Russell Swerdlow
Enriched profileGene and Marge Sweeney Professor of Neurology; Director, University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Director, Neurodegenerative Disorders Program · University of Kansas School of Medicine
Russell Swerdlow is Gene and Marge Sweeney Professor of Neurology; Director, University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Director, Neurodegenerative Disorders Program at University of Kansas School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 515 publications with 40,617 citations (h-index 100); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 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.
Data verified 7 Sept 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Russell Swerdlow is Gene and Marge Sweeney Professor of Neurology at University of Kansas School of Medicine / University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. The public record shows 515 publications with 40,617 citations (h-index 100), centered on Alzheimer's / Dementia. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (2007–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of Alzheimer's disease
- Top research focus: Alzheimer's / Dementia
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 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; 14 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingPublic positions
sourced statements on record- Appointed to National Advisory Council on Aging (NIA)
4-year term beginning June 2026, reviewing funding applications and advising federal leadership on aging research
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Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- S-Equol in Alzheimer's Disease 2 Trial
Sponsor: Russell Swerdlow
- Trial of Oxaloacetate in Alzheimer's Disease (TOAD)
Sponsor: Russell Swerdlow
- S-Equol in Alzheimer's Disease (SEAD) Trial
Sponsor: Russell Swerdlow, MD
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20257 payments
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202410 payments
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20241 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 Inhibitor54.7%Donepezil Hcl88%Galantamine Er8%Rivastigmine5%Part D<11 patientsN-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antagonist19.3%Memantine Hcl100%Part D≥29 patients+ 4 more classes in this area
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 16 Oct 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 2007–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (KU ADRC)
University of Kansas Medical Center
FY2026$4,489,324P30AG072973 - Kansas Successful Aging and Resilience COBRE (K-SARC)
University of Kansas Medical Center
FY2026$2,630,394P20GM162002 - Mitochondrial Energetic Failures in Men and Women Across Trajectories of Alzheimer Disease
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2026$2,261,339U01AG095419
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/russell-swerdlow-md
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Mentions by others
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dementiamatters.podbean.com/e/bioenergetics-how-mitochondria-affects-alzheimer-s-disease-and-aging
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-brain-on-creatine/id1730984252
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 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 →trippingoverthetruth.org ↗
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- Board Certified
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)
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Editorial & leadership roles
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Awards & honors
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- S. Weir Mitchell Award
American Academy of Neurology
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American Parkinson's Disease Association
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University of Kansas
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Secondary affiliations
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- Director
Neurodegenerative Disorders Program, Institute for Neurologic Discoveries, University of Kansas Medical Center
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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, KS
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Media & interviews
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- Video interview
Nestlé Nutrition Institute - "A short interview with Prof Russell H. Swerdlow, MD, PhD"
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