David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD

Assistant Professor
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David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD, is a neurologist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, where he specializes in the diagnosis and care of patients with cognitive symptoms caused by neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Soleimani-Meigooni’s research focuses on advancing precision medicine approaches for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, his work examines the use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to study the accumulation of amyloid-beta and tau proteins, which play a key role in these diseases. He also collaborates with researchers to develop PET imaging techniques for measuring the accumulation of four-repeat tau in certain types of frontotemporal dementia and changes in synaptic density, astrocytes, microglia, and myelin that can accompany neurodegeneration in the brain. His research has been supported by the Alzheimer's Association and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Dr. Soleimani-Meigooni earned his medical degree from UCSF. He completed his neurology residency at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he served as chief resident for education and quality improvement. He then returned to UCSF for a fellowship in cognitive and behavioral neurology and is currently an assistant professor at the Fein Memory and Aging Center.

Passionate about improving the lives of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, Dr. Soleimani-Meigooni combines compassionate patient care with cutting-edge research. His work aims to refine diagnostic tools and pave the way for more personalized treatment strategies for individuals affected by conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Publications

Calibration of multisite raters for prospective visual reads of amyloid PET scans.

Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Pezzoli S, Blazhenets G, La Joie R, Lin Z, Soppe CL, Johnson DR, Koran MEI, McConathy JE, Nasrallah IM, Ponisio MR, Tanner JA, Villemagne VL, Windon CC, Zeineh M, Biber S, Kukull WA, O'Connell H, Peterson DJ, Mormino EC, Johnson SC, Rabinovici GD, LEADS Consortium, PREVENT-AD Research Group, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Frequency and Clinical Outcomes Associated With Tau Positron Emission Tomography Positivity.

Moscoso A, Heeman F, Raghavan S, Costoya-Sánchez A, van Essen M, Mainta I, Camacho V, Rodríguez-Fonseca O, Silva-Rodríguez J, Perissinotti A, Gu Y, Yun J, Peretti D, Ribaldi F, Coomans EM, Brum WS, Grothe MJ, Aguiar P, Bischof GN, Drzezga A, Seo SW, Villeneuve S, Malpetti M, O'Brien JT, Rowe JB, van de Giessen EM, Ossenkoppele R, Jagust WJ, Smith R, Hansson O, Frisoni GB, Garibotto V, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Carrillo M, Dickerson BC, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LaMontagne PJ, Pontecorvo MJ, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Weiner MW, Petersen RC, Jack CR, Vemuri P, Schöll M, PREVENT-AD Research Group, the Harvard Aging Brain Study, the LEADS Consortium, and the Alzheimer’s

Amyloid PET in Sporadic Early- Versus Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: Comparison of the LEADS and ADNI Cohorts.

Lagarde J, Maiti P, Schonhaut DR, Blazhenets G, Zhang J, Eloyan A, Thangarajah M, Taurone A, Allen IE, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Zeltzer E, Windon C, Abu Raya M, Vrillon A, Smith K, Shankar R, Amuiri A, Rocha S, Hammers DB, Dage JL, Nudelman KN, Kirby K, Aisen P, Koeppe R, Landau SM, Carrillo MC, Touroutoglou A, Brickhouse M, Vemuri P, Beckett L, Raman R, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Womack K, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Grant IM, Rogalski E, Johnson ECB, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Dickerson BC, Apostolova LG, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, LEADS Consortium for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Molecular neuroimaging in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Iaccarino L, Llibre-Guerra JJ, McDade E, Edwards L, Gordon B, Benzinger T, Hassenstab J, Kramer JH, Li Y, Miller BL, Miller Z, Morris JC, Mundada N, Perrin RJ, Rosen HJ, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Strom A, Tsoy E, Wang G, Xiong C, Allegri R, Chrem P, Vazquez S, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Salloway S, Fox NC, Day GS, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Bateman R, Rabinovici GD

[18F]PI-2620 Binding Patterns in Patients with Suspected Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.

Blazhenets G, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Thomas W, Mundada N, Brendel M, Vento S, VandeVrede L, Heuer HW, Ljubenkov P, Rojas JC, Chen MK, Amuiri AN, Miller Z, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Litvan I, Grossman M, Boeve B, Pantelyat A, Tartaglia MC, Irwin DJ, Dickerson BC, Baker SL, Boxer AL, Rabinovici GD, La Joie R

Longitudinal clinical, cognitive and biomarker profiles in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Llibre-Guerra JJ, Iaccarino L, Coble D, Edwards L, Li Y, McDade E, Strom A, Gordon B, Mundada N, Schindler SE, Tsoy E, Ma Y, Lu R, Fagan AM, Benzinger TLS, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Aschenbrenner AJ, Miller Z, Wang G, Kramer JH, Hassenstab J, Rosen HJ, Morris JC, Miller BL, Xiong C, Perrin RJ, Allegri R, Chrem P, Surace E, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Fox NC, Day G, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Bateman R

The Sporadic Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Signature Of Atrophy: Preliminary Findings From The Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS) Cohort.

