- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Kostas G. Lyketsos
Professional Titles
- Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professor
- Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bayview
- Director, Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Background
A native of Athens, Greece, Professor Lyketsos graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Psychology and from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis with a Medical Doctorate. He completed residency and Chief Residency in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, as well as a fellowship in clinical epidemiology. An active clinician, teacher, and researcher, Dr. Lyketsos is a world expert in the care and treatment of patients with Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD). He carried out pioneering work on the epidemiology and treatment of neuropsychiatric features of AD. His team is developing biomarkers to accelerate treatment development for AD while designing and implementing innovative clinical trials. He leads efforts to ensure the provision of state-of-the-art Dementia Care for people with dementia in the community.
Dr. Lyketsos is the Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professor at Johns Hopkins University. He directs the Johns Hopkins Bayview Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as the Richman Family Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Alzheimer’s Disease and the Memory and Alzheimer’s Treatment Center. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2022 Argo Award for Science from the President of the Hellenic Republic. He has authored/co-authored over 450 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, commentaries, as well as five books. His work has been cited over 76,000 times with an h-index of 149. A 2021 Stanford University publication reported that he ranked #13 out of 9,246 scientists worldwide (all-time) in the field of Geriatrics. Castle-Connolly has named Dr. Lyketsos as one of America’s Top Doctors every year since 2001.
A listing of Dr. Lyketsos’ publications can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/constantine.lyketsos.1/bibliography/public/
Centers and Institutes
Research Interests
Alzheimer's disease, Biomarkers, Brain imaging, Dementia, Epidemiology, Late life depression
Honors
- William Proxmire Award for the Fight Against Alzheimer's
- Distinguished Scientist Award, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- Geriatric Research Award, American College of Psychiatrists
- Jack Weinberg Award in Geriatric Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, 5/15/16
Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- American College of Psychiatrists
Professional Activities
- American Journal of Psychiatry, Associate Editor
- International Psychogeriatrics, Deputy Editor
- International Review of Psychiatry, Editor - 6/30/15
- Practical Dementia Care, Co-author
- Psychiatric Aspects of Neurologic Diseases: Practical Approaches to Patient Care, Lead Editor
- Systematic Psychiatric Evaluation, Co-author
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, MHS, 1994Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fellowship, 1993Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Psychiatry, 1992Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1988Board Certifications
Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1994Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
4.8 out of 5
74 ratings, 31 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/20/2025
Helpful. Thorough. And smart.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/19/2025
Excellent experience. Dr Lyketsos was a master of the medical diagnosis, communicated well to me as a layperson, and listened attentively.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/6/2025
Dr Lyketsos is knowledgable and thoughtful. We always leave feeling reassured we are in the best hands. [staff] the nurse was exceptional- kind and oriented us to what to expect from the visit.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/30/2025
Very caring and professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/15/2025
Very caring and responsive.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/5/2024
Excellent in every way
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/5/2024
The team: nurse, [staff], the fellow, [staff], and Dr Lyketsos were perfect for us, kind, knowledgeable, professional, respectful, generous with their time, forthcoming, and clear about next steps. We had total confidence in them. We could not have scripted a better experience! Thank you all!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/21/2024
The team had a 2 step evaluation before we saw the doctor. The process worked well.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/7/2024
Answered questions. Provided guidance.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/28/2024
Took extra time and connects with my son and husband to Clarify treatment plan
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/24/2024
Very professional, understanding and good advisor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/7/2024
Very patient, caring, explains everything very clearly which makes it easy to understand. And Very Important- He is extremely pleasant and he smiles.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/19/2024
Dr. Lyketsos is excellent. He is very knowledgeable, compassionate, and takes a genuine interest in my husband's care.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/19/2024
All good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/25/2024
On time and caring and took extra time
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/27/2024
Dr. Lyketsos and [Staff] are superior caregivers. They really care about all their patients and show it on a continous basis.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/27/2024
Very professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/20/2024
Dr Lyketsos is outstanding. Caring, thorough and very patient centered. Took all the time needed to understand our needs
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/20/2024
Was very thorough, asked appropriate questions, listened to my responses, and gave appropriate advice.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/13/2024
All good.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/30/2024
I thought Dr. Lyketsos was much more compassionate at this visit.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/23/2024
Very pleasant, very professional. My wife likes him very much and that is what counts to us.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2024
I had excellent service from everyone.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2024
Very professional and responsive
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2024
Excellent. Considerate. Very knowledgeable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2024
We depend on them
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/9/2024
Always wonderful!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/25/2024
Always kind and helpful. Alwys accessible in between appointments. Both Dr Lyketsos and [Staff] are excellent and extremely helpful when we need extra assistance/advice in between appointments.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/4/2024
Just a wonderful caring doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/4/2024
It was a good visit.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/21/2024
Great job