Head Physician, Professor
Neurocenter, Meilahti Hospitals
Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English
Clinical interests: Vascular cognitive impairment, cerebral small vessel disease, memory disorders
Education: MD 1977 University of Helsinki, Specialist in General Medicine 1982 University of Helsinki, Specialist in Neurology 1985 University of Helsinki, PhD 1988 University of Helsinki, Docent degree (experimental neurology) 1988 University of Helsinki, Docent degree (neurology) 1994 University of Helsinki
Research: Multi-infarct dementia 1982-1988, Helsinki Stroke Aging Memory study (SAM) 1993-, Leukoaraiosis and disability study (LADIS) 2000-, Cerebral small vessel disease study 2011-
Visits: Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Prof. Vladimir C. Hachinski); University of Western Ontario, Canada 1991- 1992; Visiting Scientist, The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada 1991-1992 (Head professor H.J.M. Barnett); Traineeship in Clinical Neurosciences by Fidia, University of Western Ontario, Canada 1993; Visiting professor, Johan Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2000-2001; Visiting professor, Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2002-2006
Memberships:
Finnish Neurological Society 1982-
Finnish Geriatric Society 1988-
Societas Gerontologica Fennica 1982-
Brain Research Society of Finland 1985-
Finnish Alzheimer Society 1989-
Finnish Alzheimer’s Disease Research Society 1997-
Advisory Board of the Finnish Memory Research Units 1996-
World Federation of Neurology, Research Group on Dementia 1985-
Nordic Society for Research in Brain Ageing 1990-
American Academy of Neurology (Corresponding Fellow, FAAN) 1992-
American Heart Association Stroke Council (Honorary Fellowship, FAHA) 1992-
International Psychogeriatric Association 1992-
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products (EMEA) Expert List 1995-
European Task Force on Age-related White Matter Disorders 1996-
International Working Group on Harmonisation of Dementia Drug Guidelines 1996-
Alzheimer's Disease International, Medical Scientific Advisory Panel 1997-2018
International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders 2002-
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry 2003-
Alzheimer Europe 2003-