Leonardo de Souza, MD PhD
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Affiliation(s):
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Areas of Interest:
Aging and Cognition; Dementia; Alzheimer; Neuropsychological assessment; Frontotemporal dementia
Biography & Research:
I have been working in the field of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology for at least 15 years, centered in neurodegenerative diseases, mainly Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
After concluding my medical degree and the neurological training in Brazil, I spent almost eight years at Pitié-Salpétriêre Hospital (Paris, France), where I underwent medical training in Cognitive Neurology under the supervision of Prof. Bruno Dubois and Prof. Marie Sarazin. During the period in Paris, I also did my master degree, my PhD thesis and a post-doctoral fellowship.
In 2013, I received a Grant from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and I decided to move back to Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Currently, I am Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Since then, I have established scientific collaborations with international teams on the field of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology. My research activity is focused in the development and the clinical applicability of biomarkers for the diagnosis of AD and FTD. In particular, my research activity encompasses different biomarkers, such as neuroimaging signatures of neurodegenerative diseases, CSF biomarkers and neuropsychological tests.
