NEUROSCIENCE TRAINEE LUNCH
with Dr. Sam Gandy, Mount Sinai Centre, NY
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: SR415, Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D.
Mount Sinai Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research
Professor of Neurology and of Psychiatry
Director, Mount Sinai Center for Cognitive Health (CCH)
Director, NFL Neurological Center (NFLNC)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York NY 10029
James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx NY 10468
Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, is Mount Sinai Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in New York City, and Chairman Emeritus of the National Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer's Association. Dr. Gandy is an international expert in the metabolism of the sticky substance called amyloid that clogs the brain in patients with Alzheimer's. In 1989, Gandy and his team discovered the first drugs that could lower formation of amyloid. Dr. Gandy has written more than 150 original papers, chapters and reviews on this topic. Dr. Gandy has received continuous NIH funding for his research on amyloid metabolism since 1986.
Dr. Gandy is a member of the Faculty of 1000 Biology and serves as a Consulting Editor for The Journal of Clinical Investigation. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards for the journals Public Library of Science-Medicine (PLoSM), Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Current Alzheimer Research. He is Associate Editor of the journals Molecular Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. From 1996-2006, Dr Gandy was Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories/Wellcome Trust Annual Summer Course on the Neurobiology of Human Neurological Disorders. In 2000, he became chief organizer for the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Bi-Annual Winter Biotechnology Conference on Therapeutic Opportunities in Neurodegenerative Diseases and continues in that role until 2010.
Dr. Gandy has appeared numerous times on television and in print, including:
In May 2009, Dr. Gandy was featured with other prominent research scientists as GQ's "Rockstars of Science". View the PDF. In addition, Dr. Gandy has spoken before Congress on several occasions (Click to view the PDF of transcript of 5/3/05, PDF of transcript of 3/20/07)
Dr. Gandy received both his MD and PhD at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and a residency in Neurology at Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Gandy completed postdoctoral training at The Rockefeller University, where, in 1991, he was appointed assistant professor in the laboratory of Paul Greengard, 2000 Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. From 1992-1997, Gandy was Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Cornell University Medical College. From 1997-2001, he was Professor of Psychiatry and of Cell Biology at New York University and The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. From 2001-2007, he served as Paul C. Brucker, M.D., Professor of Neuroscience at Jefferson Medical College and Founding Director of the Farber Institute for Neurosciences. In 2007, he assumed his current post as Mount Sinai Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
- See more at: http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/samuel-e-gandy#sthash.YOyaY8Bs.dpuf
Kelly Jorundson
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
Tel: 204.235.3939 Fax: 204.237.4092
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