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Steven E Arnold

Steven E Arnold, MD

Neurology

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

About Steven E Arnold

Dr. Steven E. Arnold is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. At the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Arnold is the Translational Neurology Head and Managing Director of Interdisciplinary Brain Center and the inaugural E. Gerald Corrigan, PhD Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Therapeutic Sciences.

Dr. Arnold received his M.D. from Boston University. He completed residency training in Psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and then another residency training in Neurology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He also completed fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology / Cognitive Neuroscience and was a post-doctoral associate in Neuroanatomy in Iowa. Dr. Arnold is board certified in both neurology and psychiatry. 

After training, Dr. Arnold joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania where he was Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology until his move to Massachusetts General Hospital in 2015.  While at Penn, Dr. Arnold was Director of the Penn Memory Center, Associate Director and Clinical Core Leader of the Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Section, Director of the Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology Program in Psychiatry, and Associate Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute on Aging. 

At the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Arnold is the Managing Director of the Interdisciplinary Brain Center, a new collaboration of the Departments of Neurology. Psychiatry and the Martinos Center for Neuroimaging. Its mission is to facilitate the discovery, development, and implementation of promising therapeutics and associated diagnostics for individuals with complex brain disorders that affect cognition, behavior and emotion. 

Dr. Arnold has conducted longstanding clinical and laboratory research on neurodegenerative disease pathology, molecular biomarkers and therapeutics for cognitive decline and psychiatric syndromes in late life. He has authored over 350 scientific articles, reviews and chapters. Major scientific activities have included clinicopathological correlation studies relating neurodegenerative disease lesions to cognitive profiles, the molecular neuropathology of schizophrenia, and the relationship of psychological distress to risk, clinical expression and pathology in neurodegenerative dementias. Current scientific interests include biomarkers in brain aging and dementias, metabolic factors driving dementia, and protective factors that account for cognitive resilience in aging, all towards accelerating therapeutics discovery and development in early phase and proof-of-concept clinical trials for neurocognitive disorders.

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Neurology Memory Disorder Clinic
    • 55 Fruit Street, Wang Building, 8th Foor, Suite 835, Boston, MA 02114
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Expertise

Education

  • Residency: University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Neurology, 1990
  • Residency: New York Presbyterian - Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons****, Psychiatry, 1987
  • Internship: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Internal Medicine, 1984
  • Medical Education: Boston University, 1983

Board Certifications

  • Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1991
  • Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1988

Insurance

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  • Aetna
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Cigna
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Coventry
  • Fallon Health
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Humana
  • Maine Community Health Options
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • MassHealth
  • Medicaid ME
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicare
  • Medicare ACO
  • Multiplan
  • Senior Whole Health
  • TriCare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint
  • WellSense

Ratings & Reviews

4.9 out of 5

78 ratings, 44 reviews

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  • Reviewed on 1/29/2026

    Thoughtful, good listener, caring, knowledgeable, down to earth, efficient

  • Reviewed on 1/28/2026

    Very thoughtful.

  • Reviewed on 1/28/2026

    Doctor Arnold met with me, my wife [redacted], and daughter [redacted]. He was extremely attentive to all we had to say, was familiar with my medical history, and asked relevant questions that expanded his understanding of my situation. We discussed next steps and planned to meet again after tests that are scheduled in the coming week. We were very encouraged by this experience.

  • Reviewed on 1/22/2026

    I am grateful and very impressed

  • Reviewed on 1/19/2026

    Very nice person and easy to talk to.

  • Reviewed on 1/17/2026

    The consultation went fine. I have nothing in particular to add everything went well.

  • Reviewed on 1/15/2026

    Dr. Arnold is one of the best doctors I have ever had. He listened carefully, asked many questions and examined my condition thoroughly. I trust him completely.

  • Reviewed on 1/10/2026

    I am grateful for the kind and attentive care

  • Reviewed on 12/28/2025

    I was very impressed with Dr. Arnold. I'm happy that I went to him. So I'm completely satisfied. Thank you very much.

  • Reviewed on 12/24/2025

    As always, Dr. Arnold was extremely responsive, professional, and compassionate.

  • Reviewed on 12/20/2025

    My experience was excellent.

  • Reviewed on 12/18/2025

    He's very nice [redacted]

  • Reviewed on 11/18/2025

    Dr Arnold is an excellent health care provider. He is direct, thoughtful, provides great feedback, puts me at ease is very communicative with my family, and makes me feel confident that that I am in good care.

  • Reviewed on 11/17/2025

    [redacted] Online exam-discussion works well for us. Due to recent injury very helpful to have both myself and my wife involved in talk With the doctor. First class advise from Dr. Arnold, very satisfied. [redacted]

  • Reviewed on 11/15/2025

    Dr Arnold is very easy going and emphatic.

  • Reviewed on 10/27/2025

    Very good provider.

  • Reviewed on 10/15/2025

    Good

  • Reviewed on 10/13/2025

    The provider was excellent. And I have no complaint whatever about him. Thank you very much.

