David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD

Assistant Professor
Neurology

Dr. David N. Soleimani-Meigooni is a neurologist who cares for patients experiencing cognitive symptoms as a result of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. He also directs the UCSF Memory and Aging Center's lumbar puncture service (this procedure obtains a sample of cerebrospinal fluid, which is analyzed to help diagnose certain neurological diseases).

In research, Soleimani-Meigooni focuses on advancing precision-medicine approaches to diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. He looks at using positron emission tomography (PET) to image amyloid-beta and tau (protein fragments that accumulate in the brains of people with the condition).

Soleimani-Meigooni earned his medical degree at UCSF. He completed a residency in neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, followed by a fellowship in cognitive and behavioral neurology at UCSF.

Publications: 

[18F]PI-2620 Binding Patterns in Patients with Suspected Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine

Blazhenets G, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Thomas W, Mundada N, Brendel M, Vento S, VandeVrede L, Heuer HW, Ljubenkov P, Rojas JC, Chen MK, Amuiri AN, Miller Z, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Litvan I, Grossman M, Boeve B, Pantelyat A, Tartaglia MC, Irwin DJ, Dickerson BC, Baker SL, Boxer AL, Rabinovici GD, La Joie R

Longitudinal clinical, cognitive and biomarker profiles in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Brain communications

Llibre-Guerra JJ, Iaccarino L, Coble D, Edwards L, Li Y, McDade E, Strom A, Gordon B, Mundada N, Schindler SE, Tsoy E, Ma Y, Lu R, Fagan AM, Benzinger TLS, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Aschenbrenner AJ, Miller Z, Wang G, Kramer JH, Hassenstab J, Rosen HJ, Morris JC, Miller BL, Xiong C, Perrin RJ, Allegri R, Chrem P, Surace E, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Fox NC, Day G, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Bateman R

The Sporadic Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Signature Of Atrophy: Preliminary Findings From The Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS) Cohort.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Touroutoglou A, Katsumi Y, Brickhouse M, Zaitsev A, Eckbo R, Aisen P, Beckett L, Dage JL, Eloyan A, Foroud T, Ghetti B, Griffin P, Hammers D, Jack CR, Kramer JH, Iaccarino L, Joie R, Mundada NS, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Polsinelli AJ, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack K, Carrillo MC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, Dickerson BC, LEADS Consortium

Head-to-head comparison between plasma p-tau217 and flortaucipir-PET in amyloid-positive patients with cognitive impairment.

Alzheimer's research & therapy

Mundada NS, Rojas JC, Vandevrede L, Thijssen EH, Iaccarino L, Okoye OC, Shankar R, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Lago AL, Miller BL, Teunissen CE, Heuer H, Rosen HJ, Dage JL, Jagust WJ, Rabinovici GD, Boxer AL, La Joie R

Amyloid and tau-PET in early-onset AD: Baseline data from the Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS).

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Cho H, Mundada NS, Apostolova LG, Carrillo MC, Shankar R, Amuiri AN, Zeltzer E, Windon CC, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Tanner JA, Heath CL, Lesman-Segev OH, Aisen P, Eloyan A, Lee HS, Hammers DB, Kirby K, Dage JL, Fagan A, Foroud T, Grinberg LT, Jack CR, Kramer J, Kukull WA, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Toga A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez M, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski EJ, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Koeppe R, Iaccarino L, Dickerson BC, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, LEADS Consortium

Influence of amyloid and diagnostic syndrome on non-traditional memory scores in early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Bushnell J, Hammers DB, Aisen P, Dage JL, Eloyan A, Foroud T, Grinberg LT, Iaccarino L, Jack CR, Kirby K, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez M, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, Clark DG, LEADS Consortium

Sex and APOE ε4 carrier effects on atrophy, amyloid PET, and tau PET burden in early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Nemes S, Logan PE, Manchella MK, Mundada NS, La Joie R, Polsinelli AJ, Hammers DB, Koeppe RA, Foroud TM, Nudelman KN, Eloyan A, Iaccarino L, Dorsant-Ardón V, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Dage JL, Aisen P, Grinberg LT, Jack CR, Kramer J, Kukull WA, Murray ME, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Womack KB, Wolk DA, Rabinovici GD, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in the Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Dage JL, Eloyan A, Thangarajah M, Hammers DB, Fagan AM, Gray JD, Schindler SE, Snoddy C, Nudelman KNH, Faber KM, Foroud T, Aisen P, Griffin P, Grinberg LT, Iaccarino L, Kirby K, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga AW, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Beckett LA, Day GS, Graff-Radford NR, Duara R, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack KB, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

White matter hyperintensities are higher among early-onset Alzheimer's disease participants than their cognitively normal and early-onset nonAD peers: Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS).

