Academic Appointments
- Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology (in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)
Current Administrative Positions
- Chair, Department of Neurology
- Director, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
- Co-Director, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
- Director, Human Genetic Resources Core
Dr. Richard Mayeux is the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology, chair of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Neurologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Mayeux is also director of the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, a center devoted to the epidemiologic investigation of neurological diseases, and co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Mayeux graduated with distinction from the University of Oklahoma School of Health Sciences and trained in Internal Medicine at the Boston City Hospital and in Neurology at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He completed a fellowship in the study of disorders of behavior, language, and cognition with the late D.Frank Benson in Boston. Dr. Mayeux completed graduate work in epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Mayeux has led a multidisciplinary, population-based investigation of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders known as the Washington Heights-Inwood Community Aging Project (WHICAP) since 1989. Utilizing this WHICAP population, he and his colleagues were among the first to integrate genetic risk factors and epidemiological principles in an attempt to identify biological markers of susceptibility to degenerative diseases of the aging nervous system.
He has been the author of over 350 papers, chapters, and books dealing with various aspects of Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative diseases of the aging brain. Dr. Mayeux has been the Robert Aird Visiting Professor at the University of California at San Francisco, the Emanuel Goldberg Visiting Professor at the University of Rochester, and the J.L. Silversides Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. He was the recipient of the Columbia University Dean's Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award, and received the Rita Hayworth Award from the Alzheimer's Association.
Dr. Mayeux is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the New York Academy of Science, a member of the American Neurological Association and the Association of American Physicians. He is also a member of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and the Society for Neuroscience. He has served as a member of the Aging Review and the Epidemiology of Chronic Disorders Committees for the National Institutes of Health and the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board for the Alzheimer's Association. In 2001, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. He has received the 2007 Potamkin Prize from the American Academy of Neurology, the 2008 John Stearns Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medicine from the New York Academy of Medicine, and the 2009 Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Disease Research from the Alzheimer's Association.
Dr. Mayeux has led an epidemiological investigation of Alzheimer's disease and related conditions known as the Washington Heights-Inwood Community Aging Project over a period of 18 years. He studies the rates and risk factors for Alzheimer' disease among elderly of mainly African-American and Caribbean Hispanic descent. Dr. Mayeux also directs a genetic study of Alzheimer's disease in Caribbean Hispanic families. He has completed two full genome-wide scans in these families and is working to fine map regions of interest. He recently identified genetic variants in the sortilin-related receptor, SORL1, related to Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Mayeux is the coordinating investigator for the National Institute on Aging Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease Family Study. This study began in 2002 with the goal of identifying 1,000 families multiply affected by Alzheimer's disease.
Most recently, he is the lead investigator in a collaborative study of families that display exceptional survival and longevity.
Departments and Divisions
- Department of Psychiatry
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry - Department of Neurology
Division of Aging and Dementia - Department of Epidemiology
Board Certifications
- Neurology
Areas of Expertise
- Aging
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Dementia
- Epidemiology
- Genetic Disorders
Education and Training
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Internship: Boston City Hospital
- Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
- Fellowship: Boston VA Hospital
Locations
CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Centers / Institutes / Programs
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
- Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
Provider Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Insurance Programs
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- AETNA [Aetna Signature Administrators, EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, NYP Employee Plan, NY Signature, POS, PPO, Student Health]
- Affinity Health Plan [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
- AgeWell [Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs]
- Amida Care [Special Needs]
- CIGNA [EPO, Great West (National), HMO, POS, PPO]
- Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Emblem/HIP [ConnectiCare, EPO, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO, Select Care (Exchange), Vytra]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
- Fidelis Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
- Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange), Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
- Local 1199 [Local 1199]
- MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare]
- Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare]
- Multiplan [Multiplan]
- MVP Health Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care]
- Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]
- RiverSpring [Special Needs]
- UnitedHealthcare [Empire Plan, HMO, Medicaid (Community Plan), Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO]
- VNSNY CHOICE [Medicare Managed Care, SelectHealth, Special Needs]
- WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
This provider accepts new patients
Appointment Phone Number: 646-426-3876
Links
Lab Locations
CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Committees / Societies / Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
- New York Academy of Science
- American Neurological Association
- Association of American Physicians
- Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Society for Neuroscience
- Aging Review
- Epidemiology of Chronic Disorders Committees for the National Institutes of Health
- Medical and Scientific Advisory Board for the Alzheimer's Association
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Global Health Countries
- Dominican Republic
Honors and Awards
- 1992 - Leadership and Excellence in Alzheimer’s Disease Award (LEAD), National Institute of Aging
- 1998 - Dean’s Award, Columbia University, Distinguished Clinical Scientis
- 1999 - Association of American Physicians & American Epidemiological Society
