Dr. Rudy Castellani is a professor in the Division of Neuropathology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Program Director for the Neuropathology Fellowship Training Program, and the Neuropathology Core Director for the Northwestern University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology. He is the recipient of the 2010 Alzheimer medal from the Journal of Alzheimer's disease. He was formerly professor and vice chair of research, at West Virginia University and the Rockefeller Neuroscience institute, and a former tenured professor and director of neuropathology at University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. Castellani has authored or co-authored over 330 research articles, reviews, and chapters, with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases and neurotrauma, and has been quoted in the New York Times on issues related to Alzheimer's disease treatment.