Designation:
Asst. Professor of Neurology
Short Description:
Dr. Boxer directs studies of new therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.
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I am cautiously optimistic about new, effective treatments for dementia.
Long Description:
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Dr. Boxer received his MD and PhD degrees as part of the NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program at New York University Medical Center. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center and a residency in Neurology at Stanford University Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at UCSF.
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Dr. Boxer is currently the Vera and John Graziadio Scholar in Alzheimer's Disease Research and an Assistant Professor of Neurology. As part of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), Dr. Boxer directs studies of new therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's Disease and frontotemporal dementia, and he oversees the Genetics and Biological Samples cores. He participates in the evaluation and management of patients in the Memory and Aging Clinic and Huntington Disease Clinic at the UCSF MAC.
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Dr. Boxer's research uses <a href="/ftd/research/clinical/eyemovement/multiple" title="measuring eye movements in adults with neurodegenerative disease">quantitative eye movement</a> and neuroimaging (MRI and PET) measurements to study the pathophysiology of cognitive and motor impairments in Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration. He is the principle investigator of the first US multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, <a href="/ftd/research/clinical/memantine/multiple" title="clinical trial of memantine (Namenda) for bvFTD and SD">clinical trial of a therapeutic agent for frontotemporal lobar degeneration (memantine/Namenda®)</a>. Dr. Boxer is the recipient of the 2002 Edwin Boldrey Award from the San Francisco Neurological Society for basic research in neurological disease and the 2005 John Douglas French Foundation Alzheimer's Award.
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Dr. Boxer's research on Alzheimer's disease was featured on <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=5841502" title="ABC7 report on Alzheimer's research" target="_blank">ABC7</a> and <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec08/dementia_11-12.html" title="The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" target="_blank"><i>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</i></a>.
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