NikhilPalekarMD
Psychiatry • Stony Brook, NYGeriatric Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Integrative Psychiatry
Vice-Chair for Ambulatory Clinical Affairs; Director- Stony Brook Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease; Director- Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials Program; Director- Division of Geriatric Psychiatry; Director- Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program; Medical Director-ACO/CIN Depression Program. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital.
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Office
101 Nicolls Rd
T 10-20
Stony Brook, NY 11794Phone+1 631-954-2323- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Nikhil Palekar is a geriatric psychiatrist in Stony Brook, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and Stony Brook University Hospital. He specializes in memory disorders, geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and psychopharmacology and is experienced in Alzheimer’s disease, neuroimaging and clinical trials.
Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, 2008 - 2009- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2008
B.J. Medical College - University of PuneClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2008 - 2024- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- 2016 Planetree Physician of the Year 2016
Clinical Trials
- PREvent First Episode Relapse (PREFER) Start of enrollment: 2004 Nov 01
- Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Various Anti-inflammatory Agents in Participants With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Mild Alzheimer's Disease Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 28
- A Study of Seltorexant in Participants With Probable Alzheimer's Disease Start of enrollment: 2022 May 19
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Loss of cholinergic input to the entorhinal cortex is an early indicator of cognitive impairment in natural aging of humans and mice.Mala R Ananth, John D Gardus, Chuan Huang, Nikhil Palekar, Mark Slifstein, Laszlo Zaborszky, Ramin V Parsey, David A Talmage, Christine DeLorenzo, Lorna W Role> ;Research Square. 2024 Feb 29
- 4 citationsPotential of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Alzheimer's Disease: Optimizing Trials Toward Clinical Use.Giuseppina Pilloni, Leigh E Charvet, Marom Bikson, Nikhil Palekar, Min-Jeong Kim> ;Journal of Clinical Neurology. 2022 Jul 1
- 2 citationsSynthetic Cannabinoids and Its Association With Persistent Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia.Ritvij Satodiya, Nikhil J. Palekar> ;Cureus. 2020 Sep 9
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Press Mentions
A Study of 12,000 People Found That Taking This One Supplement May Lower Your Dementia Risk by 40%March 16th, 2023
Alzheimer's: Drugs Targeting Dementia-Causing Particles Could Be Trialed in Two YearsSeptember 24th, 2018
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Grant to Stony Brook Medicine to Investigate Development of More Targeted TreatmentJune 6th, 2018- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Association for Geriatric PsychiatryMember
- Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Research and TreatmentMember
Other Languages
- Hindi
Hospital Affiliations
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York
Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook, New York
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