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Francis M. Gengo

Contact

Ellen Goldbaum

goldbaum@buffalo.edu

716-645-4605

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy and Neurology

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

716-250-2007

Expertise:

  • Effects of over-the-counter and prescription sleeping pills
  • Effects of drugs on human cognitive function

Gengo is director of the Division of Neuropharmacology in the Dent Neurologic Institute at Millard Fillmore Hospital. Research has found that over-the-counter antihistamines can impair cognitive function, such as ability to drive a vehicle, even when the patient does not feel drowsy. Works with migraine patients in clinic at Millard Fillmore and has studied sumatriptan.

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