career to learning everything he can about Huntington’s disease, a rare hereditary neurodegenerative illness that impacts cognition, mood and movement.

His work has filled the medical literature with findings that offer a better understanding of how the disease begins, progresses, and is passed on to progeny. His work has led to a more practical method for delivery of gene therapy via a nose-to-brain instillation of nanoparticles. This approach is safe,  non-invasive and does not need neurosurgical intervention.

This month, Dr. Sanchez-Ramos is retiring from USF Health, leaving a legacy of valuable work and a story for others to know – that the path into and across a career is not always a straight line.

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