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BIOGRAPHY
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Howard M. Fillit, MD
Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine Department of Geriatrics Mount Sinai Medical Center Executive Director Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation New York, New York |
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Howard Fillit, MD, a geriatrician and neuroscientist, is the Founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA), an Estee Lauder family foundation founded in 1998, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), an affiliated public charity founded in 2004. ISOA and ADDF share a common mission of accelerating drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease through venture philanthropy. Dr Fillit was previously the Corporate Medical Director for Medicare at NYLCare Health Plans (now a division of Aetna, Inc.), responsible for over 125,000 Medicare members in several regional markets. He has had a distinguished academic career at The Rockefeller University and at Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University where he is Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology. Dr Fillit has received numerous awards and honors, including the Rita Hayworth Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Alzheimer’s Association, and is the author or co-author of more than 250 scientific and clinical publications. |
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