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Dr. Appel is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology, Director of the Vicki Appel MDA/ALS Clinic, and past-Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He also serves as the Director of the Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Research Center. Dr. Appel is an expert and opinion leader on degenerative neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Specifically, Dr. Appel focuses on the importance of neurotrophic factors and immune mechanisms, including the role of inflammatory cytokines in these diseases. He has served as an Advisory Board member of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association and as a Council member of the American Society of Neurochemistry. For ten years, he acted as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Current Neurology. Dr. Appel received his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and has over 300 scientific publications to his credit. | 