Ihab Hajjar, M.D. Professor Endowed Title Pogue Family Distinguished University Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Research and Care, in Memory of Maurine and David Weigers McMullan School Medical School Department Neurology | Internal Medicine | Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2022 Clinical Interests: Ihab Hajjar, M.D., holds a joint appointment in the Department of Neurology and the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in geriatric medicine, Alzheimer's disease, and hypertension. Research: Dr. Hajjar leads the Heart-Brain Connection (HBC) Program, a groundbreaking interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to advancing our knowledge of cognitive aging and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. The lab's primary objectives are to uncover the underlying mechanisms driving cognitive impairments, identify novel therapeutic targets for cognitive disorders, and explore innovative approaches to improve the care provided to older adults facing cognitive challenges. Background: Dr. Hajjar earned his medical degree at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He completed internal medicine residency training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio and gained advanced training through a fellowship in geriatric medicine and dementia at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in geriatric medicine and internal medicine. Prior to UT Southwestern, Dr. Hajjar served as Medical Director of Integrated Memory Coordinated Care, Director of the Dementia Fellowship, and Co-Director of the Clinical Core and Research Education Component at the Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Emory University. Education Medical School American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Lebanon (1994) Internship American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Lebanon (1995), Internal Medicine Residency Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1998), Internal Medicine Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin (2000), Geriatrics Publications High-Sensitivity Troponin T, NT-proBNP, and Cognitive Outcomes in SPRINT Haney D, Ma Y, Dalmacy D, Pajewski NM, Hajjar I, De Lemos JA, Zhang W, Soliman EZ, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V, Sattar N, Killeen AA, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Berry JD, Ascher SB Hypertension 2024 Sep 81 1956-1965 Lower Prevalence of Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease Among Healthy African Americans Lah JJ, Tian G, Risk BB, Hanfelt JJ, Wang L, Zhao L, Hales CM, Johnson EC, Elmor MB, Malakauskas SJ, Heilman C, Wingo TS, Dorbin CD, Davis CP, Thomas TI, Hajjar IM, Levey AI, Parker MW Annals of Neurology 2024 Sep 96 463-475 Characterization of African-American Super-Agers in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center cohort Trammell AR, Goldstein FC, Parker MW, Hajjar IM Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Jul 72 1995-2005 Contribution of Peripheral Microvascular Dysfunction to Mild Cognitive Impairment Gold ME, Rogers SC, Kulshreshtha A, Chen Y, Ko YA, Cheng ML, Gold DA, Vatsa N, Jain V, Desai S, Moazzami K, Thomas T, Okafor M, Goldstein F, Lah J, Quyyumi AA, Hajjar I American Journal of Cardiology 2024 May 218 4-6 Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and kidney function in normal and cognitively impaired older adults Hajjar I, Neal R, Yang Z, Lah JJ Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 2024 Apr 16 Perceived stress is associated with Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in African Americans with mild cognitive impairment Trammell AR, McDaniel DJ, Obideen M, Okafor M, Thomas TL, Goldstein FC, Shaw LM, Hajjar IM 2024 Feb 212-224 Associations Between Cardiac Function and Brain Health in Diverse Middle-Aged Adults: The Dallas Heart Study-2 Giacona JM, Chia R, Kositanurit W, Wang J, Ayers C, Pandey A, Kozlitina J, Drazner MH, Garg S, de Lemos JA, Zhang R, Hajjar I, Yu FF, Lacritz L, Vongpatanasin W JACC: Advances 2024 Feb 3 Perceived Stress is Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in African Americans with Mild Cognitive Impairment Trammell AR, McDaniel DJ, Obideen M, Okafor M, Thomas TL, Goldstein FC, Shaw LM, Hajjar IM Advances in Alzheimer's Disease 2024 10 212-224 Prognostic relevance of gait-related cognitive functions for dementia conversion in amnestic mild cognitive impairment Author Collaboration TA, Tuena C, Maestri S, Serino S, Pedroli E, Stramba-Badiale M, Riva G, Silbert LC, Lind B, Crissey R, Kaye JA, Carter R, Dolen S, Quinn J, Schneider LS, Pawluczyk S, Becerra M, Teodoro L, Dagerman K, Spann BM, Brewer J, Fleisher A, Vanderswag H, Ziolkowski J, Heidebrink JL, Zbizek-Nulph L, Lord JL, Albers CS, Petersen R, Mason SS, Knopman D, Johnson K, Villanueva-Meyer J, Pavlik V, Pacini N, Lamb A, Kass JS, Doody RS, Shibley V, Chowdhury M, Rountree S, Dang M, Stern Y, Honig LS, Kelley B, Nguyen T, Womack K, Womack KB, Quiceno M, Hajjar I, Kerwin D BMC Geriatrics 2023 Dec 23 Frequency and correlates of subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive screening results in African American adults following COVID-19 infection Goldstein FC, Hajjar I, Summers A, Truong AD, Lee FF, Han JE, Walker TA Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health 2023 Dec 34 Results 1-10 of 119 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium American Geriatrics Society (Fellow) American Medical Association American Society of Hypertension International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment Society of Geriatric Cardiology (Fellow)
