Benzi Kluger, M.D., M.S., is a professor of neurology and medicine and the director of the Palliative Care Research Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is an internationally recognized leader in the emerging field of neuropalliative care and the founding president of the International Neuropalliative Care Society, an organization dedicated to improving models of care for persons living with neurologic illness and their families. His research focuses on developing, testing, improving, implementing and disseminating models of care for persons living with Parkinson's and other neurologic illnesses through palliative care approaches.