Ricardo F. Allegri

Ricardo Allegri was trained in Neurology and Psychiatry and he obtained his PhD in Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires. He undertook a post doctoral fellowship in Cognitive Neurology in Saint Etienne (France) and a research stage in Behavioral Neurology in UCLA (USA). He began his career as a Scientist of the CONICET (National Committee of Scientifically and Technological Research) in 1995 and he chaired the Health Research Council from Buenos Aires rom 2008-2011. Dr. Ricardo F. Allegri is Head of the Department of Cognitive Neurology, Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology and Director of the Memory and Ageing Center at the Neurological Research Institute Fleni in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is Professor of Clinical Neurology in the School of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, Professor of Neurosciences at Maimonides University of Buenos Aires and University of costa (CUC) of Colombia and Chair of the Scientific Council at the Association against Alzheimer's disease and related disorders in Argentina (ALMA). He has published extensively on cognitive neurology and neuropsychology in peer review journals and books and has co-edited nine books, including, “Dementia: A Multidisciplinary Approach,” one of the most important books written in Spanish on this topic. He has received over 52 awards in the field of Cognitive Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, including the National Academy of Medicine Award in 2006 and the Research Recognition Award by the School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires in 2014. Professor Allegri is Corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology as well as a Member of the World Dementia Council.