Gary Small
Director of Behavioral Health Breakthrough Therapies, Hackensack Meridian Health | Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine | New York Times Best Selling Author
- Role
- Strategic Advisor at Cogensus
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gary Small
Gary Small, MD, is Chair of Psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical Center, Behavioral Health Physician-in-Chief and the Hovnanian Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Behavioral Health for Hackensack Meridian Health. He is a co-inventor of the first positron emission tomography (PET) scanning method that provides images in living people of Alzheimer’s disease abnormal brain proteins– amyloid plaques and tau tangles. In addition to testing compounds that may benefit cognitive abilities and possibly delay the onset of Alzheimer\'s disease symptoms, Dr. Small has studied and developed lifestyle and memory training programs for improving cognition and healthy aging, which have been made available throughout the U.S. and abroad in senior centers, hospitals, and other community sites. Dr. Small has authored over 500 scientific works and received numerous awards and honors, including the American Psychiatric Association’s Weinberg Award for Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world’s top 50 innovators in science and technology. He is the author of 12 popular books, including The New York Times bestseller, The Memory Bible.
Experience
Strategic Advisor
Sep 2024 — Present
Education
Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts General Hospital
Psychiatry Residency Program
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine
UCLA
Bachelor's Degree, Biology
1969 — 1973
Skills
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Trials
- Published Author
- Strategic Planning
- Research
- Disease
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Family Therapy
- Neuroimaging
- Animal Models
- Science
- Prevention
- Neuropsychology
- Translational Research
- Interventions
- Public Health
- Public Speaking
- Medicine
- Adolescents
- Therapists
- Cognition
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health
- Medical Education
- Group Therapy
- Managed Care
- Clinical Development
- Neuroscience
- Healthcare Management
- Social Services
- Case Managment
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Psychopharmacology
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Elder Care
- Neurology
- Gerontology
- Cbt
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