Faculty

Victor L Villemagne, MD

Victor L Villemagne, MD

Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Assistant
Melana Johnson

Education & Training

MD
Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Argentina
Positron Emission Tomography, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Nuclear Medicine, National Atomic Energy Commission, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Member, Alzheimer's Association's International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment

Selected Honors & Awards

Kuhl-Lassen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Brain Imaging, Brain Imaging Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Award, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine

Research Interests

Alzheimer's disease; Nuclear medicine; Disease-specific biomarkers
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Nakamura A, Kaneko N, Villemagne VL, Kato T, Doecke J, Dor V, Fowler C, Li QX, Martins R, Rowe C, Tomita T, Matsuzaki K, Ishii K, Ishii K, Arahata Y, Iwamoto S, Ito K, Tanaka K, Masters CL, Yanagisawa K. High performance plasma amyloid- biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. Nature. 2018 Feb 8;554(7691):249-254. doi: 10.1038/nature25456. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PMID: 29420472.
  2. Villemagne VL, Burnham S, Bourgeat P, Brown B, Ellis KA, Salvado O, Szoeke C, Macaulay SL, Martins R, Maruff P, Ames D, Rowe CC, Masters CL; Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Research Group. Amyloid deposition, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline in sporadic Alzheimer's disease: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Neurol. 2013 Apr;12(4):357-67. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70044-9. Epub 2013 Mar 8. PMID: 23477989.
  3. Villemagne VL, Pike KE, Chtelat G, Ellis KA, Mulligan RS, Bourgeat P, Ackermann U, Jones G, Szoeke C, Salvado O, Martins R, O'Keefe G, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, Ames D, Masters CL, Rowe CC. Longitudinal assessment of A and cognition in aging and Alzheimer disease. Ann Neurol. 2011 Jan;69(1):181-92. doi: 10.1002/ana.22248. PMID: 21280088; PMCID: PMC3045039.