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Sayed (Ausim) Azizi, MD/PhD, FANA

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Yale Medicine

333 Cedar Street

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

About

Biography

Dr. Azizi has joined Yale as Clinical Chief of Behavioral Neurology and Memory Disorders. He envisions building the dementia program at Yale Medicine into a world-class clinical care and research program. Dr. Azizi received his MD and Ph.D. degrees from Southwestern Medical School in 1990 and completed his internship and neurology residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 1994. Dr. Azizi was chairperson of the Department of Neurology and the Mathew T Moore Professor of Neurology at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine until 2019, and director of neurology at Global Neuroscience Institute, Philadelphia. He is board-certified in neurology, neuroimaging, and Neuro-critical care. He is an active clinician and a fellow of ANA and the Philadelphia College of Physicians. He was president of the Philadelphia Neurological Society and was elected Top Doc by Philadelphia Magazine for 14 years.

Dr. Azizi was trained as a neuroanatomist and neurophysiologist and published a body of work on neuro-morphology. Later, his lab pioneered exploring bone marrow stem cells to treat neurologic disorders. He is a reviewer and editor of multiple neuroscience journals. He has received many teaching awards, including the Russell and Pearl Moses Award and the Golden Apple Award at Temple and visiting professorships at the Mayo Clinic and The University of Pennsylvania.

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Education & Training

MD/PhD
Southwestern Medical Center, Neuroscience/Medicine (1990)

Clinical Care

Overview

Ausim Azizi, MD, PhD, is the clinical chief of neurodegenerative disorders and specializes in treating patients with cognitive and memory problems.

“More than 20 percent of the U.S. population is over age 65 and given that cognitive and memory disorders are more common in older adults, it’s an important public health issue,” Dr. Azizi says. “Memory and cognition are at the core of one’s personality and there is a stigma and fear attached to dementia. People worry about genetics and transmission, and patients worry about becoming a shell of themselves.”

Dr. Azizi says he focuses on family members and caregivers as well. “Dementia doesn’t just affect the patient. In fact, when a patient stops remembering things, they perhaps suffer the least,” he says. “So, it becomes more about working with family and caregivers to keep patients comfortable and independent and to support the care givers.”

The most rewarding part of his job, he says, is educating patients and families. “I enjoy teaching them about their conditions and how to maintain their independence and give them power to live with their disease and treat the disease as best as we can,” he says.

Dr. Azizi’s research is focused on taking the functional, social, and biological aspects of dementia and determining how to deliver the best quality care to patients, which will also help caregivers, families, and the community.

Clinical Specialties

Neurology; Memory Disorders & Cognitive Neurology

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Board Certifications

  • Neurology

    Certification Organization
    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties
    Original Certification Date
    2017
  • Neurocritical Care

    Certification Organization
    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties
    Original Certification Date
    2010

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333 Cedar Street

New Haven, CT 06510

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