Verna Ruth Porter MD FANA, FAAN
Dementia & Geriatrics
Director, Programs for Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders; Professor, Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics, John Wayne Cancer Institute; Clinical Professor of Neurology (Emeritus), UCLA Dept. of Neurology
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1301 20th Street, Suite 150Pacific Brain Health Center, Pacific Neuroscience InstituteSanta Monica, CA 90404
Phone+1 310-582-7641
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Summary
- Dr. Verna Porter is a board certified neurologist in Santa Monica, CA and has additional subspecialty certifications (UCNS) in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) and the American Neurological Association (FANA). She is affiliated with Providence Saint John's Health/Santa Monica and is a neurocognitive/neurobehavioral neurologist.
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1995 - 1998- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1995
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1995 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Diagnostic utility of brain MRI volumetry in comparing traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.Cyrus A Raji, Somayeh Meysami, Verna R Porter, David A Merrill, Mario F Mendez
BMC Neurology. 2024-09-11 - Beyond the hippocampus: Amygdala and memory functioning in older adults.Tess H Bookheimer, Aarthi S Ganapathi, Fatima Iqbal, Emily S Popa, Jenna Mattinson
Behavioural Brain Research. 2024-08-05 - 5 citationsGenerating real-world evidence in Alzheimer's disease: Considerations for establishing a core dataset.James E Galvin, Jeffrey L Cummings, Mihaela Levitchi Benea, Carl de Moor, Ricardo F Allegri
Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2024-06-01
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