This led him to create the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and on March 5,2010, Sweden's Karolinska Institutet gave him a "Honoris causa" doctorate for his work in advocating a cure for Parkinson's disease.
This led him to create the Michael J. Fox Foundation. On March 5,2010, Sweden's Karolinska Institutet awarded him a doctorate of medicine degree, "Honoris causa," for his work in advocating and fundraising for a cure for Parkinson's disease.