- 2001 - Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science
- 2004 - Fellow, New York Academy of Science
- 2007 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases American Academy of Neurology
- 2008 - John Stearns Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medicine, New York Academy of Medicine
- 2009 - The Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research from the Alzheimer’s Association
- 2013 - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Research Interests
- Aging and Dementia
- Alzheimer's disease
- Biomarkers of Risk and Progression in Alzheimer's disease
- Early Onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD)
- Genetic Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease
- Late Onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD)
- Neurology
Grants
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NIH Grants
GENE DISCOVERY IN MULTI-ETHNIC LATE ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE FAMILIES (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2020 - May 31 2025
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MULTI-OMICS ANALYSES IN FAMILIAL AND SPORADIC ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AMONG SECULAR CARIBBEAN HISPANICS AND RELIGIOUS ORDER (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2020 - Mar 31 2025
THE BRIEF RESEARCH IN AGING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCES (Federal Gov)
May 1 2018 - Apr 30 2023
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COHORTS FOR THE ADSP FOLLOW UP STUDY (FUS) (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2017 - Aug 31 2022
ADDITIONAL SEQUENCING COHORTS FOR THE ALZHEIMER S DISEASE SEQUENCING PROJECT (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2019 - Aug 31 2022
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA) LATE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE(LOAD) FAMILY BASED STUDY (FBS) (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - May 31 2022
COLUMBIA/CORNELL/HARLEM HOSPITAL PRECISION MEDICINE INITIATIVE HPO (Federal Gov)
Jul 6 2016 - Dec 31 2021
WHICAP -GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CEREBROVASCULAR FACTORS IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2016 - Jun 30 2021
GENETICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE IN MEXICO (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2018 - May 31 2021
COORDINATING CENTER FOR GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (CGAD) (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2016 - Feb 28 2021
REPLICATION AND EXTENSION IN AFRICAN AMERICANS OF AD SEQUENCING (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2016 - Aug 31 2020
GENETIC STUDIES OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE IN CARIBBEAN HISPANICS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2015 - Aug 31 2020
AZHEIMER S DISEASE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2020 - Jul 31 2020
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MULTI-OMICS ANALYSES IN FAMILIAL AND SPORADIC ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AMONG SECULAR CARIBBEAN HISPANICS AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 2019 - Jul 31 2020
DOMINANTLY INHERITED ALZHEIMER (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 2014 - Dec 31 2019
THE ALZHEIMER DISEASE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS COLLABORATIVE (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2018 - Aug 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FAMILIAL LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2012 - Mar 31 2019
GENETIC MODIFIERS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE IN PSEN1 MUTATION CARRIERS IN PUERTO RICO (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2016 - Aug 31 2018
CONSORTIUM FOR ALZHEIMER S SEQUENCE ANALYSIS (CASA) U19 PENN (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2014 - May 31 2018
THE BRIEF RESEARCH IN AGING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCES (Federal Gov)
May 1 2013 - Apr 30 2018
THE BRIEF RESEARCH IN AGING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCES (Federal Gov)
May 1 2013 - Apr 30 2018
THE BRIEF RESEARCH IN AGING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCES (Federal Gov)
May 1 2013 - Apr 30 2018
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BIOMARKERS OF RISK AND PROGRESSION IN LOAD (Federal Gov)
May 1 2010 - Apr 30 2017
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FAMILIAL LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2012 - Mar 31 2017
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FAMILIAL LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2012 - Mar 31 2017
COORDINATING CENTER FOR GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (CGAD) (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2016 - Feb 28 2017
NEW YORK CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN GENOMICS (Federal Gov)
Sep 27 2016 - Nov 30 2016
NEW YORK CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN GENOMICS (Federal Gov)
Sep 27 2016 - Nov 30 2016
WHOLE EXOME ANALYSIS OF EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Mar 1 2012 - Jul 31 2016
ALLELE-SPECIFIC MAPPING IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
May 1 2010 - Apr 30 2016
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2015 - Mar 31 2016
PLASMA ABETA AND BRAIN AMYLOID (P&S Industry Clinical Trial)
Oct 11 2010 - Oct 11 2015
EPIGENOMICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2009 - Aug 31 2015
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2010 - May 31 2015
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2007 - Jun 30 2014
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2009 - Mar 31 2014
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2009 - Mar 31 2014
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2009 - Mar 31 2014
DOMINANTLY INHERITED ALZHEIMER NETWORK (DIAN) (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2008 - Dec 31 2013
EXPANDING A NATIONAL RESOURCE FOR GENETIC RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL & HEALTH SCIENCES (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2010 - Aug 31 2013
SAMPLES ANALYSIS FOR THE PS1 G206A MUTATION (Private)
Aug 4 2010 - Aug 3 2012
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENOPAUSE AND DEMENTIA IN DOWN SYNDROME (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 1998 - Jul 31 2012
GENETICS CONSORTIUM FOR LATE ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2005 - Jun 30 2012
GENETIC CONSORTIUM FOR LATE ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2005 - Jun 30 2012
SHARED NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING EQUIPMENT (Private)
Nov 1 2010 - Oct 31 2011
CREATING A NATIONAL RESOURCE FOR GENETIC RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (Federal Gov)
Oct 1 2009 - Aug 31 2011
CREATING A NATIONAL RESOURCE FOR GENETIC RESEARCH IN THE BEH AVIORAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (Federal Gov)
Oct 1 2009 - Aug 31 2011
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY (Federal Gov)
Feb 1 1989 - Jun 30 2010
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY (Federal Gov)
Feb 1 1989 - Jun 30 2010
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN HISPANICS (Federal Gov)
Dec 1 1998 - Jan 31 2010
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 1999 - Jun 30 2004
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 1999 - Jun 30 2004