Alan Hirsch (neurologist)

Alan Hirsch (MD, FACP) is a neurologist and psychiatrist working on the treatment of smell and taste loss. He is the Neurological Director of the Smell & Taste Research and Treatment Foundation in Chicago, U.S.

Hirsch is currently conducting over 80 research projects ranging from how olfactory senses affect weight and mood to more complex conditions like depression and panic disorder.[1] He lectures frequently in the U.S. and has extensively published many findings; although he is on the editorial board of some of the journals in which he has published, for example The International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics. He has served as an expert on smell and taste on CNN, Good Morning America, Dateline, 20/20, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.[1]

Hirsch is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Academy of Neurology, American College of Physicians, the Association of Chemoreception Sciences, the Sensometric Society, the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, and Editorial Committee of The International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics. He has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Aromatherapy, Associate Editor of Neurology Health Care USA, the Advisory Board of the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the Medical Advisory Board of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of Illinois, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Professional Journal of Sports Fitness/CPT News.[2]

Hirsch received both his medical and B.A. degrees from the University of Michigan.

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