Thomas Wisniewski
Professor
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- DEPARTMENTDepartment of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine - COUNTRY USA
Academic Appointments:
1987-1988 | Assistant Clinical Instructor in Neurology, New York University |
1988-1990 | Clinical Fellow in Neuropathology, Columbia University, New York |
1990-1992 | Clinical Instructor in Neurology, New York University |
1992-1998 | Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pathology, New York University |
1997 | Director of the Conformational Disorders Laboratory, NYU |
1998-1999 | Associate Professor of Neurology and Pathology, New York University |
2000 | Research Scientist, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Developmental Neurobiology |
2002 | Director of the Neuropathology Core of the New York University Alzheimer’s Disease Center |
1999-2005 | Associate Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry (tenured), New York University |
2005 | Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry (tenured), New York University |
Awards:
1999 | Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Disease Association |
2002 | Alzheimer Award from The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (for the best publication in their Journal for the year). |
2009 | Prion 2009 prize at the International Prion 2009 meeting in Greece |
2011 | Dr. Henry & Krystyna Wisniewski Memorial Award from the Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation of Staten Island |
2008-2014 | Listed in "Best Doctors in America" (bestdoctors.com) |
2014 | Elected as Distinguished Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists |
Membership in Professional Societies:
1982 | British Medical Association |
1984 | American Medical Association |
1987 | American Academy of Neurology |
1989 | American Association of Neuropathology |
1996 | Society for Neuroscience |
1998 | The Harvey Society |
2012 | Fellow of the American Neurological Association |
Editorial Boards:
1997-2002 | Editorial Board, Amyloid |
1998-2001 | Editorial Board, Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology |
2000-2001 | Editorial Board, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease |
2001-2002 | Senior Editor, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease |
2002-2005 | Editorial Board Acta Neuropathologica |
2004-2006 | Associate Editor Current Alzheimer Research |
2008-2014 | Editorial Board Future Neurology |
2009-present | Editorial Board, Alzheimer's Research and Therapy |
2010-2012 | Editorial Board, Translational Neuroscience |
2011-2013 | Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Medicine |
2011-2015 | Editorial Board, World Journal of Pharmacology |
2011-2012 | Associate Editor, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease |
2011-2015 | Editorial Board, PLoS ONE |
2011-2015 | Senior Foreign Editor, Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery (ISSN 1672-6731) |
2013-2014 | Editorial Board, Dataset Papers in Science |
2013-2016 | Editorial Board, Annals of Vaccines and Immunization |
Teaching Experience:
1984-1985 | Organized lectures in General Pathology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York |
1987-1988 | Lecture Organizer in General Neurology, New York University Medical Center |
1988-1990 | Course developer and lecturer in Neuropathology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York |
1990-present | Clinical Lecturer in Neurology Course, New York University Sch. Med. |
1998-present | Lecturer and Organizer of Mechanisms of Disease: The Nervous System Course, NYU Sch. Med. |
1999-present | Lecturer in Molecular Signaling and Drug Development Course, NYU Sch. Med. |
1999-present | Lecturer in Neurogenetics Course, NYU Sch. Med. |
1999-present | Lecturer in Pathology Board Review course (Neuropathology), NYU Sch. Med. |
2000-2005 | Lecturer in Psychiatry Board Review course, NYU Sch. Med. |
2008-present | Lecturer in the Advanced Immunology: Neuroimmunology Course, NYU Sch. Med. |
2009-present | Lecturer in Neuroscience Course in Disorders, NYU Sch. Med. |
2006-present | Director of Neuropathology Fellowship, NYU Sch. Med. |
2012 | Lecturer and Course designer of the first Interclerkship Intensive for NYULMC Class of 2014 on Cognitive Issues in the Health Care Setting: Informed Consent, Physician Impairment, Capacity, Ethics, Dementia and Delirium. |
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