Dr. Jeffrey Kaye is the Layton professor of neurology and biomedical engineering and the director of the Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center, as well as director of the Oregon Center for Aging and Technology (ORCATECH) . Dr. Kaye received his medical degree from New York Medical College and trained in neurology at Boston University. He completed fellowships in Movement Disorders at Boston University and in brain aging at the National Institute on Aging.

He moved to Oregon in 1989 to develop the Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center. Dr. Kaye has received the Charles Dolan Hatfield Research Award for his work. He is listed in Best Doctors in America. He serves on many national and international panels and review boards in the field of geriatrics and neurology. He is an author on over 400 scientific publications and holds several major grant awards from federal agencies, national foundations and industrial sponsors.

Dr. Kaye serves as a member of the OHSU Healthy Aging Alliance Executive Committee.