May 20, 2012

Anne Lipton MD, Ph. D., board-certified neurologist interview – Alz Dallas

www.alzdallas.org -Dr. Lipton is a board-certified neurologist with specialization in dementia. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Behavioral Biology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her MD and Ph.D. at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Lipton performed her medical internship at the Johns Hopkins/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore program and completed her Neurology residency training at the University of Texas-Southwestern and a Neurobehavior and Dementia fellowship at UT-Southwestern and UCLA. Dr. Lipton’s clinical and research expertise include Alzheimer’s disease, Frontotemporal dementia, and Lewy body disease, and she has published a number of scientific papers on these subjects in such journals as Neurology and the Archives of Neurology. She is co-editor of The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research, 3rd edition, and The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias.
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TEDxAlamo – George Perry – Living with Aging: Alzheimer’s, the Disease of Our Time

When George Perry began studying Alzheimer’s disease less than 30 years ago, few scientists knew of the condition, let alone the public, which now cannot have a day pass without new revelations in the press. What is this disease that so closely touches all our lives and seems so intractable to treatment? Is the heightened awareness due to our increased longevity, or its incidence? While most therapeutics are directed to the effects of the disease, the future lies in modifying responses to aging to maintain normal function throughout our lifespan. Dr. Perry is Dean and Professor of Biology, University of Texas-San Antonio, joining the UTSA faculty in 2006 from Case Western Reserve University where he was Professor of Pathology and Neurosciences and Chair of the Department of Pathology. He is also distinguished as one of the top 20 Alzheimer’s disease researchers with over 800 publications; one of the top 100 most-cited scientists in neuroscience and behavior research; and one of the top 25 scientists in free radical research. He is Past President for the American Association of Neuropathologists, on the editorial board of over 60 journals, and is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. *AboutTEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and
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