Rate My Professor Dan Murman

Daniel Murman, MD, MS, is a tenured Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), where he serves as Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research, Director of the Nebraska Medicine Memory Disorders Clinic, and Program Director for the Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship. He earned his MD from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1989, graduating with research honors. His postgraduate training included an internship at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in 1990, residency in Neurology at the University of Michigan Hospitals from 1990 to 1993, fellowship in Cognitive Disorders and Geriatric Neurology at the University of Michigan Hospitals from 1993 to 1996, and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Design and Biostatistical Analysis from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1997. Prior to joining UNMC in 2004, he held positions as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology at Michigan State University. Board-certified in Neurology, he also holds subspecialty certifications in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry and Geriatric Neurology. In these roles, he evaluates older adults presenting with cognitive decline potentially due to neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementias, frontotemporal dementias, or vascular dementia, and provides teaching to medical students, residents, fellows, and graduate students in behavioral, cognitive, and geriatric neurology.

Dr. Murman's research interests center on health services research in dementia care, pharmacoeconomics of treatments for Alzheimer's disease, and clinical and translational studies of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementias, and frontotemporal dementias. For over 15 years, he has participated in multi-center, late-phase clinical trials evaluating new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, and for more than 25 years, he has contributed to research on these patient populations. Notable publications include 'The Impact of Age on Cognition' (Seminars in Neurology, 2015) and 'The impact of parkinsonism on costs of care in patients with AD and dementia with Lewy bodies' (Neurology, 2003). In 2005, he received the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer's Research Fund Award, which included a $10,000 stipend, for developing methods to measure the quality of dementia care and its impacts on patients, caregivers, and the healthcare system. His work has advanced understanding of dementia diagnosis, including recent contributions to AI-based approaches for dementia detection.