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BIOGRAPHY
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Guy M. McKhann, MD
Professor, Neurology Mind Brain Institute Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland |
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Guy M. McKhann, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr McKhann is also the founding Chairman of the Department of Neurology and the founding Director of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr McKhann received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in medicine at New York Hospital, followed by residencies in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and in pediatric neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr McKhann has authored over 200 papers, abstracts, and book chapters. His research has been published in Lancet, Annals of Neurology, the Journal of Neurocytology, the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and the Journal of Neuroimmunology, among others. He has also authored several textbooks, and was co-editor of the neurology textbook, Diseases of the Nervous System: Clinical Neurobiology, which is in its third edition. He and his colleague (and wife) Marilyn Albert, MD, have published a book about aging and the brain entitled Keep Your Brain Young. Dr McKhann has been involved with a number of scientific organizations, having been president of the American Neurological Association. He is currently Scientific Advisor to the Charles A. Dana Foundation. He currently serves on the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Board, and The National Academies, Committee on the Biological and Biomedical Application of Stem Cells. Dr McKahnn has also been an advisor to the Vatican on issues relating to the end of life, particularly “brain death.” Dr McKhann’s research has included leukodystrophies, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and, most recently, the neurological and cognitive outcomes in people following coronary bypass surgery. He has also been involved in the studies of the pathophysiology of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in children, particularly in China and Mexico. As Scientific Advisor to the Charles A. Dana Foundation, he has been involved in the development of their programs in imaging of the nervous system, neuroimmunology, and also in their programs that relate to brain/body interactions. |
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