Adam J. Darby, MD
- Neurology
About
Dr. Darby was born and raised in Sunderland, England, and attended Durham University where he received a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Environmental Sciences. He received his medical degree from St Georges University School of Medicine as part of the Global Scholars partnership with Northumbria University in Newcastle England. He completed his Internal Medicine internship and Neurology residency at the University of Vermont before moving to California to complete fellowship training at UCLA. He completed fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology and Sports Neurology/Neurotrauma.
Dr. Darby is board certified with American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and United Council of Neurological Subspecialties Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychoatry. In addition to practicing as a general neurologist in Thousand Oaks he also holds a position as an attending neurologist with the Westwood based UCLA Steve Tisch brainSPORT program which specializes in the treatment of sports and military-related head injuries. His areas of particular interest are dementia, movement disorders and headache.
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certification
Fellowships
Residencies
Degree
Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2021, 2023, 2024
Locations
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Medical Services
Areas of Focus
Research
Interests
- Sports and military related head trauma
- The link between head trauma and neurodegenerative disease
Publications
Link to Dr. Darby's complete list of publications >
- Retrospective Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy/Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome in a VA Neurobehavior Clinic Population; Adam J Darby, Michael G Cline, Mario F Mendez, and Edmond Teng; Accepted submission for Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2017
- Pediatric Concussion: Understanding, Assessment, and Management, with Special Attention to Sports-Related Brain Injury; Adam Darby, Jeff Victoroff and Christopher C. Giza, 2017 – Submitted in press
- Detection of CTE in Autopsy Cohorts using Restricted Cortical Sampling; Adam Darby, Jason Adams, Katherine Babcock, Ann McKee Conference Paper in Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology · June 2015
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2021, 2023, 2024