UR Medicine Faculty
The University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group
(URMFG) consists of over 900 specialist and primary care providers spanning 19
departments.
URMFG is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Accountable Health Partner
Accountable Health Partners (AHP) is a network of
over 2,000 community and UR medical faculty and a dozen leading hospitals throughout the
region. AHP offers a full range of care.
Dr. Porsteinsson is the Director of the University of Rochester Alzheimer's Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE). In addition, he is the first William B. and Sheila Konar Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry. In 1987, he receive...
Dr. Porsteinsson is the Director of the University of Rochester Alzheimer's Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE). In addition, he is the first William B. and Sheila Konar Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry. In 1987, he received his MD degree from the University of Iceland School of Medicine and came to the University of Rochester in 1989, where he completed his internship and residency. He is Board certified in Psychiatry, with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Porsteinsson has devoted his career to the care and study of individuals with memory disorders. He participates in the University of Rochester Memory Care Program, which serves a population with memory disorders. Internationally recognized in clinical research and considered one of the leading experts in Alzheimer's disease and dementia, his interests lie in biomarkers, imaging, and novel pharmacologic agents in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, both in terms of cognitive loss and behavioral disturbances. He is a leading investigator for many prominent national Alzheimer's prevention and treatment trials and has conducted major clinical trials with cognitive enhancers and course stabilizing agents in dementia, as well as psychotropics for behavioral changes associated with dementia. Dr. Porsteinsson is the author and collaborator of hundreds of research publications and serves as site principal investigator for research grants from the National Institutes of Health and other leading funders.
Faculty Appointments
Professor
-
Department of Psychiatry, Geriatric/Psychiatry (SMD)
William and Sheila Konar Endowed Professor
-
Department of Psychiatry (SMD)
Professor
-
Department of Medicine, Geriatrics/Aging (SMD) - Joint
Professor
-
Department of Neurology, Memory Care (SMD) - Joint
Professor
-
Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Residency, Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1990 - 1993
Internship, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1989 - 1990
Internship, University of Iceland, Reykjavik. 1987 - 1989
Awards
Listed in Editions of America's Top Doctors.2012
Listed in editions of Distinguished Professionals.2010
Listed in editions of The Global Directory of Who's Who.2010
Dr. John Baum Award, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.2009
Listed in editions of Who's Who in America.2007
Summer Research Institute Fellowship.1999
The Helga Jonsdottir and Sigurlidi Kristjansson Memorial Award.1997
Butler PM, Yang J, Brown R, Hobbs M, Becker A, Penalver-Andres J, Syz P, Muller S, Cosne G, Juraver A, Song HH, Saha-Chaudhuri P, Roggen D, Scotland A, Silveira N, Demircioglu G, Gabelle A, Hughes R, Erkkinen MG, Langbaum JB, Lingler JH, Price P, Quiroz YT, Sha SJ, Sliwinski M, Porsteinsson AP, Au R, Bianchi MT, Lenyoun H, Pham H, Patel M, Belachew S
Wisse LEM, Spotorno N, Rossi M, Grothe MJ, Mammana A, Tideman P, Baiardi S, Strandberg O, Ticca A, van Westen D, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Palmqvist S, Stomrud E, Parchi P, Hansson O,
JAMA neurology.. 2024 October 181 (10):1051-1059. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lanctôt KL, Rivet L, Tumati S, Perin J, Sankhe K, Vieira D, Mintzer J, Rosenberg PB, Shade D, Lerner AJ, Padala PR, Brawman-Mintzer O, van Dyck CH, Porsteinsson AP, Craft S, Levey AI, Padala KP, Herrmann N
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2023 December 31 (12):1077-1087. Epub 06/15/2023.
Bateman RJ, Smith J, Donohue MC, Delmar P, Abbas R, Salloway S, Wojtowicz J, Blennow K, Bittner T, Black SE, Klein G, Boada M, Grimmer T, Tamaoka A, Perry RJ, Turner RS, Watson D, Woodward M, Thanasopoulou A, Lane C, Baudler M, Fox NC, Cummings JL, Fontoura P, Doody RS
The New England journal of medicine.. 2023 November 16389 (20):1862-1876. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lanctôt KL, Chen C, Mah E, Kiss A, Li A, Shade D, Scherer RW, Vieira D, Coulibaly H, Rosenberg PB, Lerner AJ, Padala PR, Brawman-Mintzer O, van Dyck CH, Porsteinsson AP, Craft S, Levey A, Burke WJ, Mintzer J, Herrmann N
International psychogeriatrics. 2023 November 35 (11):664-672. Epub 04/17/2023.
