Dr. DeKosky is the James Carroll Flippin Professor of Medical Science and Vice President and Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. From 2000 to 2008 he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1992 to 2000, he served as Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Geriatrics and Neuropsychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry/Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, also at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. DeKosky was Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) from 1994-2008. His basic research centers on structural and neurochemical changes in human brains in normal aging and dementia and effects of traumatic brain injury on risk of Alzheimer’s disease. His clinical research has centered on understanding the genetics, neuropsychiatric symptoms and treatment and prevention of AD, and he was a Principal Investigator in the clinical application of the amyloid-imaging agent Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB). He has directed an NIH-funded national multicenter trial in the USA to assess whether Ginkgo biloba can prevent or delay onset of dementia in normal elderly adults.
Dr. Steven Trent Dekosky, MD
- Neurology, Psychiatry
- 51 years of experience
- Mcknight Brain Institute 1149 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610
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Education Background
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University Of Florida College Of Medicine - 1974
Location & Hours
- Mcknight Brain Institute
- 1149 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610
Specialties Treated
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
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