SCIENCE ON SCREEN® – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND with Andrew E. Budson, MD

Andrew E. Budson, M.D. is Chief of Cognitive Behavioral Neurology and Director of the Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System; Associate Director and Leader of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine; and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His training included graduating cum laude from Harvard Medical School, being chief resident of the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Residency Program, pursuing a fellowship in dementia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and studying memory as a post-doctoral fellow in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University. He has given over 750 local, national, and international grand rounds and other academic talks. He has published over 150 papers, reviews, and book chapters and is a reviewer for more than 50 journals. His books have been (or are being) translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. He was awarded the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology and the Research Award in Geriatric Neurology, both from the American Academy of Neurology. His current research uses the techniques of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to understand memory and consciousness in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. In his memory disorders clinic at the VA Boston Healthcare System, he treats patients while teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. For Dr. Budson’s CV click here.