Bocancea DI, Svenningsson AL, van Loenhoud AC, Groot C, Barkhof F, Strandberg O, Smith R, La Joie R, Rosen HJ, Pontecorvo MJ, Rabinovici GD, van der Flier WM, Hansson O, Ossenkoppele R
Brain : a journal of neurology.. 2023 September 1146 (9):3719-3734. Epub 1900 01 01.
Erickson P, Simrén J, Brum WS, Ennis GE, Kollmorgen G, Suridjan I, Langhough R, Jonaitis EM, Van Hulle CA, Betthauser TJ, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Ashton NJ, Johnson SC, Shaw LM, Blennow K, Andreasson U, Bendlin BB, Zetterberg H
JAMA neurology.. 2023 July 3180 (9):969-79. Epub 07/31/2023.
Zhou X, Chen Y, Ip FCF, Jiang Y, Cao H, Lv G, Zhong H, Chen J, Ye T, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Ma S, Lo RMN, Tong EPS, Mok VCT, Kwok TCY, Guo Q, Mok KY, Shoai M, Hardy J, Chen L, Fu AKY, Ip NY
Communications medicine.. 2023 April 63 (1):49. Epub 04/06/2023.
Clark ED, Perin J, Herrmann N, Brawman-Mintzer O, Lanctôt KL, Lerner AJ, Mintzer J, Padala PR, Rosenberg PB, Sami S, Shade DM, van Dyck CH, Porsteinsson AP
Pichet Binette A, Franzmeier N, Spotorno N, Ewers M, Brendel M, Biel D, Strandberg O, Janelidze S, Palmqvist S, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Smith R, Stomrud E, Ossenkoppele R, Hansson O
Nature communications.. 2022 November 413 (1):6635. Epub 11/04/2022.
Teng E, Manser PT, Pickthorn K, Brunstein F, Blendstrup M, Sanabria Bohorquez S, Wildsmith KR, Toth B, Dolton M, Ramakrishnan V, Bobbala A, Sikkes SAM, Ward M, Fuji RN, Kerchner GA
JAMA neurology.. 2022 August 179 (8):758-767. Epub 1900 01 01.
Jiang Y, Zhou X, Wong HY, Ouyang L, Ip FCF, Chau VMN, Lau SF, Wu W, Wong DYK, Seo H, Fu WY, Lai NCH, Chen Y, Chen Y, Tong EPS, Mok VCT, Kwok TCY, Mok KY, Shoai M, Lehallier B, Losada PM, O'Brien E, Porter T, Laws SM, Hardy J, Wyss-Coray T, Masters CL, Fu AKY, Ip NY
Nature aging.. 2022 July 2 (7):616-634. Epub 07/15/2022.
Wen J, Fu CHY, Tosun D, Veturi Y, Yang Z, Abdulkadir A, Mamourian E, Srinivasan D, Skampardoni I, Singh A, Nawani H, Bao J, Erus G, Shou H, Habes M, Doshi J, Varol E, Mackin RS, Sotiras A, Fan Y, Saykin AJ, Sheline YI, Shen L, Ritchie MD, Wolk DA, Albert M, Resnick SM, Davatzikos C
JAMA psychiatry.. 2022 May 179 (5):464-474. Epub 1900 01 01.
Yang Z, Nasrallah IM, Shou H, Wen J, Doshi J, Habes M, Erus G, Abdulkadir A, Resnick SM, Albert MS, Maruff P, Fripp J, Morris JC, Wolk DA, Davatzikos C
Nature communications.. 2021 December 312 (1):7065. Epub 12/03/2021.
Lin FV, Cottone K, Mcdermott K, Jacobs A, Nelson D, Porsteinsson A, Chapman BP
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2021 March 29 (3):285-294. Epub 07/07/2020.
Time to response to citalopram treatment for agitation in Alzheimer's disease
Weintraub D, Drye LT, Porsteinsson AP, Rosenberg PB, Pollock BG, Devanand DP, Frangakis C, Ismail Z, Marano C, Meinert CL, Mintzer JE, Munro CA, Pelton G, Rabins PV, Schneider LS, Shade DM, Yesavage J, and Lyketsos CG, for the CitAD Research Group.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015; 23(11): 1127-33.
