Chair, Educational Track III: Research and New Developments in Dementia Therapy
Rachelle Smith Doody, MD, PhD
Effie Marie Cain Professor in Alzheimer's Disease Research
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

FACULTY PRESENTERS

Steven E. Arnold, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cornelia K. Beck, PhD, RN
Professor, Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Director, UAMS Alzheimer's Disease Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Helena C. Chui, MD
Raymond and Betty McCarron Professor of Neurology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
Associate Director, NIA Alzheimer Disease Research Center Clinical Core, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Chairman, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, California

Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD
Augustus S. Rose Professor of Neurology
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Director, UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Steven T. DeKosky, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Howard M. Fillit, MD
Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Aging
Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine, Department of Geriatrics
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Patrick J. Gillette, MD, CMD
Providence Medical Group
Medford Internal Medicine, Medford, Oregon

Bennett P. Leifer, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Geriatrics & Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York, Attending Physician
Department of Medicine, The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, New Jersey

Donna L. Masterman, MD
Director of the Katherine and Benjamin Kagan Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Program
Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology, Department of Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Steven G. Potkin, MD
Director of Clinical Research in Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Director of Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Irvine, California

Norman R. Relkin, MD, PhD
Cornell University
Weill College of Medicine, New York, New York

Gustavo C. Roman, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Texas, San Antonio, Division of Neurology
UTHSCSA Medical School, San Antonio, Texas

Joshua R. Shua-Haim, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD
Medical Chief, Geriatric Section Chief, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey
Director, Meridian Institute of Aging, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey

Pierre N. Tariot, MD
Director of Psychiatry – Program in Neurobehavioral Therapeutics
Monroe Community Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine & Neurology
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Floyd B. Willis, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD, DSc
Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition
Director of the Brain and Perception Laboratory, Professor of Neurosciences and Psychology
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Oliver W. Sacks, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
Adjunct Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York