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Ances installed as inaugural Brennan Professor

Beau Ances, MD, PhD (left) and Dan Brennan II shake hands after Ances' installation as the Daniel J. Brennan, MD, Professor of Neurology. The professorship is funded by a bequest from Brennan's father.
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Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural Daniel J. Brennan, MD, Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Using state-of-the-art imaging techniques, he works to develop diagnostic tools and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

He was installed by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.