John M. Ringman, MD

Dr. Ringman is Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Memory and Aging Center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Neurobiology at U.C. Berkeley before going to medical school at McGill University, and doing his internship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He then came to Los Angeles to pursue subspecialty training in behavioral neurology and dementia. His current activities include performing studies of persons with or destined to develop familial Alzheimer’s disease due to known genetic mutations, clinical research in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in association with the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and seeing patients with cognitive or behavioral problems referable to neurological and in particular, neurodegenerative disease.

Philosophy of Care:

My approach to care of persons with neurological conditions is to understand the underlying causes of patients’ problems as accurately and as thoroughly as is possible. This guides appropriate therapy and minimizes consequences of inappropriate therapy. Also, as adequate treatment for many of the conditions that I treat is unfortunately currently lacking, I feel an equally important part of my responsibility is education regarding neurological conditions, their prognoses, and potential research opportunities to help us understand and treat this devastating group of disorders.