Alzheimer's disease and Dementia

Biography

Dr. Videnovic obtained his M.D at the University of Belgrade School of Medicine, where he subsequently completed an internship in Internal medicine followed by a residency in Anatomic pathology. From 1998 to 2000 he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where he worked on the neurobiology of the sleep apnea syndrome. He subsequently moved to the Rush Alzheimer′s Disease Center in Chicago, where he worked on several NIH funded clinical-pathological studies of aging. Dr Videnovic completed an internship in Internal medicine at MCP Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, and a Neurology residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago where he served as chief resident. Subsequently he trained in Movement Disorders at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and sleep medicine at Northwestern University. He obtained a Master of Science degree in clinical research from the Rush Graduate College in 2007. He was appointed as Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in July 2007. Dr. Videnovic is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Parkinson Study Group, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Videnovic cares for patients with Parkinson′s disease and various movement disorders. He is a principal investigator and co-investigator on several clinical trials in the field of Parkinson′s disease and movement disorders. His research focuses on sleep dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Parkinson′s disease.

Research Interest

Aleksander research focuses on sleep dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Parkinsons disease.