Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Raj Shah

Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Biography

Raj C. Shah, MD, is an associate professor of family medicine with the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. He completed his bachelor of science in chemical engineering at Northwestern University and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. After completing a family practice residency at West Suburban Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, he received further training in geriatrics at Rush University. He is board-certified in family medicine with a certificate of added qualification in geriatrics.

Shah’s academic career interest is the design and conduct of community-based clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of age-related conditions including, but not limited to, memory loss.

He is a principal investigator for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease and other common age-related conditions. He is on the international steering committee and is site principal investigator for the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly prevention clinical trial. He also provides support for ongoing longitudinal research and infrastructure projects on memory and aging, including the Rush Memory and Aging Project, the Rush Religious Orders Study, the Rush Minority Aging and Research Study, the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center, the Rush Center of Excellence on Disparities in HIV and Aging, and the Rush Memory Clinic Data and Specimen Repository.

Research Interest

Age related conditions

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Memory related diseases

Alzheimer's Disease

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