  • Reviewed on 10/11/2025

    Lab work was ordered, but when I was waiting at the lab, I was told they did not see any orders in the system for me. They tried calling the doctor to ask him to about the lab order, but they said no one answered the phone. I was told to go back up to the 8th floor and speak with the doctor. My wife went up to the 8th floor and the receptionist checked the computer. She said she has seen this happen before where the lab order cannot be read by the lab. She said she would ask the doctor to put the order in again, but in a different way. My wife waited and when the receptionist returned, she told my wife the doctor said he would put the order in again in five minutes. After waiting over fifteen minutes, my wife asked the receptionist to check the computer. The order was still not in. My wife continued to wait. The doctor came out into the waiting room to get his next patient. When he turned to lead the patient back to his office my wife said his name and he looked at her and said, "I just put the order in." My wife waited until the doctor left the waiting area and she asked the receptionist to check the system. After several minutes and attempts to check, the system finally showed the order was at the lab. My wife came back down to the second floor and told me the order was now in the system. Shortly after my wife came down, they called me to have the lab work done. We were in the lab for over an hour. A friend had given us a ride to this appointment and she was waiting for us to give us a ride home. There is something wrong with the system if lab orders are not able to be read by the lab! This was a major inconvenience for not only us, but also for our friend who now had to drive us home during a much busier time for traffic.

  • Reviewed on 9/14/2025

    Very professional

  • Reviewed on 9/11/2025

    Dr. Arnold was everything I could ask for in a doctor: knowledgeable, smart, well-informed thorough, compassionate, and kind. I feel so fortunate and grateful to have him as my doctor. I highly recommend him without any reservations whatsoever.

  • Reviewed on 9/10/2025

    Dr. Arnold greeted me in the waiting room, escorted me to his office, treated me with interest and respect. I felt comfortable in sharing my concerns with him. He was reassuring with my thoughts and concerns, and provided me with insight as to how to handle my issues going forward.

  • Reviewed on 8/29/2025

    Hi, this is [redacted] reporting for my husband [redacted]. I was in the appointment with him. We're very grateful to have seen Dr. Arnold. He was very thorough in an examination of him. He repeated some previous exams so he could compare results. He had read his records and had a full background on what we were bringing to the situation. And so we're very appreciative of his time and expertise and we're happy to say it was a very good visit. And so we'll look forward to seeing him again. And thank you.

  • Reviewed on 8/24/2025

    Dr Arnold was positive, patient and caring.

  • Reviewed on 8/24/2025

    No one has yet called me about the spinal tap that the doctor recommended

  • Reviewed on 8/22/2025

    He's a great doctor. He's very informative and he's very compassionate.

  • Reviewed on 8/6/2025

    Dr. Arnold was extremely professional and knowledgeable, and we feel very fortunate to have him as part of our team. Thank you for providing the opportunity to give valuable information regarding the services at MTH.

  • Reviewed on 7/26/2025

    Very Professional. Good listner. Very Knowledgeable. Very Caring. Wasnt in a rush.

  • Reviewed on 7/20/2025

    Very thorough exam

  • Reviewed on 7/19/2025

    Very positive

  • Reviewed on 7/12/2025

    Very through and caring. Dr Arnold was very easy to talk to and explain my wirries

  • Reviewed on 6/9/2025

    This care provider has taken care of my husband for several years. He is professional, knowledgeable, and very personable. We like him a great deal. Thank you.

  • Reviewed on 6/9/2025

    very pleased with the staff

  • Reviewed on 6/8/2025

    all was excellent

  • Reviewed on 5/24/2025

    Dr. Arnold was professionally very competent, personally very accommodating of my medical condition and explained everything in clear and concise manner. An excellent experience!

  • Reviewed on 5/24/2025

    Glad to have Dr. Arnold. He is knowledgeable, experienced, caring, attentive.

  • Reviewed on 5/10/2025

    Dr Arnold was very thorough in all aspects. He made things easy to understand and I was very comfortable talking to him. I would give him an A+

  • Reviewed on 5/1/2025

    DR. Arnold is the best he spent well over a hour with me and we reviewed my brain scan with me. he . suggested further tests and gave me a realistic assessment . i was very impressed by the care he gave me.

  • Reviewed on 5/2/2025

    Dr Arnold seems to absorb and synthesize everything I have to say about a complex neurological experience.

  • Reviewed on 4/21/2025

    This care provider has always been available when I needed him.

  • Reviewed on 4/16/2025

    The doctor was excellent, very informative, explained everything in detail. It was a pleasure meeting him. It was a good experience and an excellent report.

  • Reviewed on 4/14/2025

    Great doctor knew everything and we have very good responses.

  • Reviewed on 4/14/2025

    Dr.Arnold was awesome loved going to him for my second look.He was so caring.

  • Reviewed on 4/14/2025

    Dr. Arnold is excellent. He listens and answers questions in a way that's clear and helpful. He spends the time you need with him.