DeCarli joins Department of Neurology

Charles DeCarli joined the Department of Neurology as an associate professor in September. DeCarli earned his medical degree at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1982. He was board-certified in neurology and psychiatry in 1991.

DeCarli has a strong interest in behavioral neurology, with specific emphasis on dementing disorders, including degenerative dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease and frontal dementias. He also focuses on dementias related to movement disorders and vascular disease as well as cognitive impairment after closed head injury.

DeCarli’s research interests are divided into two areas: using neuroimaging techniques to understand the relation between brain structure and function with aging and disease, and studying the role of brain anti-oxidant systems, primarily quinone oxidoreductase, on the pathophysiology and potential treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

DeCarli has published extensively in his field and holds a patent for his method of quantification of brain volumes from magnetic resonance images. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Society for Neuroscience, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and American Medical EEG Association. He also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous publications, including the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and the Journal of Neuroscience Methods.