David Carr MD

Dr. David Carr is the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Carr is also the Section Head of Geriatrics in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics. He has an outpatient dementia practice in the Geriatric Assessment Clinic in the Department of Medicine and is a clinician in the Memory Diagnostic Center in the Department of Neurology. He is a site PI or sub-PI with Alzheimer’s Disease drug trials in the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials Unit.

He has been and/or currently is a principal investigator or co-investigator on research initiatives with past or current funding through NIA and the Missouri Department of Transportation. His research areas include studying older drivers and assisting in validating AD biomarker tests in the community. He has also been active in consulting work with NHTSA, TIRF, University of Toronto, Medscape, UpToDate, and the American Geriatric Society, and will often assist and participate in developing national guidelines related to fitness to drive in medically impaired older adults. He has been the primary author or co-author on over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and chapters, most related to older drivers.