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LBDA Scientific Advisory Council (SAC)

The LBDA Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) members are international leaders in LBD research and clinical management. They provide the most up-to-date medical and research information, which we use to create informative publications for the general public, caregivers and the medical profession.

Carol F. Lippa, M.D., Chair
Professor of Neurology
Director,
Memory Disorders Program
Drexel University College of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA

Dag Aarsland, M.D.
Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway

Bradley F. Boeve, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Division of Behavioral Neurology
and Sleep Disorders Center
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,
Rochester, MN

Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D.
Augustus Rose Prof. of Neurology
Prof. of Psych. & Biobehavioral Sciences
Dir., UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center
Director, Deane F. Johnson
Center for Neurotherapeutics
Executive Vice Chair,
Deptartment of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL

John Duda, M.D.
Co-Dir., Parkinson's Disease Research,
Education and Clinical Center
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Neurology
Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Tanis Ferman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neuropsychology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

Douglas R. Galasko, M.D.
Associate Professor In-Residence,
Department of Neurosciences
University of California,
San Diego, California

James E. Galvin, M.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurobiology
Director, Memory Diagnostic Center and Alzheimer Treatment Unit
Director, Education and Community Outreach
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
HOPE Center for Neurological Disorders
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Serge Gauthier, M.D., FRCPC.
Professor, departments of Neurology &
Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine.
Dir., Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit
McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Howard Hurtig, M.D.
Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
Professor and Vice Chair, Dept of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Daniel Kaufer, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Memory & Cognitive Disorders Program
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Kenji Kosaka, M.D., PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Yokohama City University School of Medicine
Yokohama, Japan

James B. Leverenz, M.D.
VA-PSHCS, Parkinson's Disease and
Mental Illness Research, Education,
and Clinical Centers
Associate Professor,  Neurology and Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington,
Seattle, WA

Oscar Lopez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Ian G McKeith M.D., FMed Sci.
Professor of Old Age Psychiatry and Head of
Brain Ageing & Dementia Research Group
Institute for Ageing and Health
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Debby W. Tsuang, M.D., MSc
Associate Professor, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Adjunct Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Epidemiology
University of Washington
Staff Physician, VAPSHCS
Seattle, WA