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Eloyan A, Thangarajah M, An N, Borowski BJ, Reddy AL, Aisen P, Dage JL, Foroud T, Ghetti B, Griffin P, Hammers D, Iaccarino L, Jack CR, Kirby K, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Rumbaugh M, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack K, Beckett L, Gao S, Carrillo MC, Rabinovici G, Apostolova LG, Dickerson B, Vemuri P, and the LEADS Consortium

Baseline neuropsychiatric symptoms and psychotropic medication use midway through data collection of the Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS) cohort.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Polsinelli AJ, Wonderlin RJ, Hammers DB, Garcia AP, Eloyan A, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Beckett L, Gao S, Wang S, Kirby K, Logan PE, Aisen P, Dage JL, Foroud T, Griffin P, Iaccarino L, Kramer JH, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, La Joie R, Mundada NS, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Rumbaugh M, Toga AW, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Womack K, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

Profiling baseline performance on the Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS) cohort near the midpoint of data collection.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Hammers DB, Eloyan A, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Beckett L, Gao S, Kirby K, Aisen P, Dage JL, Foroud T, Griffin P, Grinberg LT, Jack CR, Kramer J, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, Mundada NS, La Joie R, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Iaccarino L, Murray ME, Nudelman K, Polsinelli AJ, Rumbaugh M, Toga A, Touroutoglou A, Vemuri P, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Womack K, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Rabinovici GD, Apostolova LG, LEADS Consortium

Amyloid, tau and metabolic PET correlates of cognition in early and late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Brain : a journal of neurology

Tanner JA, Iaccarino L, Edwards L, Asken BM, Gorno-Tempini ML, Kramer JH, Pham J, Perry DC, Possin K, Malpetti M, Mellinger T, Miller BL, Miller Z, Mundada NS, Rosen HJ, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Strom A, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD

Tau PET Visual Reads: Research and Clinical Applications and Future Directions.

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine

Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Rabinovici GD

The Role of Amyloid PET in Imaging Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Review.

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine

Chapleau M, Iaccarino L, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Rabinovici GD

Plasma P-tau181 and P-tau217 in Patients With Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome With and Without Evidence of Alzheimer Disease Pathology.

Neurology

Asken BM, Tanner JA, VandeVrede L, Mantyh WG, Casaletto KB, Staffaroni AM, La Joie R, Iaccarino L, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Rojas JC, Gardner RC, Miller BL, Grinberg LT, Boxer AL, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD

Cortical hypometabolism reflects local atrophy and tau pathology in symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.

Brain : a journal of neurology

Strom A, Iaccarino L, Edwards L, Lesman-Segev OH, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Pham J, Baker SL, Landau S, Jagust WJ, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rabinovici GD, La Joie R, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Pharmacokinetics of 38 Percent Silver Diamine Fluoride in Children.

Pediatric dentistry

Ellenikiotis H, Chen KF, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Rothen ML, Thompson B, Lin YS, Milgrom P

Accuracy of Tau Positron Emission Tomography as a Prognostic Marker in Preclinical and Prodromal Alzheimer Disease: A Head-to-Head Comparison Against Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

JAMA neurology

Ossenkoppele R, Smith R, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Groot C, Leuzy A, Strandberg O, Palmqvist S, Olsson T, Jögi J, Stormrud E, Cho H, Ryu YH, Choi JY, Boxer AL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Iaccarino L, La Joie R, Baker S, Borroni E, Klein G, Pontecorvo MJ, Devous MD, Jagust WJ, Lyoo CH, Rabinovici GD, Hansson O

Multimodal neuroimaging of sex differences in cognitively impaired patients on the Alzheimer's continuum: greater tau-PET retention in females.

