RussellHSwerdlowMD

Director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center and the KUMC Neurodegenerative Disorders Program. Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology; and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine.

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Office
4350 Shawnee Mission Pkwy
Fairway, KS 66205
Phone+1 913-588-0000

Fax+1 913-945-7508

Education & Training

New York University School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 2021 - 2026
VA State Medical License 1994 - 2026
KS State Medical License 2007 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Clinical Trials

Oxaloacetate Pharmacokinetics and Safety Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
S-Equol in Alzheimer's Disease (SEAD) Trial Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

RILP Cleavage Links an Inflammatory State to Enhanced Tau Propagation in a Cell Culture Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
Kayla E King, Mohammad Haeri, Russell H Swerdlow, Ann L Wozniak
Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2025-03-26
Amyloid PET predicts longitudinal functional and cognitive trajectories in a heterogeneous cohort.
Kyan Younes, Emily Johns, Christina B Young, Gabriel Kennedy, Shubhabrata Mukherjee
Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2025-03-01
Efficacy and Safety of Exogenous Ketones in People with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Literature Review.
Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Russell H Swerdlow, Thibault Mastain, Catherine Dive-Pouletty, Nick Pooley
Nutrition Reviews. 2025-03-01

Press Mentions

Regular Use of Laxatives May Increase Risk by 51%February 24th, 2023
Regular Laxative Use Linked to Increased Dementia RiskFebruary 23rd, 2023
Alzheimer's: Can a Blood Test Detect Disease 3.5 Years Before Diagnosis?January 31st, 2023
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Grant Support

University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (KU ADRC)UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER2021–2026
Mechanistic Basis of the mtDNA Haplogroup J-Alzheimer's Disease AssociationUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER2019–2025
Oxaloacetate'S Brain EffectsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2012
University Of Kansas Alzheimer'S Disease Core CenterNational Institute On Aging2011
Neuropathology CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Neuroimaging CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Mitochondrial Genomics And Metabolism CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Education And Information Transfer CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Data Management And Statistics CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Clinical CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Administrative CoreNational Institute On Aging2011
Cytochrome Oxidase Polymorphisms In AgingNational Institute On Aging2007
Cytochrome Oxidase Polymorphisms In AgingNational Institute On Aging2005–2007
Pathophysiology In NeurodegenerationNational Institute On Aging1998–2002