Nutrition and Sensation

About

Alan R. Hirsch MD FACP a board certified neurologist and psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of smell and taste loss is the neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. He is a senior attending in the Department of Medicine at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Hirsch is certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry in Neurology Psychiatry Pain Medicine Geriatric Psychiatry Addiction Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine and by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties · Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Hirsch conducts in-depth studies of the chemosensory system and its relation to all aspects of life. Some examples include studies observing the effects of aromas on behavior emotions mood and interactions between individuals. An inventor and investigative researcher in the areas of smell and taste Dr. Hirsch frequently lectures across the country and has extensively published many of his studies findings. He has served as an expert on smell and taste for CNN Good Morning America Dateline 20/20 The Oprah Winfrey Show CBS Early Show and Extra. Dr. Hirschs expertise has also been utilized by many national and local governmental agencies such as the Illinois States Attorney Office the Environmental Protection Agency and the Attorney General of the United States. Additionally Dr. Hirsch is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Academy of Neurology American College of Physicians and the American Medical Association. He has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of The International Journal of Aromatherapy as associate editor of Neurology Healthcare USA on the Advisory Board of the National Academy of Sports Medicine on the Medical Advisory Board of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of Illinois and on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Professional Journal of Sports Fitness/ CPT News. He has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for peer-reviewed publications such as Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Physiology & Behavior Laryngoscope and Journal of the Neurological Sciences to name a few. Dr. Hirsch earned both his BA and MD degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed his residencies in both neurology and psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago