About Dr. Fotuhi

Current Positions
Education
Residency and Fellowship Training
Teaching Experience
Awards
Academic Lectures
Public Lectures
Honors
Academic Membership
Academic Publications
Abstracts
Books and Chapters
Articles for General Public
MD and PhD Thesis
Website Articles
Media Interviews

Current Positions

• Director, Center for Memory and Brain Health, LifeBridge Health Brain and Spine Institute, Department of Neurology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
• Clinical instructor, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT division of Health Sciences and Technology
• Assistant Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Education

• M.D., Cum Laude, Harvard Medical School
  • Member of the Harvard-MIT division of Health Science and Technology 
• Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Department of Neurosciences
• B.Sc. Concordia University
  • Member of Science College
    

Residency and Fellowship Training

• Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology - Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Chief Resident, Neurology - Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Resident, Neurology - Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Internship, Medicine - Johns Hopkins Hospital 

Teaching Experience

• 2001-present
  • Teaching medical students and medicine/neurology residents, Johns Hopkins and Sinai Hospitals
• 1996-2005
  • Course director for the  annual USMLE I Review Course in Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroanatomy
• 2000-2001 
  • Co-organizer for the Residents' Neurology Noon Conferences, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Awards

• 2005
  • Alzheimer's Association, Richard J. Price Caregiver Award
• 2001
  • Teaching Award, American Academy of Neurology
• 1998 & 2000
  • Travel Award, American Neurological AssociationMeetings in Montreal (1998) and in Boston (2000)
• 1992-1997
  • Research and teaching scholarships, HST program, Harvard/MIT; Merck Research Scholar
• 1993
  • Grant to build two five-foot-tall brain models, Department of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
• 1987-1992
  • Merky doctoral research scholarship, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
  • FCAR research grant, Quebec government, Canada

Academic Lectures

• November 29, 2007 - Grand round Lecture, Shady Gove Hospital - Washington, DC
  • Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s
• November 16, 2007 - Grand round Lecture, Suburban Hospital and NIH - Washington, DC
  • Many Faces of Dementia
• June 13, 2007 - Invited Speaker, Tel Aviv University - Israel
  • New Vision for What Causes Alzheimer’s and How to Prevent It
• November 23, 2006 - Visiting Professor Lecture, Kanazawa University - Kanazawa, Japan
  • Opportunities for Preventing Memory Loss and Dementia
• November 27, 2006 - Visiting Professor Lecture, Tokyo Medical and Dental University - Tokyo, Japan
  • Preventing Alzheimer's: From Basic Science to Clinical Trials
• October 18, 2006 - Honorary Speaker, Walter Reed Medical Center, NIH - Bethesda, MD
  • New Developments in Preventing and Treating Alzheimer's
• May 11, 2006 - Honorary Speaker, Baltimore City Medical Society
  • Update on Dementia: from Basic Research and Prevention to Future Medications
• February 14, 2006 - Honorary Speaker, Cairo University - Egypt
  • Role of NSAID's and Vitamins in Cognitive Performance: Alzheimer's Disease Can be Prevented
• February 15, 2006 - Honorary Speaker, Ein Shams University - Cairo, Egypt
  • Latest Update on Alzheimer's Research
• January 25, 2006 - Neurology Grand-Round Lecture, University of Maryland
  • Better Cognitive Performance in Elderly Taking a Combination of NSAID's and Anti-oxidant Vitamins
• January 9, 2006 - Invited speaker for the Alzheimer's Consortium, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Baltimore
  • Better Cognitive Function in Elderly Taking a Combination of NSAID’s and Vitamins E and C, The Cache County Study
• March 10, 2005 - Honorary Speaker, Science College 25th Anniversary, Concordia University - Montreal, Canada
  • Preventing Alzheimer's
• December 7, 2004 - Honorary Speaker, Peking University - China
  • Role of vitamins, NSAID's, and Education in Preventing Dementia
• December 9, 2004 - Honorary Speaker, Tianjin University - China
  • Alzheimer's Now Considered a Preventable Disease
• March 23, 2000 - Keynote Speaker, Science College Lecture Series - Montreal, Canada
  • Stroke Therapy

Public Lectures

• November 15, 2007 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer’s Association – Maryland
  • Fight Alzheimer’ Early: Six Steps to Keep Your Brain Young
• August 25, 2005 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Western New York
  • Memory Power II: Update on Alzheimer's Research
• August 11, 2005 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Northern Texas, Forth Worth
  • Conquering Memory Loss
• August 10, 2005 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Dallas
  • Memory Protection Plan
• July 21, 2005 - Keynote Speaker, Area Agency on Aging
  • Slow Age-Related Memory Loss
• May 19, 2005 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Denver, Colorado
  • Improving Your Memory, Preventing Alzheimer's
• October 14, 2004 - Invited Lecturer, Learning Annex - New York
  • Preventing Memory Loss and Dementia
• September 9, 2004 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - North Central Texas (Abilene)
  • Boosting Your Memory, Protecting Your Brain Against Alzheimer's, and Caring for Patients
• June 24, 2004 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Western New York Chapter
  • Power Your Memory
• June 8, 2004 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Greater Maryland Chapter
  • Conquering Memory Loss
• June 3, 2004 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Rochester New York Chapter
  • Protect Your Brain
• February 17, 2004 - Public Lecture, Sponsored by Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
  • New Treatments for Dementia
• November 22, 2003 - Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer's Association - Greater East Ohio Area Chapter
  • New Hope for Preventing Alzheimer's
• September 6, 2003 - Keynote Speaker, Care Group - Indiana
  • Dementia: Taming the Beast
    

Honors

• December 2007 - Selected as one of “The Most Intriguing Baltimoreans of the Year”
• September 2007 - Invited to participate and give a lecture at the United Nations:Global Creative Leadership Conference, organized in association with Louise T. Blouin Foundation(“An invitation-only and cross-disciplinary event, it will unite a hand-selected 100 of the world's leading minds, identifying new ways to allow organizations to develop and meet the new demands of the 21st century." – press release for the conference)
• 1993 & 1996 - Profiled twice in Dean’s Report, Harvard Medical School
• 1995 - Member of the teaching faculty for the HST neurobiology course at Harvard Medical School (while a medical student)
• 1994 - Nominated by Harvard Medical School for an article in Boston Magazine, titled: 20 rising stars in Boston.
• 1988 & 1990 - President, Graduate Student Association, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
• 1998-1990 - Founding Editor, Hopkins Graduate
• 1987 - Valedictorian & recipient of Concordia Medal, Concordia University, Montreal
• 1986 - Senator, Concordia University Senate, member of the Research Committee
• 1984-1986 - Founding Editor, Science College Newsletter
• 1984 & 1986 - Vice-President & President, Science College Association

Academic Membership

• Society for Neuroscience, 1988-
• American Academy of Neurology, 1999-
• American Medical Association, 2000
• Massachusetts Medical Society, 1996
• International Brain Research Organization, 1996

Academic Publications

1. Wengreen, HJ, Munger RG, Corcoran CD, Zandi P, Hayden KM, Fotuhi M, Skoog I, Norton MC, Tschanz JT, Breitner JCS, Welsh-Bohmer KA. "Antioxidant intake and cognitive function of elderly men and women." Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging. 2007; 11(3)230-7
2. Hayden KM, Zandi P, Khachaturian AS, Fotuhi M, Norton MC, Tschanz JT, Pieper CF, Corcoran C, Lyketsos C, Breitner JCS, and Welsh-Bohmer KA. "Does NSAID use modify cognitive trajectory in the elderly? The Cache County Study." Neurology 2007; 69(3):275-82.
3. Fotuhi M, Zandi P, Hayden K M, Khachaturian AS, Wengreen H, Munger R, Norton MC, Tschanz JT, Lyketsos K, Breitner JCS, Welsh-Bohmer KA. "Better Cognitive Performance in Elderly Taking Anti-oxidant Vitamins E and C in Combination with NSAID’s." Alzheimer’s and Dementia 2008 (submitted).
4. Brotman D, Fotuhi M. "Syphilis and Orthostatic Shaking Limbs." Lancet 2000; 356:1734.
5. Steiner JP, Dawson TM, Fotuhi M, Snyder SH. "Immunophilin regulation of neurotransmitter release." Molecular Medicine 1996;2(3):325-33.
6. Dawson TM, Steiner JP, Lyons WE, Fotuhi M, Blue M, Snyder SH. "The immunophilins, FK 506 biding protein, and cyclophilin are discretely localized in the brain: relationship to calcineurin." Neuroscience 1994;62(2):569-80.
7. Fotuhi M, Standaert DG, Testa CM, Penney JB Jr, Young AB. "Differential expression of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex of the rat." Molecular Brain Research 1994;21(3-4):283-92.
8. Fotuhi M, Dawson TM, Sharp AH, Martin LJ, Graybiel AM, Snyder SH.  "Phosphoinositide second messanger system is enriched in striosomes: immunohistochemical demonstration of inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors and phospholipase C beta and gamma in primate basal ganglia." Journal of Neuroscience 1993;13(8):3300-8.
9. Fotuhi M, Sharp AH, Glatt CE, Hwang PM, von Krosigk M, Snyder SH, Dawson TM. "Differential localization of phosphoinositide-linked metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1) and the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor in rat brain." Journal of Neuroscience 1993;13(5):2001-12.
10. Hwang PM, Fotuhi M, Bredt DS, Cunningham AM, Snyder SH. "Contrasting immunolocalization in rat brain of two novel K+ channels of the Shab sub family." Journal of Neuroscience 1993;13(4):1569-76.
11. Sharp AH, Dawson TM, Ross CA, Fotuhi M, Mourey RJ, Snyder SH. "Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors: immunohistochemical localization of discrete areas of rat central nervous system." Neuroscience 1993; 53(4):927-42.
12. Steiner JP, Dawson TM, Fotuhi M, Glatt CE, Snowman AM, Cohen N, Snyder SH. "High brain densities of the immunophilin FKBP colocalized with calcineurin." Nature 1992;358(6387):584-7.
13. Bredt DS, Glatt CE, Hwang PM, Fotuhi M, Dawson TM, Snyder SH. "Nitric oxide synthase protein and mRNA are discretely localized in neuronal populations of the mammalian CNS with NADPH diaphrase." Neuron 1991;7(4):615-24.
14. Dawson TM, Bredt DS, Fotuhi M, Hwang PM, and Snyder SH. "Nitric oxide synthase and neuronal NADPH diaphorase are identical in brain and peripheral tissues." Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA 1991;88(17):7797-801.
15. Wise RA, Fotuhi M, Cole LM. "Facilitation of feeding by nucleus accumbens amphetamine injections: latency and speed measures." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 1989;32(3):769-72.

Abstracts

• Fotuhi M (2007) Role of DHA in Prevention and Treatment of Dementia. Dementia Prevention Conference, Washington DC. 
• Fotuhi M, Zandi P, Hayden KM, Khachaturian AS, Wengreen H, Munger H, Norton MC, Tschanz JT, Breitner JCS, Welsh-Bohmer KA (2006) Better Cognitive Performance in Elderly Taking a Combination of NSAID's and Vitamins E and C: The Cache County Study. American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, San Diego
• Hayden KM, Zandi P, Khachaturian AS, Fotuhi M, Norton MC, Tschanz JT, Pieper CF, Corcoran C, Lyketsos C, Breitner JCS, and Welsh-Bohmer KA. Does NSAID use modify cognitive trajectory in the elderly? The Cache County Study. Alzheimer’s Conference, Madrid, Spain.
• Fotuhi M, Zandi P, Hayden KM, Khachaturian AS, Wengreen H, Munger H, Norton MC, Tschanz JT, Breitner JCS, Welsh-Bohmer KA (2005) Use of NSAIDs and Antioxidant Supplements in Combination Reduces the Rate of Cognitive Decline. The Cache County Study. Dementia Prevention Conference
• Fotuhi, M (1994) Building a brain model in the classroom. Soc Neurosci Abstr 20
• Blue ME, Fotuhi M, Dawson TM, Snyder SH, and Jonston MV (1992) Development of non-NMDA glutamate receptors in the brain. Soc Neurosci Abstr 18:1542
• Dawson TM, Dawson VL, Bredt DS, Fotuhi M, Hwang PM, Uhl Gr, and Snyder SH (1992) Nitric Oxide Synthase/NADPH diaphorase neurons: Role in neurotoxicity. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17:784
• Fotuhi M, Sharp AH, Snyder SH, and Dawson TM (1992) Differential expression of the metabotropic (mGluR1) and NMDA receptor in the brain. Soc Neurosci Abstr 18:1149
• Hwang PM, Fotuhi M, Bredt DS, and Snyder SH (1992) Contrasting localization in the rat brain of two novel K channels of SHAB family. Soc Neurosci Abstr 18:1094
• Sharp AH, Ross CA, Dawson TM, Fotuhi M, and Snyder SH (1991) Localization of inositol triphosphate receptor in neuronal cell bodies, dendrites, and terminals in rat central nervous system. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17: 424
• Bredt DS, Hwang PM, Glatt CE, Lowenstein C, Dawson TM, Fotuhi M, Ferris CD, Reed RR, and Snyder SH (1991) Nitric oxide synthase: primary structure and functional expression of the cloned gene. Third IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience 11: 24
• Bredt DS, Hwang PM, Glatt CE, Lowenstein C, Dawson TM, Fotuhi M, Ferris CD, Reed RR, and Snyder SH (1991) Nitric oxide synthase: molecular characterization and functional expression of the cloned gene. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17:  349
• Fotuhi M, Dawson TM, Sharp AH, Martin LJ, and Snyder SH (1991) Localization of inositol triphosphate receptor (IP3R) in primate brain. Third IBRO World Congress on Neuroscience 11: 37
• Fotuhi M, Dawson TM, Sharp AH, Martin LJ, Graybiel AM, and Snyder SH (1991) The phosphoinositide second messenger system is enriched in striosomes of the primate striatum. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17: 854 
• Glatt CE, Fotuhi M, Dawson TM, and Snyder SH (1991) Localization of putative PI linked G proteins by in situ hybridization. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17: 607
• Peyser CE, Wagster MV, Hedreen JC, Dawson TM, Fotuhi M, Bredt DS, and Snyder SH (1991) Neuropathology of frontal cerebral cortex in Huntington’s disease. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17: 1450
• Fotuhi M, Koliatsos VE, Alexander GE, and DeLong MR (1990) Differential projections of the sensorimotor cortical areas to the primate neostriatum. Soc Neurosci Abstr 16: 123
• Fotuhi M, Koliatsos VE, Alexander GE, DeLong MR (1989) Pattern of sensorimotor integration in the primate neostriatum: primary somatosensory cortex and motor cortex project to coextensive territories in the putamen. Soc Neurosci Abstr 15: 285
• Verma A, Leadbetter DL, Fotuhi M, Snyder SH (1987) Characterization of the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors in rat uterus. Soc Neurosci Abstr 13: 965
  