Touroutoglou A, Katsumi Y, Brickhouse M, Zaitsev A, Eckbo R, Aisen P, Beckett L, Dage JL, Eloyan A, Foroud T, Ghetti B, Griffin P, Hammers D, Jack CR, Kramer JH, Iaccarino L, Joie R, Mundada NS, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Polsinelli AJ, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack K, Carrillo MC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, Dickerson BC, LEADS Consortium

Amyloid and tau-PET in early-onset AD: Baseline data from the Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS).

Cho H, Mundada NS, Apostolova LG, Carrillo MC, Shankar R, Amuiri AN, Zeltzer E, Windon CC, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Tanner JA, Heath CL, Lesman-Segev OH, Aisen P, Eloyan A, Lee HS, Hammers DB, Kirby K, Dage JL, Fagan A, Foroud T, Grinberg LT, Jack CR, Kramer J, Kukull WA, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Toga A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez M, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski EJ, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Koeppe R, Iaccarino L, Dickerson BC, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, LEADS Consortium

Influence of amyloid and diagnostic syndrome on non-traditional memory scores in early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Bushnell J, Hammers DB, Aisen P, Dage JL, Eloyan A, Foroud T, Grinberg LT, Iaccarino L, Jack CR, Kirby K, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez M, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, Clark DG, LEADS Consortium

Sex and APOE ε4 carrier effects on atrophy, amyloid PET, and tau PET burden in early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Nemes S, Logan PE, Manchella MK, Mundada NS, La Joie R, Polsinelli AJ, Hammers DB, Koeppe RA, Foroud TM, Nudelman KN, Eloyan A, Iaccarino L, Dorsant-Ardón V, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Dage JL, Aisen P, Grinberg LT, Jack CR, Kramer J, Kukull WA, Murray ME, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Womack KB, Wolk DA, Rabinovici GD, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in the Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study.

Dage JL, Eloyan A, Thangarajah M, Hammers DB, Fagan AM, Gray JD, Schindler SE, Snoddy C, Nudelman KNH, Faber KM, Foroud T, Aisen P, Griffin P, Grinberg LT, Iaccarino L, Kirby K, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga AW, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Beckett LA, Day GS, Graff-Radford NR, Duara R, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack KB, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

White matter hyperintensities are higher among early-onset Alzheimer's disease participants than their cognitively normal and early-onset nonAD peers: Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS).

Eloyan A, Thangarajah M, An N, Borowski BJ, Reddy AL, Aisen P, Dage JL, Foroud T, Ghetti B, Griffin P, Hammers D, Iaccarino L, Jack CR, Kirby K, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack K, Beckett L, Gao S, Carrillo MC, Rabinovici G, Apostolova LG, Dickerson B, Vemuri P, and the LEADS Consortium

Baseline neuropsychiatric symptoms and psychotropic medication use midway through data collection of the Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS) cohort.

Polsinelli AJ, Wonderlin RJ, Hammers DB, Garcia AP, Eloyan A, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Beckett L, Gao S, Wang S, Kirby K, Logan PE, Aisen P, Dage JL, Foroud T, Griffin P, Iaccarino L, Kramer JH, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Rumbaugh M, Toga AW, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Womack K, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

Profiling baseline performance on the Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS) cohort near the midpoint of data collection.

Hammers DB, Eloyan A, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Beckett L, Gao S, Kirby K, Aisen P, Dage JL, Foroud T, Griffin P, Grinberg LT, Jack CR, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, Mundada NS, La Joie R, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Iaccarino L, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Polsinelli AJ, Rumbaugh M, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Womack K, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

Accuracy of Tau Positron Emission Tomography as a Prognostic Marker in Preclinical and Prodromal Alzheimer Disease: A Head-to-Head Comparison Against Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Ossenkoppele R, Smith R, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Groot C, Leuzy A, Strandberg O, Palmqvist S, Olsson T, Jögi J, Stormrud E, Cho H, Ryu YH, Choi JY, Boxer AL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Iaccarino L, La Joie R, Baker S, Borroni E, Klein G, Pontecorvo MJ, Devous MD, Jagust WJ, Lyoo CH, Rabinovici GD, Hansson O