IPA Profiles

Ricardo F. Allegri, MD
(Argentina), Board of Directors

Ricardo F. Allegri is presently chair of the Service of Neuropsychology, and associate professor of neurology, at the University of CEMIC (Medical Center of Clinical Research). He is the director of the Memory Center (Zubizarreta Hospital) of the Government of Buenos Aires City, and associate researcher for the National Institute for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentine (CONICET). He has been editor-in-chief of the Revista Neurologica Argentina (Argentine Neurological Journal) since 1998.

Dr. Allegri has published extensively in neurological journals and books, contributing more than 60 articles and over 20 book chapters. He has co-edited five books, including, Dementia: A Multidisciplinary Approach, one of the most important books written in Spanish on this topic. He has received more than 20 awards in the fields of neurology and psychiatry, including this year (2002) both the Neurological Society and the Clinical Psychiatry awards.

Dr. Allegri’s main research activities and current training grants address the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in South American countries, and cognitive profiles and cognitive enhancing medication in dementia. He has promoted the development of the field of old age neuropsychiatry in Latin America at every possible level.

Dr. Allegri has been active in IPA since 1998, particularly with the Latin American Initiative. He was involved with the Porto Alegre meeting, and is the program coordinator for epidemiological studies in Argentina. He currently serves on the Chicago Congress Scientific Subcommittee and the IPA Website Editorial Board.

He can be contacted at rallegri@fibertel.com.ar.

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