Books and Chapters

• Fotuhi M, Shortz W. (2008) Crosswords to Keep Your Brain Young - The 6-Step Age-Defying Program 
• Fotuhi M (2003) The Memory Cure: How to Protect Your Brain Against Memory Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease. New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Brotman D, Fotuhi M. (2002) "Orthostatic Limb Shaking". In: Schmidt D and Schachter S editors.  110 Puzzling Cases of Epilepsy. London: Dunitz.
• Fotuhi, M (2002) Workbook for my USMLE I review course in microbiology, pharmacology, and neuroanatomy; titled: Bugs, Drugs, and the Brain. 230 pages.

Articles for General Public

• Fotuhi, M. Alzheimer's Can be Prevented. BottomLine Health Vol 16-1, January 2005
• Fotuhi, M. Hidden Causes of Memory Loss. BottomLine Health Vol 15-5, May 2004
• Fotuhi, M. Medications and the Brain. The Memory Bulletin, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Special Report, 2003
• Fotuhi M. Jogging your memories; there is hope for preventing and treating Alzheimer disease. The Montreal Gazette 2001 September 27; Section D. 
• Fotuhi M. Controversial drug has sobering effects. The Baltimore Sun 1990 July 31;D2
• Fotuhi M. One more cup of coffee. The Baltimore Sun 1988 December 6; Section F:4.

MD and PhD Thesis

• Fotuhi M. Metabotropic glutamate receptors in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex of the rat: implications for plasticity and neurotoxicity. Boston (MA): Harvard Medical School, 1997
• Fotuhi M. Differential distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor and IP3 receptor in the basal ganglia (dissertation). Baltimore (MD): Johns Hopkins University; 1992.

