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Kinga Szigeti
Professor of Neurology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Alzheimer’s disease; the clinical care of patients with AD and other memory disorders; genetic factors and new treatments
Kinga Szigeti can talk to the media about Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders including mild cognitive impairment. As a researcher who studies the genetic factors involved in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, she can discuss new medications, how they work and their potential for success in preventing or slowing progression.
As director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center, she can talk about how a multidisciplinary approach involving neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuroimagers, social workers and nurses helps provide compassionate and effective care for patients and families.
Szigeti can also talk about her ongoing work studying a gene present in 75% of people that helps strengthen brain structure in a way that is neuroprotective against diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.
She is a physician with UBMD Neurology.
LANGUAGES:
Szigeti can respond to interview requests in English and Hungarian.
CONTACT:
Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Director of the Alzheimer‘s Disease and Memory Disorders Center
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB
- szigeti@buffalo.edu
- Kinga Szigeti's website
- Kinga Szigeti can be reached through Ellen Goldbaum in University Communications at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu, or Douglas Sitler in University Communications at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.