In this episode, Alireza Atri, MD, PhD, discusses his approach to patient conversations on brain health and provides advice to healthcare professionals practicing in community neurology settings, in a dialogue with Robin Martinez, a patient advocate from the Smart Patients online community. Supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Faculty:

Alireza Atri, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, Banner Research
Phoenix, Tucson and Sun City, Arizona
Director, Banner Sun Health Research Institute
Sun City, Arizona

Robin Martinez
Patient Advocate
Coordinator of Online Communities
Website Administration
Smart Patients Inc.
Denver, Colorado

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Alzheimer’s Association: DETeCD-ADRD Clinical Practice Guidelines for Specialty Care
  https://bit.ly/4kqtYt5
• American Geriatrics Society: 2023 Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
  https://bit.ly/44zN8qG
• MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) : [Link to: https://mocacognition.com/]

Link to obtain CME/CE credit:
https://bit.ly/44khuP5

Link to Brain Health Hub with additional educational activities:
https://bit.ly/4kziu6T

In this episode, dementia expert Anton Porsteinsson, MD, discusses his approach to conversations on brain health with patients and provides guidance for HCPs practicing in community psychiatry settings, in a dialogue with Robin Martinez, a patient advocate from the Smart Patients online community. Supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Faculty:

Anton P. Porsteinsson, MD
William B. and Sheila Konar Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Medicine
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Robin Martinez
Patient Advocate
Coordinator of Online Communities
Website Administration
Smart Patients Inc.
Denver, Colorado

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) [Link to: https://www.psychdb.com/_media/mmse.]
• Mini-Cog (quick dementia screening test) [Link to: https://mini-cog.com/]
• MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) : [Link to: https://mocacognition.com/]
• Alzheimer’s Association Local Chapters [Link to:https://www.alz.org/chapter-search]
• Local Department of Aging [Link to : https://www.thecountyoffice.com/department-of-aging/]

Link to obtain CME/CE credit:
https://bit.ly/3IAbyc7

Link to Brain Health Hub with additional educational activities:
https://bit.ly/40Jgth4

In this episode, Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, discusses her approach to conversations on brain health with her patients in obstetrics and gynecology settings, in a dialogue with Robin Martinez, a patient advocate from the Smart Patients online community. Supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Faculty:

Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, PhD
Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor
Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Robin Martinez
Patient Advocate
Coordinator of Online Communities
Website Administration
Smart Patients Inc.
Denver, Colorado

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Smart Patients, an online community for patients and their families [Link to: https://www.smartpatients.com/]

Link to obtain CME/CE credit:
https://bit.ly/4lH4BEt

Link to Brain Health Hub with additional educational activities:
https://bit.ly/4nJrgSG