Physician Investigator (Cl) Lurie Center for Autism, Mass General Research Institute

Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School

Neurologist Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Pediatrician Pediatrics-Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital

MD Dartmouth Medical School 1987

autism; autism spectrum disorder; autistic disorder; bone and bones; bone density; child development disorders pervasive; genetic diseases; sleep disorders Dr. Neumeyer's research relates to understanding medical issues which occur with autism spectrum disorders and to systematically develop and assess treatment processes to improve the patient and family experience with the medical system.

As immediate past co-chair of the Autism Care network/ Autism Treatment Network, a North American collaborative of academic autism center, investigating co-occuring conditions in autism she collaborates on a variety of autism related clinical research projects. 

Along with her colleagues from MGH endocrinology she has published the first studies showing  that bone is not properly developed or mineralized in boys with autism and that this may be due to less exercise as well as nutritional and other factors, that the bones don't catch up to their peers when followed over time, and that there is an increased risk of fractures in women with ASD when an emergency room database was studied.