Jesse B. Mez, MD

Dr. Jesse Mez is Associate Professor of Neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. He received his AB from Cornell University in Mathematics, his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and his MS in Biostatistics with an emphasis on Statistical Genetics from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He did his Neurology Residency at the Harvard Combined Program in Boston. This was followed by a Clinical Fellowship in Aging and Dementia and a Research Fellowship in Neuroepidemiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He joined BU’s faculty in 2013, where he has been an integral player in the field of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). He is the Director of the Clinical Core of the NIH-funded BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and is a BU CTE Center, Framingham Heart Study and AD Genetic Consortium Investigator. Clinically, he specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various thinking and memory disorders, such as AD and other forms of dementia.