Dennis M. D. Landis, MD

Dennis attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. After an internship in Internal Medicine at University of California San Diego, he spent two years at the NIH as a research fellow. He returned to clinical training as a resident in Internal Medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and then pursued three years of residency training in Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the faculty there, and after seven years moved to the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He became the Gilbert Humphrey Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University in 1995. In July, 2006, he stepped down as Chair, and began a six month sabbatical. Beginning January, 2007, he started his new service as Professor and Chairman of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine. In March, 2008, he ended his service as Chair, but remained at Baylor as a Professor of Neurology. In December, 2008, he resigned from Baylor, and then joined the Department of Neurology at Georgetown in 2009. He also began to participate in the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the NIH. He resigned from Georgetown and from his NIH activities in the Spring of 2014

A brief CV follows on this page. A more complete academic CV, with publications etc is on another page.

Education:

1967 A.B. Harvard College, Cambridge. Massachusetts

1971 M.D. Harvard Medical School. Boston. Massachusetts

Postdoctoral Training:

Internships and Residencies:

1971-1972 Medical Intern, University Hospital of San Diego County, San Diego. California

1974-1975 Medical Resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

1975-1978 Neurology Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinical Fellow in Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Research Fellowship:

1972-1974 Staff Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Sabbatical Study

            1992  Institut für Hirnforschung der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Licensure and Certification:

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1975)

Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology, 1979)

Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology, 2005)

Academic Appointments:

1978-1979 Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School

1979-1983 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

1983-1985 Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience), Harvard Medical School

1985-1988 Associate Professor of Neurology, Developmental Genetics and Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

1988-1990 Associate Professor of Neurology and Center for Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

1990- 1996 Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

1994-1996 Acting Chairman, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

1996- 2006 Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

2007-8 Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine

2009-2014 Professor, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Story Cleland Landis, PhD

Story attended Wellesley College, and then obtained her PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard University. After post-doctoral study at Harvard Medical School, she joined the faculty there. She moved to the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and there eventually became the first Chairman of the Department of Neurosciences. She joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as Scientific Director in 1996, and became Director of that Institute in 2004. She has retired from the NIH, but continues to contribute in a variety of national forums.

A brief CV follows on this page.  A more complete academic CV, with publications etc. is on another page.

 Education:

 1967 B.A. Wellesley College 1970 

M.A. Harvard University (Biology) 1973 

Ph.D. Harvard University (Biology) 

Pre and Postdoctoral Training: 

1973-1974 Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Floyd Bloom, NIMH 

1974-1975 Research Fellow in Neuropathology, Harvard Medical School with Dr. Richard Sidman 

1975-1976 Research Fellow of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School with Drs. David Potter and Edwin Furshpan 

Academic Appointments: 

1976-1978 Instructor in Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School 

1978-1984 Assistant Professor in Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School 

1984-1985 Associate Professor in Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School 

1985-1988 Associate Professor in Pharmacology with tenure, Case Western Reserve University 

1988-1989 Professor and Director, Center for Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

1989-1990 Professor and Acting Chairman, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

1990-1995 Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

1995-2003 Scientific Director, NINDS, NIH 

2003-2014 Director, NINDS, NIH 

2006-2014 Head, NIH Stem Cell Task Force

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