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photo Neelesh K. Nadkarni, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Geriatrics

Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology

Email: nadkarnink@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-2383
Contact
Office: 3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500
Kaufmann Medical Bldg
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-2383
Fax: 412-692-2370
E-mail: nadkarnink@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Beth Delk
Address: 3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500
Kaufmann Medical Bldg
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: eat8@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-692-2360
Fax: 412-692-2370
Education and Training
Education
•Medical Degree, Karnatak University, India, 1995
•Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009
Training
•Internal Medicine, Crozer-Chester Medical Center-Temple University, PA, 2001
•Geriatric Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital- Northwestern University, IL, 2002
•Geriatric Neurology & Behavioural Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Health Centre-University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2007
•Hospitalist Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Health Centre-University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008
•Doctoral Studies, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Nadkarni, N.K., Mawji, E., McIlroy, W. E., Black, S. E. Spatial and temporal gait parameters in mild Alzheimer's disease and aging. Gait and Posture. 2009; 30 (4): 452-54.
Nadkarni, N. K., McIlroy, W. E., Mawji, E., Black, S. E. Gait and subcortical hyper intensities in mild Alzheimer’s disease and aging. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2009; 28: 295-301.
Nadkarni, N. K., Zabjek, K., Lee, B., McIlroy, W. E., Black, S. E. Effect of working memory and spatial attention tasks on gait in healthy young and older adults. Motor Control. 2010; 14: 195-210.
Nadkarni, N.K., Levy-Cooperman, N., Black, S. E. Functional correlates of instrumental activities of daily living in mild Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 2012; 33 (1): 53-60.
Nadkarni, N.K., Levine, B., McIlroy, W.E., Black, S. E. Impact of Subcortical Hyper intensities on Dual-tasking in Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging. Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Disorders. 2012; 26 (1): 28-35.
Nadkarni, N.K., Perera, S., Hanlon, J.T., Lopez, O., Studenski, S.A., Newman, A.B., Aizenstein, H., Elam, M., Harris, T.B., Kritchevsky, S., Yaffe, K., Rosano, C. Statins and brain integrity in older adults: secondary analysis of the Health ABC Study. Alzheimer's & Dementia Journal. 2015; 11(10): 1202-1211.
Nadkarni, N.K., Boudreau, R.M., Studenski, S.A., Lopez, O.L., Aizenstein, H.J., Kritchevsky, S.B., Yafe, K., Newman, A.B., Rosano, C. Relationship between inflammation and gait slowing is influenced by white matter integrity in older adults. Neurology. 2016; 87(19): 1993-1999.
Nadkarni, N.K., Perera, S., Snitz, B.E., Mathis, C.A., Williamson, J.D., DeKosky, S.T., Price, J., Klunk, W.E., Lopez, O.L. Association of brain amyloid-ß with slow gait in elderly individuals without dementia: Influence of cognition and APOE-e4 genotype. JAMA Neurology. 2017; 74(1): 82-90.
Nadkarni, N.K., Lopez, O.L., Perera, S., Studenski, S.A., Snitz, B.E., Erickson, K.I., Mathis, C.A., Nebes, R.D., Redfern, M., Klunk, W.E. Cerebral amyloid deposition and dual-tasking in cognitively normal, mobility unimpaired older adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2017; 72(3): 431-437.
Nadkarni, N.K., Tudorascu, D., Campbell, E., Snitz, B.E., Cohen, A.D., Halligan, E., Mathis, C.A., Aizenstein, H.J., Klunk, W.E. Association between Brain Amyloid, White Matter Hyperintensities and Hypometabolism, and Progression to Mild Cognitive Impairment in Cognitively Normal Individuals. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2019; 74(11): 1753-1760.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Alzheimer's Biomarker Consortium - Down Syndrome (ABC-DS)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health
Grant Number: U19 AG068054
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2025
Title: The Aging Brain and the Cognition - Mobility Interface in Clinically Normal Older Adults
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Aging
Grant Number: K23 AG049945
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2020
Title: Task Specific Timing and Coordination Exercises to Improve Mobility in Older Adults
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Aging
Grant Number: R01 AG045252
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2020
Title: Neurodegeneration in Aging Down Syndrome (NiAD): A Longitudinal Study of Cognition and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Aging
Grant Number: R01 AG051406
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2020
Title: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center-Core B
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Aging
Grant Number: P50 AG05133
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2020
Notable Achievements
•John A. Hartford Foundation and AFAR – Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine Scholar Award, 2012
•Junior Faculty Award, Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh, 2012
•National Institute on Aging K23 Career Development Award, 2015
•American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award of the Year 2015-2016, 2016
•American Geriatric Society Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year 2017-2018 Award, 2018
•Associate Editor, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 2020-Present

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