Christian Lachner, M.D.

Christian Lachner, M.D., is a consultant with the Departments of Neurology, Neurologic Surgery and Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr. Lachner is certified in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Neurology. His clinical focus includes the evaluation and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Vascular contributions to Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Frontotemporal Dementia and associated syndromes. Dr. Lachner also specializes in the evaluation and management of neuropsychiatric symptoms (i.e., psychiatric symptoms related to neurological disorders) such as non-motor aspects of Parkinson's disease, stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and encephalitis.

In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Lachner is a co-investigator on several studies including: Mayo Clinic Study of Aging in Jacksonville, Alzheimer's disease Research Center, Vascular contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Neurological/Neurovascular events with Covid-19, Lewy Body Disease biomarkers, Young Onset Alzheimer's disease and other related projects.

Dr. Lachner is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry with interest in better understanding brain-derived mechanisms leading to neurobehavioral and neuropsychiatric syndromes. He has published work in these areas, and has an active role in education, providing lectures and supervision to trainees, as well as participating in national and international professional meetings.