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Samuel E Gandy, MD, PhD
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PROFESSOR | Neurology
PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
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Specialties
Neurology
Research Topics
Alzheimer's Disease, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Biophysics, Brain, Brain Imaging, Cell Biology, Cognitive Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Drug Design and Discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Hippocampus, Hormones, IGF-1 Receptor, Immunology, Induced pluripotent stem cells, Inflammation, Interferon, Intracellular Transport, Lipid Signaling, Lysosomes/endosome, Macrophage, Mass Spectrometry, Memory, Metabolism, Microglia, Neuro-degeneration/protection, Neurobiology, Neurology, Neuronal Regeneration, Neuroscience, Neurotoxicology, Neurotransmitters, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacology, Phosphorylation, Positron Emission Tomography, Prefrontal Cortex, Proteases, Protein Complexes, Protein Degradation, Protein Folding, Protein Kinases, Protein Phosphatases, Protein Structure/Function, Protein Trafficking & Sorting, Proteomics, Psychiatry, Receptors, Regeneration, Stem Cells, Synapses, Synaptic Plasticity, Synaptogenesis, Systems Biology, T Cells, Trafficking, Viruses and Virology
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS], Neuroscience [NEU]

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MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

Internship, Internal Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Residency, Neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2008

Arthur Cherkin Memorial Award in Geriatric Medicine

352
Publications

Selected Publications

Opportunities to encourage adoption of a biomarker-enabled care pathway for Alzheimer's in primary care. Soo Borson, Rhoda Au, Anna H. Chodos, Sam Gandy, Holly Jain, Amy Alagor, Kristi Cohn, Diana R. Kerwin, Jacobo Mintzer, Stephanie Monroe, Delecia Robinson, Michelle M. Mielke, Donna M. Wilcock. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring

Alzheimer's disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain. Benjamin P. Readhead, Diego F. Mastroeni, Qi Wang, Maria A. Sierra, Camila de Ávila, Tajudeen O. Jimoh, Jean Vianney Haure-Mirande, Kristina E. Atanasoff, Jennifer Nolz, Crystal Suazo, Nathaniel J. Barton, Adrian R. Orszulak, Samantha M. Chigas, Khanh Tran, Anne Mirza, Krista Ryon, Jacqueline Proszynski, Deena Najjar, Joel T. Dudley, Sean T.H. Liu, Sam Gandy, Michelle E. Ehrlich, Eric Alsop, Jerry Antone, Rebecca Reiman, Cory Funk, Rebecca L. Best, Michael Jhatro, Kathy Kamath, John Shon, Timothy F. Kowalik, David A. Bennett, Winnie S. Liang, Geidy E. Serrano, Thomas G. Beach, Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, Christopher E. Mason, Yingleong Chan, Elaine T. Lim, Domenico Tortorella, Eric M. Reiman. Alzheimer's and Dementia

Exposure duration and cerebral amyloidosis in the olfactory cortex of World Trade Center responders: A positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging study. Minos Kritikos, Juin Wan Zhou, Chuan Huang, Sam Gandy, Alison C. Pellecchia, Stephanie Santiago-Michels, Melissa A. Carr, Shabab Islam, Yuan Yang, Megan K. Horton, Roberto G. Lucchini, Ana M. Franceschi, Lev Bangiyev, Paul Vaska, Sean A.P. Clouston, Benjamin J. Luft. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

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EMPHASIZE PREVENTION: How much science do we need to act?
CSU Magazine: Dr. Sam Gandy
Dr. Sam Gandy - Alzhiemer's Part 2
Dr. Sam Gandy - Alzhiemer's Part 1
GE At Work 2014 - From NFL Players to Boxers Lessons from Brain Trauma in Sport - Prof Sam Gandy
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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Gandy during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Vigil Neurosciences
  • Altpep
  • Cognition Therapeutics Inc. (CogRX)
  • Bell Legal Group

Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)

  • Altpep

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.