Jeremy Dan Schmahmann, MD

Jeremy Dan Schmahmann, MD

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4.843357 average rating from 143 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Waltham, MA
  • Boston, MA

Jeremy D. Schmahmann, M.D. is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and Neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital where he is Founding Director of the Ataxia Center (1994), Director of the Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology, and a member of the Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit. Dr. Schmahmann received his medical degree with distinction at the University of Cape Town, winning the Nestle Prize (pediatrics) and Wilfrid Exner Bauman Prize (best student). Dr. Schmahmann completed residency in the Neurological Unit of the Boston City Hospital, and Anatomy and Neurobiology Fellowship in the Boston University School of Medicine. He joined the MGH faculty in 1989 and has been cited in The Best Doctors in America since 1996. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the American Neuropsychiatric Association.

Dr. Schmahmann won the American Academy of Neurology’s Norman Geschwind Prize (2000) for pioneering work on the role of the cerebellum in cognition and emotion, and description of the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (now, Schmahmann’s syndrome). He received the American Neurological Association’s Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award (2008), Harvard Medical School’s Special Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching (2013), and visiting professorships throughout the USA and Europe. He is past president of the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry and the American Neuropsychiatric Association, on the Executive of the Society for Research on the Cerebellum and Ataxias, the Medical and Scientific Research Advisory Board of the National Ataxia Foundation, and the Clinical Research Consortium for the Study of Cerebellar Ataxias. He was Founding Co-Director of the HMS Dementia Course (1995). Dr. Schmahmann is funded by the NIH and private foundations. He has > 250 publications in peer-reviewed journals and academic texts , and he co-authored and edited 6 monographs – The Cerebellum and Cognition, MRI Atlas of the Human Cerebellum, Fiber Pathways of the Brain, Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders, Essentials of the Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders, and Cerebellar Disorders in Children.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: Boston University, Anatomic & Neuro Biology, 1988
  • Residency: Boston City Hospital, Neurology, 1986
  • Residency: Boston City Hospital, Neurology, 1985
  • Residency: Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center*, Medicine, 1982
  • Internship: Groote Schuur Hospital, Medicine/Surgery, 1981
  • Medical Education: University of Cape Town School of Medicine, South Africa, 1980

Board Certifications

  • Geriatric Neurology, United Council for Neurological Subspecialties
  • Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Languages Spoken

  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.843357 average rating from 143 reviews

  • Dr. Jeremy Schmahmann He is a true expert. He treated me with understanding and kindness. He made me feel very comfortable. He was very attentive to my problem. I am very proud that he is treating me. I am an 84-year-old woman. I wish all medical teams were like this doctor. Thank you.

    2026-10-05

  • The first person I saw was someone in training. He was knowledgeable and very attentive. Definitely spent enough time with me. Then I saw Dr. Schmahmann and was treated equally as well. Very satisfied.

    2026-09-28

  • Dr. Schmahmann is an excellent physician and I feel honored to have seen him and have him involved in my care. He's one of the best physicians that I've ever had involved in my care and I would highly recommend him to any patient that has ataxia.

    2026-09-25

  • He is a caring person

    2026-09-24

  • The neurological team has changed my life, I love Mass General Dr's!!!!

    2026-09-29

  • Dr. Schmahmann is an excellent physician. He explains everything in detail. He also listens attentively and gives feedback. I would recommend him to anyone.

    2026-09-18

  • Dr. Schmahmann sets such a high bar with the quality of his care/research that other providers pale in comparasion.

    2026-09-16

  • Excellent provider who understands my issues and conveys the confidence in paths going forward

    2026-09-14

  • The Best!!

    2026-09-09

  • He listens. Good provider manner. Respectful. Knowledgeable

    2026-09-09

  • Dr. Schmahmann is kind and considerate of my care and needs. He listens and takes time to address my concerns. I feel blessed to be his patient.

    2026-09-09

  • Very good

    2026-08-20

  • Excellent

    2026-08-19

  • He knows alot about this disease and what is good for me

    2026-08-19

  • Annual follow up with Dr. Schmahmann who has done an excellent job as my provider for the past 12 years.

