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Dr. Vladamir Hachinski is Professor of Neurology and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario, President of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders, and President of the World Federation of Neurology.

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About

Dr. Hachinski received his MD from the University of Toronto. After completing his residency training at the same university, Dr. Hachinski undertook a Cerebrovascular Laboratory fellowship at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Queen Square in London, England and a research fellowship at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has received 3 honorary degrees, the Mihara International Award and the Order of Canada.

Dr. Hachinski is Professor of Neurology and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario as well as Founding Chairman of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders. An international expert on stroke prevention, he introduced the concepts and terms for multi-infarct dementia, leukoaraiosis and vascular cognitive impairment as well as devised the Ischemic Score, which remains a standard for distinguishing Alzheimer from multi-infarct dementia.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Stroke Journal, 2003-2009, the leading publication in the field. He has contributed to over 600 book chapters, scientific papers, editorials and other scholarly publications. He is the author of 16 books including Stroke: A comprehensive Guide to Brain Attack, co-authored with his daughter Larissa Hachinski, which was written to increase public awareness of "brain attacks," a term coined by Dr. Hachinski to help drive home the urgency of strokes.

Dr. Hachinski's research involves clinical and experimental studies in the prevention and delay of stroke and Alzheimer's disease in collaboration with David F. Cechetto of Western's department of anatomy. Hachinski's research also includes stroke risk factor controls. Only one in five of those with high blood pressure and high cholesterol have it normalized and in order to control these factors, Drs. Richard Chan and Vladimir Hachinski and their research team are using trained volunteers to work with high-risk patients for better control of blood pressure and other vascular risk factors.