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Brian Appleby, MD

Brian Appleby, MD

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Professor of Neurology, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Specialty: Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychiatry-Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Location:
    UH Foley ElderHealth Center
    3619 Park East Dr
    Beachwood, OH 44122

Biography: Brian Appleby, MD

Expertise

  • Behavioral Neurology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • Dementia
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Prion Diseases
  • Young-Onset Dementia

Certifications & Memberships

  • Geriatric Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Certification in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties

Education

Fellowship | Geriatric Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry - THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL (2007 - 2008)

Residency | Psychiatry
Psychiatry - THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL (2004 - 2007)

Internship | Psychiatry
Psychiatry - Georgetown University Hospital (2003 - 2004)

Medical Education
Georgetown University School Of Medicine (2003)

Undergraduate
Goucher College (1999)

About

Brian Appleby, MD is a neuropsychiatrist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center who treats and researches cognitive disorders. Dr. Appleby is an associate professor of neurology, psychiatry, and pathology at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Director, and Medical Director of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) Foundation. He is also chair of the Cleveland Chapter Alzheimer's Association Professional Advisory Board.  

Dr. Appleby received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed a psychiatry residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he also completed a geriatric psychiatry fellowship.

His clinical and research interests include prion diseases (e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and young-onset dementias.

 In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, computers, reading, Taekwondo, and Judo.

Research & Publications

Research Interests

Prion Disease, Frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Dementia

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