Professional Acitivities

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.

 

Thomas Wisniewski

Professor

 

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    New York University School of Medicine
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