Douglas Scharre

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Douglas Scharre

Professor, Department of Neurology
scharre.1@osu.edu

scharre.1@osu.edu

614-293-4969

620 Twelfth Avenue
395 W 12th Ave
Columbus, OH
43210

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Areas of Expertise

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Memory Disorders

Education

  • MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
  • Internship, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX
  • Residency, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • Fellowship, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Scharre, Director of the Division of Cognitive Neurology at Ohio State University, heads the Memory Disorders Research Center and is a clinical researcher and dementia specialist with over 20 years of experience. He has developed the SAGE cognitive assessment tool and conducted over 100 dementia related clinical trials funded by NIH, foundations, and industry using cognitive enhancers and behavioral therapies, functional neuroimaging with MRI and PET, and screening tools for mild cognitive impairment.

Research Interests: 

  • Cognitive assessment
  • Dementia
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Mild cognitive impairment
  • Dementia with Lewy bodies
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Behavioral disturbances in dementia

Research Lab Goals: Dr. Scharre conducts clinical research in dementia and mild cognitive impairment that has been funded by NIH, foundations and industry. He has many active grants including clinical drug trials using cognitive enhancers and behavioral therapies; functional neuroimaging studies using PET, SPECT and MRI; and screening for mild cognitive impairment and early dementia diagnosis.

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