Ricardo Allegri MD, PhD, FAAN

Ricardo Allegri was trained in Neurology and Psychiatry and he obtained his Ph.D. in Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires. He undertook a post-doctoral fellowship in Cognitive Neurology in Saint Etienne (France) and a research stage in Behavioral Neurology at UCLA (USA). He began his career as a Scientist of the CONICET (National Committee of Scientifically and Technological Research) in 1995 and he chaired the Health Research Council from Buenos Aires from 2008-2011.

Dr. Ricardo F. Allegri is Head of the Department of Cognitive Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, and Neuropsychology and Director of the Memory and Ageing Center at the Neurological Research Institute Fleni in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Professor of Clinical Neurology in the School of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, a Professor of Neurosciences at the Maimonides University of Buenos Aires and the University of Costa (CUC) of Colombia, and Chair of the Scientific Council at the Association against Alzheimer's disease and related disorders in Argentina (ALMA).