Medical and scientific advisory council

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• Chair
• Immediate Past Chair
• Vice Chair
• Members
• Chairs Emeriti
• Alzheimer’s Association
• Consultants

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Chair 

Samuel E. Gandy, M.D., Ph.D.

Thomas Jefferson University

Farber Institute for Neurosciences

Philadelphia, Pa.

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Immediate Past Chair 

Marilyn S. Albert, Ph.D.

The Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Md.

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Vice Chair 

Ronald C. Petersen, M.D., Ph.D.

Mayo Clinic

Department of Neurology

Rochester, Minn.

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Members 

Cornelia Beck, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Department of Geriatrics

Little Rock, Ark.

Joseph D. Buxbaum, Ph.D.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Geriatrics and Adult Development

New York, N.Y.

Steven H. Ferris, Ph.D.

New York University School of Medicine

Silberstein Institute for Aging and Dementia

New York, N.Y.

James S. Jackson, Ph.D.

University of Michigan

Research Center for Group Dynamics

Institute for Social Research

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Claudia H. Kawas, M.D.

University of California, Irvine

Department of Neurology

Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Irvine, Calif.

William E. Klunk, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

Pittsburgh, Pa.

John C. Morris, M.D.

Washington University School of Medicine

Department of Neurology

St. Louis, Mo.

Ralph A. Nixon, M.D., Ph.D.

New York University School of Medicine

Departments of Psychiatry and Cell Biology

New York, N.Y.

James W. Simpkins, Ph.D.

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Fort Worth, Texas

Linda J. Van Eldik, Ph.D.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

Chicago, Ill.

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Chairs Emeriti 

Leonard Berg, M.D.

Steven DeKosky, M.D.

David Drachman, M.D.

Robert Katzman, M.D.

William Markesbery, M.D.

Allen Roses, M.D.

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Alzheimer’s Association 

William H. Thies, Ph.D.

Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs

Chicago, Ill.

Maria Carrillo, Ph.D.

Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs-Biomedical Science

Chicago, Ill.

Sam Fazio, Ph.D.

Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs-Psychosocial Science

Chicago, Ill.

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Consultants 

Zaven Khachaturian, Ph.D.

Senior Science Adviser

Potomac, Md.

Teresa Radebaugh, Sc.D.

Senior Science Adviser

El Dorado, Kan.