Ian G. McKeith

Ian G. McKeith FRSB FMedSci is a professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England.[1] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[1]

McKeith is credited with bringing together international researchers to develop and refine diagnostic criteria for Lewy body dementias (LBD).[2] In 2015, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Research from the Alzheimer's Association for his groundbreaking work in LBD.[3] He was also honoured that year by the Lewy Body Dementia Association for his work in LBD advocacy and research.[2] As a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lewy Body Dementia Association, he led the Dementia with Lewy Bodies Consortium effort that published new diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies in 2017.[4][5]

In 2018, he was the President of the Lewy Body Society, a European charity whose mission is to raise awareness of dementia with Lewy bodies.[6]

References
  1. "Professor Ian McKeith". Institute of Neuroscience. Newcastle University. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "International conference a huge success". Lewy Body Dementia Association. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. Brown, Michael (10 August 2015). "Pioneering Newcastle University professor Ian McKeith given lifetime achievement award". ChronicleLive UK. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. "New diagnostic criteria published for DLB". Lewy Body Dementia Association. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. McKeith IG, Boeve BF, Dickson DW, et al. (July 2017). "Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium". Neurology (Review). 89 (1): 88–100. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000004058. PMC 5496518. PMID 28592453.
  6. "About us". Lewy Body Society. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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