Dr. Nathan "Ben" Herz

Vice President

Dr. Nathan "Ben" Herz, received his Occupational therapy Doctorate from Creighton University in 2004. He has 28 years in the field of occupational Therapy. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at the Medical College of Georgia and is involved with the MCG Movement Disorders Center for Excellence, since 2004. He has been a part of the Interdisciplinary Movement Disorders Clinic since 2004. He has partnered with Dr. John Morgan the MCG Centers Director and he began doing researching the Wii after its release in 2006, He has presented the Wii at the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF) Young Onset conference in Atlanta in August 2008. He is currently funded by the NPF for research using the Wii as a modality for the treatment of PD. he has spoken Nationally and Internationally on games in health primarily using the Wii across the lifespan.