    2026-08-19

  • My doctor was great knew everything about ataxia going to recommend my family to come here great experience thank you

    2026-08-13

  • Dr jeremy is wonderful. Very knowledgeable, kind and understanding as well as very patient. Explained everything in plain understandable English. Would not hesitate to recommend this physician

    2026-08-06

  • I had a great appointment. It was timely and very long.. We discussed everything I wanted to and more. I found Dr. Schmahmann to be very thorough medically, but he also had a breath of knowledge beyond the medicine. There is no one where I live like him so I was very appreciative to be able to be there.

    2026-08-02

  • Dr. Schmahmann is the best. He provided us the information that we asked for. He explained everything clearly and he leaves us with a feeling of tremendous confidence. We love his attitude.

    2026-07-30

  • Excellent!

    2026-07-29

  • Dr. Schmahmann is very thoughtful, very caring, very personable, very knowledgeable, and we are very privileged and happy with our time that we have spent with him and the care that he gives us and the thoughtful answers and responses that he gives us. Thank you.

    2026-07-30

  • Excellent. Very good physician. Caring.

    2026-07-24

  • Dr. Schmahman is very thorough. He's kind. He knows what he's doing. He's very encouraging. I would recommend him to anyone that is having ataxia symptoms.

    2026-07-23

  • Thanks for helping to guide me through this matter. You are helping me to live completely strong as I deal with the unforgiving circumstances life has concocted. Thanks Dr. S, I appreciate your judgement and expertise. [redacted]

    2026-07-21

  • Having over a 30 year career in acute and chronic care, I have dealth with many Doctors. Dr. Schmahmann is the best Neurologist I have ever met. Dr. S. is ONE of a kind. Truly is an incredible advocate, and as smart as he is, he's just as humble. I thank God I can say he is my husbands Dr. After years of searching for answers to what my husband has, Dr.Schmahmann saw what others all missed! MGH IS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM. SO ARE WE!!

    2026-07-16

  • Dr Schmahmann was very thorough,understanding , professional,and would recommend him to anybody who needed a neurologist

    2026-07-09

  • Great

    2026-07-08

  • Dr. Schmahmann is an excellent physician.

    2026-07-09

  • He is very thorough, spends time with me not rushed

    2026-07-08

  • Very good in all.

    2026-07-06

  • Very caring and thorough and awesome.

    2026-07-03

  • Very good

    2026-06-25

  • Very caring and diligent provider, listened intently to everything I had to say.

    2026-06-24

  • Dr. Schmahmann is outstanding with his problem analysis and relates well with his patient. I'm very happy to have him as our doctor. He will run late because he's taking the needed time to take care of others. It's not a problem, he takes extra time with us as well, running late for his dinner.

    2026-06-24

  • I could not be happier with the care I receive from Dr. Schmahmann. I never feel rushed and my questions are always thoroughly answered. He is also very thorough in his exam and comparison of my symptoms year to year. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

    2026-06-11

  • He is very knowledgeable about ataxia and changed my life for the better.

    2026-06-10

  • He is very busy and wanted. But I felt seen and listened to.

    2026-06-09

  • Dr Schmahmann spent a lot of time with me and explained things very clearly which I appreciated. He is a very thoughtful and thorough.

    2026-06-08

  • Dr. Schmahmann did a very thorough exam for me and explained what what was going on with my situation clearly

    2026-06-06

  • I have seen Dr. Schmahmann for 20 years. He is brilliant, kind and compassionate. He never gave up trying to find out the cause of my neurological condition and giving me the best treatment possible all these years. My actual form of ataxia was discovered only a few years ago. I knew if anyone would find the cause, it would be him. I am forever grateful

    2026-06-05

  • A listens very carefully and is mostly helpful in my condition

    2026-06-06

  • Excellent doctor. Took time with me even though my appointment was supposed to be an hour earlier.

    2026-05-27

  • Dr Schmahmann is excellent. Respectful, smart, and knowledgeable

    2026-05-25

  • Very knowledgeable

    2026-05-21

  • Dr Schmahmann is always courteous and friendly. He listens to my concerns. He takes actions to follow up on my questions. He is an excellent physician. He is a credit to the MGH.