Dextromethorphan/Quinidine (DM/Q) for Agitation/Aggression in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Cummings J, Lyketsos CG, Peskind ER, Porsteinsson AP, Mintzer JE, Scharre DW, De La Gandara JE, Agronin M, Davis CS, Nguyen U, Shin P, Tariot PN, and Siffert J, for the 12-AVR-131 Study Group.
Streim JE, Porsteinsson AP, Breder CD, Swanink R, Marcus R, McQuade R, Carson WH
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2008 July 16 (7):537-50. Epub 1900 01 01.
Martin BK, Frangakis CE, Rosenberg PB, Mintzer JE, Katz IR, Porsteinsson AP, Schneider LS, Rabins PV, Munro CA, Meinert CL, Niederehe G, Lyketsos CG
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2006 November 14 (11):920-30. Epub 1900 01 01.
Siemers ER, Quinn JF, Kaye J, Farlow MR, Porsteinsson A, Tariot P, Zoulnouni P, Galvin JE, Holtzman DM, Knopman DS, Satterwhite J, Gonzales C, Dean RA, May PC
Neurology.. 2006 February 2866 (4):602-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2005 November 13 (11):942-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Porsteinsson AP, Tariot PN, Jakimovich LJ, Kowalski N, Holt C, Erb R, Cox C
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2003 11 (4):434-40. Epub 1900 01 01.
Porsteinsson AP, Tariot PN, Erb R, Cox C, Smith E, Jakimovich L, Noviasky J, Kowalski N, Holt CJ, Irvine C
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2001 9 (1):58-66. Epub 1900 01 01.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 1997 5 (4):344-51. Epub 1900 01 01.
Depression and Cognitive Disorders in Older Primary Care Patients.
Boyle LL; Porsteinsson AP; Cui X; King DA; Lyness JM.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. .
Books
Neurodegenerative Dementias
(1999)
Chapter: Nursing Homes and Long Term Care.
Authors: Porsteinsson, AP; Tariot, PN;
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Companies, New York 1999
Measurement in Elderly Chronic Care Populations
(1997)
Chapter: Measurement of Behavioral Disturbances in Chronic Care Populations.
Authors: Tariot, PN; Porsteinsson, AP; Teri L; Weiner MF;
Publisher:
Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York 1997
Ratings & Comments
At URMC, we believe that patients should be empowered to make the right decisions regarding their
personal
healthcare. To do so, transparency is critical. URMC partners with Press Ganey, to survey our patients about all
aspects of their care experience. We are now putting this pertinent information at your fingertips by displaying
star ratings for our providers along with anonymous patient comments on our website. This will help you make
better-informed choices about how and with whom you seek care. Click here to learn more about the surveys used
to generate this vital information. Learn more about
our survey process.
Ratings
Care provider's discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)
4.8 stars
Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others
4.9 stars
Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition
4.9 stars
Care provider's efforts to include you in decisions about your care
4.9 stars
Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries
4.9 stars
Patient Comments
3.8 stars
Good
Dec 08, 2024
5.0 stars
Very pleased with Dr. Porsteinsson
Sep 22, 2024
5.0 stars
Dr. Anton is one of the best doctors of any specialty I have ever encountered.
Apr 29, 2024
5.0 stars
Glad to have Dr P as my provider
Apr 28, 2024
5.0 stars
[...] If I were to recommend treatment for someone else, I would refer them to the office not to this provider.
Apr 15, 2024
5.0 stars
Good.
Sep 05, 2023
5.0 stars
We/you are so blessed & fortunate to have Dr. Anton as a provider. Without equal to any provider I've worked with professionally, or experienced as a provider in my 60 years of nursing practice!!.
Aug 10, 2023
5.0 stars
I have recommended him several times. I believe he is the best specialist for dementia in town.
Aug 09, 2023
5.0 stars
Dr. P is one of the best specialists I've seen. He's my neurologist for life!
Aug 02, 2023
5.0 stars
Good experience.
Jul 13, 2023
5.0
He is a great dr.
Jul 12, 2023
5.0
I think Dr. P is world class. He and his team are helping us through a very difficult time.
Feb 21, 2022
5.0
This will be a long treatment issue and provider was very good at explaining that.