Website Articles

• Fotuhi M and Zee D. Clinical cases from Johns Hopkins Neurology – Case 5: 42-year-old woman with jumping eyes, unable to get up. Medscape Neurology 2001 June 5; New York. (http://neurology.medscape.com/38476.rhtml)
• Burnette WB and Fotuhi M. Clinical cases from Johns Hopkins Neurology – Case 15: When a stroke is not a stroke. Medscape Neurology 2007 January 30; New York (http://doctor.medscape.com/viewarticle/550613)

Media Interviews

• March 30, 2008 - WJZ TV in Baltimore, Causes of Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease
• March 20, 2008 - Voice of America (VOA) interview, Preventing Memory Loss and Alzheimer's
• March 20, 2008 -  WUSA TV in Washington DC, Interview about the book: The New York Times Crosswords to Keep Your Brain Young
• February 13, 2008 - The Montel Williams Show (national TV),  Dealing with Memory Loss 
• February 1, 2008 - ABC News (national TV), Six Age-Defying Steps
• January 25, 2008 - WJZ, Baltimore, Vertigo
• January 4, 2008 - WJZ, Baltimore, Crosswords and Brain Stimulation  
• February 6, 2007 - Fox News, Baltimore, Special report about Memory and Brain Health
• January 29, 2007 - WBAL TV station, Baltimore, Maintaining Memory, Preventing Alzheimer’s
• January  29, 2007 - WYPR, National Public Radio station(NPR), in Baltimore, Medical Commentary on Memory and Cognition
• January 1, 2006 - Maryland Public Television, PBS, 2-hr presentation of my DVD, Conquering Memory Loss
• December 2, 2005 - Pittsburgh Public Television, PBS, 2-hr presentation of my DVD, Conquering Memory Loss
• August 25, 2005 - Buffalo WBEN, Star 102.5, and ABC radio
• August 25, 2005 - TV - WGRZ-TV (NBC), live
• July 24, 2004 - Buffalo Channel 7 TV interview, live (5 minutes)
• July 18, 2004 - Buffalo AM radio interview, live (5 minutes)
• July 2, 2004 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• March 15, 2004 - Maryland Public Television, a one-hour educational lecture (as a part of their fund-raising drive)
• January 23, 2004 - WUSA TV interview, channel 9 in Washington DC, live (5 minutes)
• January 19, 2004 - Interview with IPN (International Programming Network), live (30 minutes)
• September 1, 2003 - Businessweek(I Can't Remember: Memory Loss a Problem for Millions of People Over 40. Help is on the Way)
• June 6, 2003 - WYPR radio interview, Baltimore NPR station, live (60 minutes)
• May 8, 2003 - Chicago Tribune
• May 1, 2003 - Wall Street Journal
• April 22, 2003 - Baltimore Sun
• April 15, 2003 - Boston Globe(Memory Problems? Forget about it.)
• March 4, 2003 - Washington Times (Mind Games)
• March 1, 2003 - Hopkins Dome (Heady reading)
• Feb 14, 2003 - CJAD radio interview, live (5 minutes), Montreal
• Feb 12, 2003 - Canadian TV interview, Canada AM, live (5 minutes); Toronto
• Feb 11, 2003 - Minneapolis Star Tribune (Memory Expert Advises People To Exercise Their Minds)
• Feb 11, 2003 - CBC radio interview, Homerun; Montreal
• Feb 10, 2003 - CFAX radio interview, live (30 minutes); Victoria BC
• Feb 5, 2003 - CIFM radio interview, live (20 minutes); Kamloops, BC
• Feb 4, 2003 - CKOV radio interview, live (25 minutes); Kelowna BC
• Jan 31, 2003 - WBFF TV interview, live (3 minutes), morning news; Baltimore
• Jan 30, 2003 - WTOP radio interview, live (3 minutes); Washington DC
• Jan 28, 2003 - The Washington Post, book reviewed; page HE03Keeping Your Brain from Acting Its Age
• Jan 25, 2003 - WBAL TV interview, live (4 minutes), morning news; Baltimore
• Mar 30, 2000 - Concordia Thursday ReportAdvances in Stroke Therapy
• Mar 23, 2000 - CBC radio interview (Homerun), live  (20 minutes)
• Mar 20, 2000 - WCJAD radio interview, live (15 minutes), Answering questions from public on issues regarding stroke
• Spring 1996 - Harvard Medical, The Giant Brainstorm
• Dec 15, 1994 - Harvard Gazette, Harvard’s Biggest Brain - Medical Student Majid Fotuhi has it – and it’s 5-feet-tall
• Aug 13, 1993 - The Boston Globe, Brainpower
• Aug 13, 1993 - Channel 4 TV interview, evening news, Boston
• Sep 10, 1986 - The Montreal Gazette, They Make It Fun to Find the Answers
• July 8, 1986 - CBC TV interview, Newswatch, Montreal
• Apr 3, 1985 - The Montreal Gazette, Young Scientists Set Examples For Parents