Douglas Galasko MD

Douglas Galasko, MD, is a board-certified neurologist with broad expertise in assessing people with changes in memory and cognition, including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, and cognitive problems associated with Parkinson's disease.

Galasko is a specialist with the Brain Health and Memory Disorders program, which offers comprehensive diagnostic testing, with access to brain imaging and comprehensive laboratory testing as needed, medical management, and community resources. Patients are also offered access to research opportunities, including potential new treatments.

Dr. Galasko is associate director of the UC San Diego Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and has conducted research on Alzheimer's and related disorders for over 25 years. He has published over 400 research articles on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, and has received research funding from the NIH, Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, as well as funding as a clinical trials site. Dr. Galasko is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association.