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John D. Pounders, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Assistant Professor | Behavioral Neurologist Division of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Impairment

Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • MD: University of Alabama
  • BA, Economics: University of Alabama
  • MS, Rural Community Health: University of Alabama
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology) (Certification Date: 2024-09-16)

Specialties

Neurology

Contact Information
Research Interests

Dr. Pounders enjoys evaluating patients with chronic concerns in the outpatient setting as well as those with more acute neurologic processes as an inpatient consultant. In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Pounders is a passionate educator and investigator. He completed his Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where he was named a "Top Performing Clinician" by the Office of Patient Experience and collaborated on projects investigating ...

Clinical Interests

Neurology

Cognition Disorders

Peer Reviewed Publications

Pounders JD, McCarter SJ 2025. Sleep and Prodromal Synucleinopathies Seminars in Neurology, 45 3, 348

Sawyer RP, Bennett A, Blair J,... Pounders, JD 2023. History of obstructive sleep apnea associated with incident cognitive impairment in white but not black individuals in a US national cohort study Sleep Medicine, , 1

Pounders J, Hill EJ, Hooper D, Zhang X, Biesiada J, Kuhnell D, Greenland HL, Esfandiari L, Timmerman E, Foster F, Wang C, Walsh KB, Shatz R, Woo D, Medvedovic M, Langevin S, Sawyer RP 2022. MicroRNA expression within neuronal-derived small extracellular vesicles in frontotemporal degeneration Medicine, ,