Professor Amos D. 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) 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 from 1981 until 2002, and the incumbent of the Sieratzki Chair of Neurology at Tel-Aviv University, 1995-2010. Professor Korczyn has a particular interest in neurodegenerative diseases. He has authored or co-authored over 700 articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as many chapters in books. He edited several books and Special Issues in Journals and is Regional Editor of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. He is or has been an Editorial Board member of 20 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, and has organized the Mental Dysfunction in Parkinson's disease congresses since 1993. Professor Korczyn served on advisory boards in several drug discovery programs.
Professor Korczyn is the Chairman of the Scientific Medical Board of the Israeli Alzheimer's disease association (EMDA), a member of the SAB of Alzheimer Disease International (ADI), and has been the chairman of the WFN Research Committee for Clinical Neuropharmacology.
Professor Korczyn is an honorary member of the neurological societies of Israel, Serbia, Poland, Russia, and Romania.
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Oct 24 - 25, 2019
London, England, GB
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Neurology
Apr 04 - 07, 2019
Madrid, Madrid, ES
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Neurology
Mar 26 - 31, 2019
Lisbon, Lisbon, PT
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Mar 04 - 05, 2019
Vienna, Wien, AT
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Mar 22 - 25, 2018
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, PL
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Mar 15 - 18, 2018
Torino, Piedmont, IT