Samuel E Gandy, MD, PhD
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PROFESSOR | Neurology
PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
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Specialties
Neurology
Research Topics
Alzheimer's Disease, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Biophysics, Brain, Brain Imaging, Cell Biology, Cognitive Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Drug Design and Discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Hippocampus, Hormones, IGF-1 Receptor, Immunology, Induced pluripotent stem cells, Inflammation, Interferon, Intracellular Transport, Lipid Signaling, Lysosomes/endosome, Macrophage, Mass Spectrometry, Memory, Metabolism, Microglia, Neuro-degeneration/protection, Neurobiology, Neurology, Neuronal Regeneration, Neuroscience, Neurotoxicology, Neurotransmitters, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacology, Phosphorylation, Positron Emission Tomography, Prefrontal Cortex, Proteases, Protein Complexes, Protein Degradation, Protein Folding, Protein Kinases, Protein Phosphatases, Protein Structure/Function, Protein Trafficking & Sorting, Proteomics, Psychiatry, Receptors, Regeneration, Stem Cells, Synapses, Synaptic Plasticity, Synaptogenesis, Systems Biology, T Cells, Trafficking, Viruses and Virology
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS], Neuroscience [NEU]

MD, scu

MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

Internship, Internal Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Residency, Neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2008

Arthur Cherkin Memorial Award in Geriatric Medicine

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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Gandy during 2023 and/or 2024. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Vigil Neurosciences
  • Altpep
  • Cognition Therapeutics Inc. (CogRX)
  • Bell Legal Group

Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)

  • Altpep

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.