James Bruce Leverenz, MD
Director, Cleveland Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Location: Cleveland, OH
United States
James Leverenz, MD is a board-certified neurologist and board-eligible neuropathologist and the Director of the Cleveland Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the Cleveland Clinic, which focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and study of aging-associated neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr. Leverenz’s research has included the study of the clinical, pathological, genetic, and biochemical characteristics of these disorders. His extensive experience with large NIH-funded programs includes two Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers and a Morris Udall Parkinson’s Disease Research Center of Excellence.
He is the principal investigator for the Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Contact PI for the Dementia with Lewy Body Consortium, and co-investigator on studies of at-risk normal elderly, early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias.