The 20 Best Primary Progressive Aphasia Doctors Near Me in Massachusetts, US

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The 20 Best Primary Progressive Aphasia Doctors in Massachusetts, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 79 doctor with experience in Primary Progressive Aphasia near Massachusetts, US. Of these, 68 are Experienced, 6 are Advanced, 4 are Distinguished and 1 are Elite.

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    Elite in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Elite in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Bradford Dickerson is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Dickerson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Frontotemporal Dementia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease.

    Scott M. Mcginnis
    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Scott Mcginnis is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Mcginnis is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Gastrostomy.

    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology | Psychiatry
    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology | Psychiatry

    Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Neguine Rezaii is a Neurologist and a Psychiatrist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Rezaii is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Developmental Dysphasia Familial.

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    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Psychiatry
    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Psychiatry

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Mark Eldaief is a Psychiatrist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Eldaief is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID), Frontotemporal Dementia, and Dementia.

    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Distinguished in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    David Caplan is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Caplan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Dysgraphia, Cerebellar Degeneration, and Gastrostomy.

    Gad A. Marshall
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Gad Marshall is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Marshall is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Agnosia, Dementia, and Developmental Dysphasia Familial.

    William J. Mullally
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc

    75 Francis St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Mullally is the Associate Chief of Clinical Neurology at the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. He completed his internal medicine residency at Rutgers Affiliated Hospitals and his neurology residency at the University of Miami and the Harvard Longwood Neurology Training Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Mullally was a chief medical resident at Rutgers and chief resident in neurology at Harvard. After completing his neurology residency in 1982, Dr. Mullally opened a comprehensive headache clinic in New Jersey. In 1989, he began working at Harvard Community Health Plan (now Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates) and started the headache program which he directed until he moved to work full time at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in May of 2013. Dr. Mullally is also Director of Sports Neurology at the MGH/BWH Foxborough facility, and sees general neurology patients at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. He has been a member of the American Headache Society since 1982, and is board certified in internal medicine, neurology and headache medicine. Dr. Mullally is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Headache, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Familial Dysautonomia.

    Rani Sarkis
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology

    Brigham And Women's At South Shore Health

    55 Fogg Road, Emerson 150 South, 
    Weymouth, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Rani Sarkis MD, MSc. graduated from a combined MD/MSc. program from the American University of Beirut. He then completed neurology residency at the Cleveland Clinic, a 2-year fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a fellowship in behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He evaluates patients at Brigham and Women’s and South Shore Hospital and is also director of neurophysiology education for neurology residents at BWH. His areas of expertise and research interests include epilepsy in the elderly, seizures in dementia, memory and concentration difficulties in patients with epilepsy, cognitive complications after epilepsy surgery, and autoimmune epilepsy.He has received funding from the NIH and the American Epilepsy Society Junior Investigator Award to study late onset unexplained epilepsy. Dr. Sarkis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Hsueh-sheng Chiang
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    330 Brookline Avenue, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Mandarin
    Offers Telehealth

    Hsueh-sheng Chiang is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Chiang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Cerebellar Degeneration, Primary Progressive Aphasia, and Frontotemporal Dementia.

    Chun Lim
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    330 Brookline Avenue, Kirstein 253, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Chun Lim is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Memory Loss, and Alzheimer's Disease.

    Hyun-sik Yang
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Hyun-sik Yang is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Yang has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID), and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).

    Laurie M. Gordon
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    148 Chestnut Street, 
    Needham, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Laurie Gordon is a Neurologist in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Gordon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Headache, and Alzheimer's Disease.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Baystate Wing Hospital

    40 Wright St, 
    Palmer, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Donald Blair is a Neurologist in Palmer, Massachusetts. Dr. Blair is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Memory Loss, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, and Myotonic Dystrophy.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology

    Hale Building For Transformative Medicine On BWH Main Campus

    60 Fenwood Rd, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Diler Acar is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Acar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Corticobasal Degeneration.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Brigham And Women's Hospital

    75 Francis St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Michael Erkkinen is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Erkkinen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Primary Progressive Aphasia.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Internal Medicine

    BILHPC, 8 Commerce Boulevard, Middleboro

    8 Commerce Boulevard, 
    Middleboro, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Polish

    Malgorzata Cywinska is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Middleboro, Massachusetts. Dr. Cywinska is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Chronic Cough, and Vertigo.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    41 Mall Rd, 
    Burlington, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Oleg Yerokhin is a Neurologist in Burlington, Massachusetts. Dr. Yerokhin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Cerebellar Degeneration, and Frontotemporal Dementia.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    41 Mall Rd, 
    Burlington, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Siddharth Sehgal is a Neurologist in Burlington, Massachusetts. Dr. Sehgal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Apoplexy, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Thrombectomy, and Endovascular Embolization.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Mercy Medical Center - Neurology

    271 Carew St, 
    Springfield, MA 
    Experience:
    40+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Muhammad Kareem is a Neurologist in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Kareem has been practicing medicine for over 40 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Alzheimer's Disease, Epilepsy, and Seizures. Dr. Kareem is currently accepting new patients.

    John D. Hackett
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Family Medicine

    BILHPC, Waltham Family Medicine, 75 Third Ave

    75 Third Avenue, 
    Waltham, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    John Hackett is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Hackett is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Edema, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Primary Progressive Aphasia?

    Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) affects a person's ability to use language to communicate. This includes loss of ability to understand or express speech (aphasia). PPA is a specific type of a more general disease called frontotemporal dementia. PPA can be classified into three distinct types: progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA), semantic dementia (SD), and logopenic progressive aphasia (LPA). PPA is caused by a loss of tissue (atrophy) in the area of the brain that is responsible for producing language. In some cases, this loss of tissue is caused by genetic changes (genetic changes or pathogenic variants) in the GRN gene. In these cases, the disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Diagnosis of PPA is suspected when a doctor observes signs and symptoms such as progressive loss of language abilities. Imaging of the brain can confirm the diagnosis.

    When should I see a Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Primary Progressive Aphasia doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Primary Progressive Aphasia doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Primary Progressive Aphasia doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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