Joe Verghese, MD
Enriched profileProfessor and Chair of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University · Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Joe Verghese is Professor and Chair of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. OpenAlex indexes 489 publications with 31,578 citations (h-index 84); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Neurology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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Overview
Updated 31 Aug 2026
Joe Verghese, M.D., is Professor and Chair of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. The public record shows 489 publications with 31,578 citations (h-index 84), centered on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Older Adults Driving Studies. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 18 NIH-funded awards (2004–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neurology
- Top research focus: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 37 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 260.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 31 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- 5-Cog 2.0: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Home-Based Covid-19 Rehabilitation Program
Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Neurostimulation for Cognitive Enhancement in Alzheimer's Disease
Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Industry payments
Updated 31 Aug 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Program year20241 payment
- Eisai Inc.Program year20231 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Cholinesterase Inhibitor54.5%Donepezil Hcl51%Galantamine Er36%Galantamine Hbr13%Part D<11 patientsN-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antagonist24.7%Memantine Hcl100%Part D≥13 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 31 Aug 2026
18 NIH research awards on record, funded 2004–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- 5-Cog Paradigm to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care: Pragmatic Clinical Trial
State University New York Stony Brook
FY2026$1,959,406U01NS105565 - Cognitive decline and dementia in older Kerala Americans
State University New York Stony Brook
FY2026$744,228R01AG084567 - Multi-omics approach to frailty resilience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
FY2026$700,835R01AG044829
Congress activity
Updated 31 Aug 2026
3 congress contributions (2017–2025) across AACE, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Radiosurgery Outcomes in Pure Venous Conflict Trigeminal Neuralgia Efficacy, Safety, and Long-term Outcomes
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2025Co-author - White Matter Fingerprints: Tract-Specific DTI Predictors for Radiosurgical Thalamotomy in Parkinson’s Tremor
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2025Co-author - Abstract #747: The Role of Exceptional Parental Longevity; Nutrition, and Lifestyle in Cardiovascular Disease Risk
AACE Meeting
AACE2017Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 31 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Leisure Activities and the Risk of Dementia in the ElderlyArticle1,972 citations2003
- 02World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiativeArticle1,583 citations2022
- 03Gait and Cognition: A Complementary Approach to Understanding Brain Function and the Risk of FallingArticle1,059 citations2012
- 04Undulating changes in human plasma proteome profiles across the lifespanArticle1,010 citations2019
- 05Quantitative Gait Markers and Incident Fall Risk in Older AdultsArticle953 citations2009
Network
Updated 31 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 31 Aug 2026
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
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irepod.com/podcast/brain-body-things/how-movement-relates-to-dementia-with-dr-joe-vergh
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Background & recognition
Updated 31 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu ↗
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St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Editorial Board Member
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
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Journal of Gerontology Medical Sciences
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- NIH Top 5 Research Highlights in Human Health Advances (2024)
for the 5-Cog dementia screening study
2024provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →news.stonybrook.edu ↗ - Paul Beeson Emerging Leaders Award
National Institute on Aging
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American Geriatrics Society
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Media & interviews
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