Fadi Massoud
- Professeur agrégé de clinique
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Faculté de médecine - Département de médecine
Profile
Biography
Dr Massoud travaille à titre de gériatre au CHUM et à l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, et il est professeur agrégé de clinique au Département de médecine de l’Université de Montréal. Intéressé particulièrement par le vieillissement cognitif et à la démence, c’est à titre de directeur scientifique qu’il dirige la Clinique des troubles de la mémoire du CHUM. Il est membres du Consortium Québécois pour la maladie d’Alzheimer et les maladies neurodégénératives connexes, et investigateur principal du CHUM au Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research (C5R).
Awards and recognitions
- Prix Roger Dufresne de la Société québécoise de gériatrie en 1997
- Bourse de recherche de la Fondation McLaughlin en 1998-2000
- Bourse de la Fondation Berthiaume-Du Tremblay en 2000
- Prix IMS-Brogan en 2012
Affiliations and responsabilities
Research affiliations
Teaching and supervision
Projects
Research projects
Blinded Randomized trial of Anticoagulation to prevent Ischemic stroke and Neurocognitive impairment in Atrial Fibrillation study
Canadian consortium on neurodegeneration in aging -full proposal (CCNA)
Relation between structural brain imaging and cognition in mixed and vascular mils cognitive impairment
Description
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. However, there is increasing evidence of a relationship between vascular dementia, which is characterized by the presence of cognitive deficits due to cerebrovascular lesions, and Alzheimer's disease. This raises questions regarding the distinction between Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, and the need for a better understanding of their similarities and differences. Importantly, a large proportion of persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease actually have mixed dementia; that is, they have vascular abnormalities in addition to Alzheimer's disease. It is important to identify these individuals, because clinicians don't use the same management approach for patients with only vascular dementia, patients with only Alzheimer's disease or those with mixed dementia. Unfortunately, it is difficult to diagnose these individuals with current clinical tools.
The goal of this study is to assess whether magnetic resonance imaging, a brain imaging technique, can help identify individuals with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia. We will also focus on a group of patients with very mild cognitive deficits. The brain of these participants will first be analyzed to identify brain anomalies. Patients will then be evaluated using neuropsychological tasks (of episodic memory, executive functions, psychomotor speed), and through neuropsychiatric examination. Participants will be followed repeatedly over a long period of time to assess the nature and progression of their deficits. This will allow a clearer understanding of whether the clinical outcome of those patients was primarily determined by brain abnormalities.
Outreach
Publications and presentations
Disciplines
- Geriatrics
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