Dr. Geda is a Professor of Neurology and Program Director of the Dan Cracchiolo and Pam Grant Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Program at Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI). Dr Geda earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Addis Ababa (Haile Selassie) University, Ethiopia. Upon graduation from medical school, he worked as a General Medical Practitioner for two years subsequently, he pursued further trainings at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (Psychiatry, Behavioral Neurology, and Biomedical Science/clinical research). Subsequently, he became a full-time faculty at Mayo Clinic rising to the rank of Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry. He combines patient care, research and education. He has practiced behavioral neurology since 2001. His research focuses on life style factors in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment as well as the neuropsychiatry of AD and related dementias (past and current fundings include K01 (Research Scientist Career Development Award), Harold Amos Medical Faculty Program, NIH (R01 as PI and U01 as a Co-I) etc. After a 25 years of successful career at Mayo Clinic (1995-2019), in 2020, he made a vertical career move to Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr Geda has won several awards, including the 2022 Alzheimer’s medal for best paper of the year for Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, the Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award (1998), and the Medal of the City of Marseille, France (2003). Dr Geda was one of the 5 awardees (which includes the Fermi institute) for scientific contributions to the Czech Republic at the centennial celebration of Czech Republic held in Chicago on September 18 of 2018. Dr. Geda has over 175 peer reviewed scientific papers and his work is widely cited. Additionally, Dr. Geda is a research professor at the Center for Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Arizona State University.