Constantine G. Lyketsos

Constantine G. Lyketsos (born 5 November 1961), is the Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professor in Alzheimer's Disease Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[1] He is the founding director of the Richman Family Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Alzheimer's Disease,[2] and an associate director of the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC).[3]

Education

Dr. Constantine Lyketsos was born on 5 November 1961 in London and grew up in Athens. After completing grade and high school at Athens College, he attended Northwestern University for in B.A. in Psychology, followed by a Medical Doctorate from Washington University. In 1993, he received a Masters in Health Sciences (MHS) in Epidemiology/Clinical Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University.[4]

Research and career

Professor Lyketsos' research mainly focuses on treatment development for neurodegenerative disease especially dementia and Alzheimer's disease.[5] His work employs the methods of translational and interventional epidemiology and involve biomarkers, and brain imaging.[6]

He has conducted seminal research on the neuropsychiatric disturbances (NPS) associated with degenerative brain disease including studies of patterns of occurrence and impact of NPS on dementia or transition from normal to Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia.[7] Lyketsos’ team is developing biomarkers to accelerate treatment development for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of brain injury.[8] He was a Senior fellow at the school of medicine, Johns Hopkins University. He previously served as Chair of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Taskforce on Subspecialization which spearheaded approval of the Psychiatric subspecialty of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry in 2004.[9][10]

As of 1 July 2020 Professor Lyketsos’ scholarly work has an h-index of 122, and over 50,000 citations.[11]

Awards and honors

Professor Lyketsos was awarded the 2006 William S. Proxmire Prize as a leader in the fight against Alzheimer's Disease.[12] Additional awards include Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, as well as the geriatric psychiatry trifecta: Distinguished Scientist Award (American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry), Jack Weinberg Award in Geriatric Psychiatry (American Psychiatric Association), Geriatric Research Award (American College of Psychiatrists).[13][14][15][16]

Books
  • Margaret S. Chisolm and Constantine G. Lyketsos. “Systematic Psychiatric Evaluation: A Step-by-Step Guide to applying the perspectives of psychiatry. 2012.
  • Peter V. Rabins and Constantine G. Lyketsos. “Practical Dementia Care”. 1999.[17]
  • Editors with Constantine G. Lyketsos. “Designing and delivering dementia services”.[18]
  • Editors with Constantine G. Lyketsos. “Treating Dementia: Do we have a pill for it?”.[19]
  • Constantine G. Lyketsos with Editors. “Psychiatric Aspects of Neurologic Diseases: Practical Approaches to Patient Care”.[20]

See also

References
  1. "Constantine George Lyketsos, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  2. Molnar, Heather. "Johns Hopkins inHealth". www.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. "Constantine G. Lyketsos, M.D., M.H.S." www.alzresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. "Constantine G. Lyketsos | International Psychogeriatric Association". www.ipa-online.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. Ismail, Zahinoor; Agüera-Ortiz, Luis; Brodaty, Henry; Cieslak, Alicja; Cummings, Jeffrey; Fischer, Corinne E.; Gauthier, Serge; Geda, Yonas E.; Herrmann, Nathan; Kanji, Jamila; Lanctôt, Krista L. (2017-01-01). "The Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist (MBI-C): A Rating Scale for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Pre-Dementia Populations". Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 56 (3): 929–938. doi:10.3233/JAD-160979. ISSN 1387-2877. PMC 5652315. PMID 28059789.
  6. Ganguli, Mary; Albanese, Emiliano; Seshadri, Sudha; Bennett, David A.; Lyketsos, Constantine; Kukull, Walter A.; Skoog, Ingmar; Hendrie, Hugh C. (2018). "Population Neuroscience: Dementia Epidemiology serving Precision Medicine and Population Health". Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 32 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1097/WAD.0000000000000237. ISSN 0893-0341. PMC 5821530. PMID 29319603.
  7. Lyketsos, Constantine G.; Carrillo, Maria C.; Ryan, J. Michael; Khachaturian, Ara S.; Trzepacz, Paula; Amatniek, Joan; Cedarbaum, Jesse; Brashear, Robert; Miller, David S. (2011). "Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease". Alzheimer's & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 7 (5): 532–539. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.2410. ISSN 1552-5260. PMC 3299979. PMID 21889116.
  8. Lyketsos, Constantine G.; Szekely, Christine A.; Mielke, Michelle M.; Rosenberg, Paul B.; Zandi, Peter P. (2008-10-08). "Developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease". International Psychogeriatrics / IPA. 20 (5): 871–889. doi:10.1017/S1041610208007382. ISSN 1041-6102. PMC 2688723. PMID 18498669.
  9. Donor, Office of; Baltimore, Volunteer Engagement 3400 North Charles Street; Development, MD 21218 410-516-8490; Relations, Alumni. "Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professorship for Alzheimers Research in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences". Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  10. pm, Rhoda Rocha-22/09/2016 12:39. "COSTANTINE LYKETSOS - Pioneer researcher on dementia and Alzheimer's". www.ellines.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  11. "Constantine (Kostas) Lyketsos - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  12. "Designing and Delivering Dementia Services | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  13. "Dlin/Fischer Award". Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  14. Day, Jo Ann. "Constantine (Kostas) Lyketsos, M.D., MHS, Receives Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry". www.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  15. "Talbot Hospice Presents Caring for Individuals with Memory Disorders". The Chestertown Spy. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  16. "Geriatric Award Nominations - The American College of Psychiatrists". www.acpsych.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  17. Rabins, Peter V. (1999). Practical dementia care. Lyketsos, Constantine G., Steele, Cynthia, 1947-. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510625-3. OCLC 40331195.
  18. Designing and delivering dementia services. De Waal, Hugo (Hugo Eduard), 1956-. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. 2013. ISBN 978-1-118-37868-7. OCLC 828193852.CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. Treating dementia : do we have a pill for it?. Ballenger, Jesse F. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8018-9365-0. OCLC 293339793.CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. Psychiatric aspects of neurologic diseases : practical approaches to patient care. Lyketsos, Constantine G. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4356-3357-5. OCLC 213447266.CS1 maint: others (link)
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