Dr. Adam J. Darby, MD

Dr. Adam J. Darby is a neurologist practicing in Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village, California, with clinical expertise in dementia, movement disorders, headache and migraine, and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

He completed fellowships in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry and in Sports Neurology and Neurotrauma at UCLA, following a neurology residency at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Beyond general neurology, he serves as an attending neurologist with the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT program, specializing in sports- and military-related head injuries. His published research spans chronic traumatic encephalopathy and concussion assessment.

As a medical advisor to Cogtraining, he helps ground our cognitive-care curriculum in current clinical understanding — so what learners practice reflects how cognition is actually assessed and supported.

Clinical focus

• Dementia & Alzheimer’s disease
• Movement disorders & Parkinson’s disease
• Neurodegenerative conditions
• Sports- and trauma-related head injury

Education & training

• Fellowship, Sports Neurology and NeurotraumaUCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program
  2017
• Fellowship, Behavioral Neurology & NeuropsychiatryUCLA
  2017
• Residency, NeurologyUniversity of Vermont College of Medicine
  2012–2015
• MDSt. George's University School of Medicine
  2011
• BS, Environmental SciencesDurham University

Selected publications

• •Research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) detection in autopsy cohorts
• •Pediatric concussion assessment