Robert Katzman, MD, Fund

In 1976, Dr. Robert Katzman's prescient editorial, "The Prevalence and Malignancy of Alzheimer's Disease: A Major Killer," was a clarion call that identified AD as a major public heath problem at a time when few were familiar with the disease. At the forefront of investigating the neurochemical, clinical-pathological, and epidemiological aspects of AD since the 1960s, Katzman was a founder of the Alzheimer Association in 1980. He chaired the neurology and neurosciences departments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of California, San Diego, respectively, and is currently Professor Emeritus of Neurosciences at UCSD. His numerous awards include the 1992 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases from the American Academy of Neurology.

Katzman was honored in 2006 by the AAN Foundation and the Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego, for his distinguished and legendary contributions to Alzheimer disease. At a luncheon attended by the Katzman family, colleagues, and friends, the Foundation launched the new Robert Katzman, MD, Fund, which will support groundbreaking neurological research. "I am honored by this award," Katzman told the audience. "In 1960, when I was an assistant professor, I received the S. Weir Mitchell award from the American Academy of Neurology. That award helped establish my academic career. Now, the Academy Foundation helps culminate my career by establishing the Robert Katzman Fund. Thank you."

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