Alzheimer's researcher Salloway to step down as head of Butler Hospital program

G. Wayne Miller, The Providence Journal
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PROVIDENCE – Dr. Stephen Salloway, director of the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital and one of the nation’s leading Alzheimer’s disease researchers, is stepping down, the hospital announced on Tuesday.

Salloway will continue his research and maintain his leadership roles at Brown University, according to a news release from Butler, which is part of the Care New England health-care network. He will serve as a consultant to interim director Dr. Meghan Riddle until a new permanent director is appointed, the hospital said.

Dr. Stephen P. Salloway, Brown University professor of neurology and psychiatry, is stepping down as head of the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital.
Dr. Stephen P. Salloway, Brown University professor of neurology and psychiatry, is stepping down as head of the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital.

“It has been my honor and privilege to lead the Butler Hospital Memory and Aging Program for the past 25 years. Thanks to the dedication of our staff and contribution of thousands of study volunteers, the Memory and Aging Program has grown into a leading international center for Alzheimer’s research,” Salloway said in the release.

Mary Marran, Butler president and chief operating officer, praised Salloway and his accomplishments, saying: “We will remain forever grateful that he dedicated his career to this effort. Butler Hospital and Care New England look forward to continuing our work with Brown to advance AD research, including creating a caring environment that encourages people of all backgrounds to participate in research and take advantage of new treatments.”

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According to Butler, the Memory and Aging Program “has conducted more than 100 clinical trials for Alzheimer’s and related disorders … The program has embarked on a multitude of landmark Alzheimer’s studies focused on the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s.”

Salloway will continue as the Martin M. Zucker Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Professor of Neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and as associate director of the Brown University Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, according to Butler Hospital.

A national search will be conducted to find Salloway’s successor.

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The scientist and doctor is the latest in a number of prominent Rhode Islanders to leave their posts or announce plans to do so. Former Lifespan head Dr. Timothy J. Babineau stepped down at the end of May, and Dr. James E. Fanale, his counterpart at Care New England, the state’s second-largest health care system after Lifespan, plans to leave early next year.

Meanwhile, Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO Neil Steinberg announced last month that he will retire from that post on May 1, 2023.

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