    2026-05-18

  • Yeah, I've been going to Dr. Schmahmann for many, many years. And he's probably the best one in that whole neurology department. [redacted]

    2026-05-15

  • I couldn't ask for a better Neurologist, if there is one , to treat my ataxia That is why I been happy to participate in the Neurology study and Neurobooth

    2026-05-12

  • Dr. Schmahmann is THE BEST! Worth waiting for!

    2026-05-11

  • It's always a pleasure meeting with this Doctor [redacted]. He seems like the only person in the world who gets a sense of the way that My Brain works after having My Stroke, and I feel really not only hears what I am saying, but more importantly listens to what I am saying.

    2026-05-06

  • My provider is very professional [redacted]. Thank you.

    2026-05-06

  • Dr. Is outstanding

    2026-05-04

  • He is excellent. He listens, was polite and professional. He shows that he cares for his patients and has their best interests for a positive outcome

    2026-04-22

  • I'm a physician myself and the doctor on this visit was meticulously careful, exceedingly well trained, very thorough and textbook admirable in all ways. My only criticism is that he was about to leave the country on the next day or shortly thereafter, and I never got a chance to have a leisurely and complete conversation with him about the findings on that visit. Otherwise, he's an example of perfection.

    2026-04-23

  • The doctor is extremely impressive. He listens to me. He's very, very well versed in his subject and I would recommend him to anybody.

    2026-04-10

  • I was beyond impressed with my first visit with Dr. Schmahmann! His focus, detail and feedback on my evaluation was remarkable!

    2026-04-08

  • The provider is very knowledgeable and compassionate I would recommend to friends and family

    2026-03-26

  • Dr. Schmahmann is an extremely personable, highly knowledgeable. Frankly, he's the expert on cerebellar ataxia from what I can tell in the country. And he has spent time, looked at my background, explained everything to me, and he's a warm and caring physician. extremely so. And that's very difficult to find in this day and age. A wonderful doctor.

    2026-03-26

  • I have been seeing Dr. Schmahmann for over 20 years. I have been extremely happy with him and the services I have received (blood tests, MRIs, etc).

    2026-03-23

  • Dr. Schmahmann is the actual best! He is kind, understanding and explains everything very thoroughly. His knowledge of Ataxia is comforting because no one ever seems to know or understand what Ataxia is. I have been to several nuerologist in the past, no one is more caring or knowledgeable as he is. I consider him a blessing.

    2026-02-26

  • Knowledgeable. I trust the neurological department at Mass General. The Neurobooth experience was also positive.

    2026-02-26

  • nothing else to add, he was kind, and very concerned with all my symptoms. He provided us with all the information and help we needed

    2026-02-04

  • Dr. Schmahmann was, as always, helpful, respectful, and thorough.

    2026-02-04

  • Knowledgable, thourough and compassionate.

    2026-01-21

  • I was very impressed with the thoroughness and time spent examining me, discussing my medical history, and making a diagnosis commensurate with my symptoms. I felt listened to and involved in the diagnosis as well as the future paths to take. I came away very encouraged and impressed with the knowledge and information shared.

    2026-01-19

  • great

    2026-01-16

  • He was kind, he was wonderful, and he was very knowledgeable.

    2026-01-16

  • Very caring and knowledgable,

    2026-01-11

  • Great manner. Extremely knowledgeable. Respectful. Sense of humor.

    2025-12-24

  • Dr Schmahmann is incredibly knowledgeable and very patient with me. I would highly recommend him to anyone seeking an ataxia related issue

    2025-12-15

  • This provider was very knowledgable, yet he explained all things in a way I could understand. He listened to and answered all my questions. This provider had a very warm & comforting manner, and he spend ample time with me.

    2025-12-11

  • Thoughtful and caring.. always interesting in addressing my needs. He always listens to my concerns and explains treatments fully, giving me the best possible care he can provide.

    2025-11-26

  • He was great and an expert with Ataxia

    2025-11-19

  • Excellent

    2025-11-12

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