Neurobiology of aging

Edwards L, La Joie R, Iaccarino L, Strom A, Baker SL, Casaletto KB, Cobigo Y, Grant H, Kim M, Kramer JH, Mellinger TJ, Pham J, Possin KL, Rosen HJ, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Wolf A, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD

Comparing ATN-T designation by tau PET visual reads, tau PET quantification, and CSF PTau181 across three cohorts.

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

Provost K, Iaccarino L, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Baker S, Edwards L, Eichenlaub U, Hansson O, Jagust W, Janabi M, La Joie R, Lesman-Segev O, Mellinger TJ, Miller BL, Ossenkoppele R, Pham J, Smith R, Sonni I, Strom A, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Rabinovici GD

Spatial Relationships between Molecular Pathology and Neurodegeneration in the Alzheimer's Disease Continuum.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

Iaccarino L, La Joie R, Edwards L, Strom A, Schonhaut DR, Ossenkoppele R, Pham J, Mellinger T, Janabi M, Baker SL, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Jagust WJ, Rabinovici GD

18F-flortaucipir PET to autopsy comparisons in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Brain : a journal of neurology

Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Iaccarino L, La Joie R, Baker S, Bourakova V, Boxer AL, Edwards L, Eser R, Gorno-Tempini ML, Jagust WJ, Janabi M, Kramer JH, Lesman-Segev OH, Mellinger T, Miller BL, Pham J, Rosen HJ, Spina S, Seeley WW, Strom A, Grinberg LT, Rabinovici GD

Association of APOE4 and clinical variability in Alzheimer disease with the pattern of tau- and amyloid-PET.

Neurology

La Joie R, Visani AV, Lesman-Segev OH, Baker SL, Edwards L, Iaccarino L, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Mellinger T, Janabi M, Miller ZA, Perry DC, Pham J, Strom A, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Jagust WJ, Rabinovici GD

The impact of demographic, clinical, genetic, and imaging variables on tau PET status.

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

Ossenkoppele R, Leuzy A, Cho H, Sudre CH, Strandberg O, Smith R, Palmqvist S, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Olsson T, Jögi J, Stormrud E, Ryu YH, Choi JY

Symptomatic amyloid-related imaging abnormalities in an APOE e4/e4 patient treated with aducanumab.

Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

VandeVrede L, Gibbs DM, Koestler M, La Joie R, Ljubenkov PA, Provost K, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Strom A, Tsoy E, Rabinovici GD, Boxer AL

Tau Positron Emission Tomographic Findings in a Former US Football Player With Pathologically Confirmed Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

JAMA neurology

Mantyh WG, Spina S, Lee A, Iaccarino L, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Tsoy E, Mellinger TJ, Grant H, Vandevrede L, La Joie R, Lesman-Segev O, Gaus S, Possin KL, Grinberg LT, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Rabinovici GD

The Oxford Handbook of Adult Cognitive Disorders

Rapidly Progressive Dementia: Human Prion Diseases and an Approach for Evaluating Non-Prion Etiologies

Soleimani-Meigooni DN and Geschwind MD

The Structural Signature of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

European journal of neurology

Navid J, Day GS, Strain J, Perrin RJ, Bucelli RC, Dincer A, Wisch JK, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Morris JC, Benzinger TLS, Ances BM

JC virus granule cell neuronopathy in the setting of chronic lymphopenia treated with recombinant interleukin-7.

Journal of neurovirology

Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Schwetye KE, Angeles MR, Ryschkewitsch CF, Major EO, Dang X, Koralnik IJ, Schmidt RE, Clifford DB, Kuhlmann FM, Bucelli RC

Cylindrical coordinate based TG-43U1 parameters for dose calculation around elongated brachytherapy sources.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics

Awan SB, Dini SA, Hussain M, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Meigooni AS

Curcumin confers radiosensitizing effect in prostate cancer cell line PC-3.

Oncogene

Chendil D, Ranga RS, Meigooni D, Sathishkumar S, Ahmed MM