Dr. Alexander Leff

Biography

Professor of Cognitive Neurology and Consultant Neurologist at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. His main clinical academic interest is cognitive rehabilitation, particularly in the area of acquired language disorders and vision. He is focused on developing mechanistic accounts of cognitive disorders and improving therapeutic methods—primarily behavioral therapies—using functional and structural brain imaging. He has developed seven web-based rehabilitation tools for patients with hemianopia and aphasia, and co-designed studies for Phase II clinical trials sponsored by the National Institute for Health Research, Medical Research Council, and Stroke Association. He advocates for the use of web-based applications to make scientifically proven behavioral therapies accessible to patients and therapists. He also runs a specialist out-patient multidisciplinary assessment clinic for patients with hemianopia and/or higher visual disorders.

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