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Education & Training

  • Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago)
    Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago)Residency, Family Medicine, 1991 - 1994
  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1994 - 2016

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Comprehensive Screening of Copy Number Variability in Dementia with Lewy Bodies  
    Eliezer Masliah, Ted Dawson, Nigel J Cairns, John C Morris, Sonja W Scholz, John Q Trojanowski, Liana Rosenthal, Lawrence S Honig, Douglas Galasko, Thomas G Beach, Ron..., ScienceDirect
  • Relative Neuron Loss in Hippocampal Sclerosis of Aging and Alzheimer Disease  
    Nigel Cairns, MD, Annals of Neurology
  • Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy Have Distinct Α-synuclein Seed Characteristics  
    Brandon B. Holmes, Tritia R. Yamasaki, Marc I. Diamond, Nigel J. Cairns, Paul T. Kotzbauer, The Journal of Biological Chemistry