Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, FANA
Northwestern University
Dr. Dimitri Krainc is the Ward Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Director of the Feinberg Neuroscience Institute at Northwestern. Previously, Krainc spent two decades at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he completed his research and clinical training and served on faculty. His research group has uncovered key mechanisms of neurodegeneration that have led to the development of targeted therapies. Krainc received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, Outstanding Investigator award from NIH, and was elected to the Association of American Physicians, National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Inventors. He serves as President-elect of the American Neurological Association.