[BIC-announce] FW: KILLAM LECTURE TODAY 4:00 pm de Grandpre Communications Centre - Why have we failed to find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease?

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KILLAM LECTURE TODAY 4:00 pm
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Dear Colleagues,

This is the final reminder of Dr. Korczyn's Killam lecture entitled:"Why Have We Failed to Find a Cure For Alzheimer's Disease?"

Professor Amos D. Korczyn is the Sieratzki Professor of Neurology at Tel-Aviv University.  Professor Korczyn graduated from the Hebrew University
- Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem in 1966 (MD), where he also received an MSc degree in pharmacology (cum laude) in 1966.  He trained in neurology at Beilinson Hospital and at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London.  He was the Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center since 1981 until 2002.  Professor Korczyn has a particular interest in dementia.  He has authored or co-authored over 600 articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as chapters in books, etc.
Professor Korczyn is or has been an Editorial Board member of 15 international journals, and organized several neurological conferences, mainly in the field of dementia, Parkinson's disease and other degenerative brain disorders, as well as CONy - the International Congress on Controversies in Neurology.

Dr. Korczyn is an excellent speaker and combines both basic science and clinical expertise.  He has a great deal of experience in various aspects of neurodegenerative diseases.  

Recent publicatons:

Efficacy and safety of a once-daily formulation of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb
761 in dementia with neuropsychiatric features: a randomized controlled trial. 
Ihl R, Bachinskaya N, Korczyn AD, Vakhapova V, Tribanek M, Hoerr R, Napryeyenko O; on behalf of the GOTADAY Study Group.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Dec 7

Costs of illness and care in Parkinson's disease.
Korczyn AD.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2011 Feb;21(2):151-2. Epub 2010 Nov 24.

Vascular dementia 2009.
Korczyn A, Bornstein N, Kulisevsky J.
J Neurol Sci. 2010 Dec 15;299(1-2):1.

Autonomic impairment in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Kandinov B, Korczyn AD, Rabinowitz R, Nefussy B, Drory VE.
Auton Neurosci. 2011 Jan 20;159(1-2):84-9.

Tau and 14-3-3 of genetic and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients in Israel.
Meiner Z, Kahana E, Baitcher F, Korczyn AD, Chapman J, Cohen OS, Milo R, Aharon-Perez J, Abramsky O, Gabizon R, Rosenmann H.
J Neurol. 2011 Feb;258(2):255-62. Epub 2010 Sep 9.

Is vascular cognitive impairment a useful concept?
Korczyn AD, Vakhapova V.
J Neurol Sci. 2010 Dec 15;299(1-2):2-4. Epub 2010 Jul 3.

Phosphatidylserine containing omega-3 fatty acids may improve memory abilities in non-demented elderly with memory complaints: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
Vakhapova V, Cohen T, Richter Y, Herzog Y, Korczyn AD.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2010;29(5):467-74. Epub 2010 Jun 3.

Smoking and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Korczyn AD, Drory VE.
Ann Neurol. 2010 May;67(5):694.

Vascular contribution to dementia in Parkinson's disease.
Korczyn AD.
Neurodegener Dis. 2010;7(1-3):127-30. Epub 2010 Feb 18.

Lay persons' beliefs and knowledge about Parkinson's disease: prevalence and socio-demographic correlates.
Werner P, Korczyn AD.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2010 Jul;16(6):415-7. Epub 2010 Jan 12.

Parkinson's disease: before the motor symptoms and beyond.
Korczyn AD, Gurevich T.
J Neurol Sci. 2010 Feb 15;289(1-2):2-6. Epub 2009 Oct 3. Review.

Early onset dementia: clinical and social aspects.
Werner P, Stein-Shvachman I, Korczyn AD.
Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Aug;21(4):631-6. Epub 2009 May 27.

Can treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs protect from dementia?
Bregman N, Karni A, Korczyn AD.
Arch Neurol. 2009 Apr;66(4):539-40;

A roadmap for the prevention of dementia II: Leon Thal Symposium 2008.
Khachaturian ZS, Snyder PJ, Doody R, Aisen P, Comer M, Dwyer J, Frank RA, Holzapfel A, Khachaturian AS, Korczyn AD, Roses A, Simpkins JW, Schneider LS, Albert MS, Egge R, Deves A, Ferris S, Greenberg BD, Johnson C, Kukull WA, Poirier J, Schenk D, Thies W, Gauthier S, Gilman S, Bernick C, Cummings JL, Fillit H, Grundman M, Kaye J, Mucke L, Reisberg B, Sano M, Pickeral O, Petersen RC, Mohs RC, Carrillo M, Corey-Bloom JP, Foster NL, Jacobsen S, Lee V, Potter WZ, Sabbagh MN, Salmon D, Trojanowski JQ, Wexler N, Bain LJ.
Alzheimers Dement. 2009 Mar;5(2):85-92.

Eva Andermann MDCM, PhD., FCCMG
Director, Neurogenetics Unit
Montreal Neurological Hospital & Institute; Professor, Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University
3801 University St., Room 127
Montreal, Quebec   H3A 2B4
Canada
Tel:   514-398-8529
Fax:  514-398-1276
Eva.Andermann at mcgill.ca