David Tang-Wai

Dr. David Tang-Wai is a professor in neurology and geriatric medicine at the University of Toronto, where he holds the inaugural appointment as the Slamen-Fast Chair in Neurology. He received his MD degree from McGill University. He completed his neurology residency and behavioral neurology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Tang-Wai is the co-director of University Health Network Memory Clinic, former program director of the adult neurology residency program at UofT, and currently the Department Division Director for the Division of Neurology. He is also an active member of the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance. He has received multiple teaching awards and nominations from undergraduate and postgraduate trainees. Dr. Tang-Wai's research interests include the progressive aphasias, the atypical presentations of Alzheimer's disease – especially posterior cortical atrophy, normal pressure hydrocephalus, and the autoimmune encephalitis.