# Pat McGeer

> Patrick Lucey McGeer was a Canadian physician, professor and medical researcher. He was regarded as a leading authority on the causes and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and was the principal author of the inflammatory hypothesis of the disease, which holds that Alzheimer's is an inflammation of the cortex.

*Canadian politician, medical researcher, and basketball player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pat-mcgeer

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1927-06-29
- **Died:** 2022-08-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Patrick Lucey McGeer was a Canadian physician, professor and medical researcher. He was regarded as a leading authority on the causes and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and was the principal author of the inflammatory hypothesis of the disease, which holds that Alzheimer's is an inflammation of the cortex.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

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