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Simon Ducharme, MD, FRCP(C)

Simon Ducharme, MD, FRCP(C)
Hospital title: 
Neuropsychiatrist
Location: 
Neuropsychiatry
Group: 
BIC Core Faculty
Biography: 

Dr. Simon DucharmeÌýis a neuropsychiatrist and a clinician-scientist at The Neuro and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. He has a medical degree from the Université de Montréal and a Masters from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University. He completed his residency in Psychiatry at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ in 2012, and a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry at Harvard University in 2014. He is specialized in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and the interface between psychiatric disorders and dementia. His research program uses advanced neuroimaging techniques to develop diagnostic biomarkers for frontotemporal dementia. Dr. Ducharme holds a Junior 2 clinician-scientist award from the FRQS and his research projects are funded by the CIHR, Weston Brain Institute, JPND, Medteq and Prompt-AI. He is in charge of several innovative clinical trials on dementia at The Neuro and he is the author of over 90 scientific articles and 7 book chapters. He is the Montreal site PI of the Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative study, the FTD team leader of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, and the co-director of the Neuropsychiatric International Consortium for FTD.Ìý Dr. Ducharme is the director of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry and the director of the American Neuropsychiatric Association committee on research. Ìý

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Selected publications: 

Ducharme S, Pearl-Dowler L, Gossink F, McCarthy J, Lai J, Dickerson BC, Chertkow H, Rapin L, Vijverberg E, Krudop W, Dols A, Pijnenburg Y. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;67(1):113-124. PubMed PMID: 30584146.

Levy JP, Bocti C, Elie D, Paquet N, Soucy JP, Ducharme S. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019 Winter;31(1):92-94. PubMed PMID: 30404533.

Benrimoh D, Pomerleau VJ, Demoustier A, Poulin S, Maltais JR, Brouillette J, Ducharme S. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019 Winter;31(1):57-64. PubMed PMID: 30305004.

Alhusaini S, Karama S, Nguyen TV, Thiel A, Bernhardt BC, Cox SR, Corley J, Taylor A, Evans AC, Star JM, Bastin ME, Wardlaw JM, Deary IJ, Ducharme S. Ann Neurol. 2018 Oct;84(4):576-587. PubMed PMID: 30179274.

McCarthy J, Collins DL, Ducharme S. Neuroimage Clin. 2018;20:685-696. PubMed PMID: 30218900.

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Research areas: 
Neuroimaging and Neuroinformatics

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The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)Ìýis a bilingual academic healthcare institution. We are aÌýÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ research and teaching institute; delivering high-quality patient care, as part of the Neuroscience Mission of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health Centre.ÌýWe areÌýproud to be a Killam Institution, supported by the Killam Trusts.

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