Unlocking Longevity: Innovations in Brain Health & Alzheimer’s Prevention with Pioneering Neurologist Dr. Richard S. Isaacson

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson is a pioneering neurologist with a focus on the treatement and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. He is the Founder and Former Director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, a first-of-its-kind in the world, at Weill Cornell Medicine & New York Presbyterian, where he was also Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Associate Professor of Neurology.

Dr. Isaacson remains on faculty as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell and comes to Atria from Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine, were he served as Director of the Center of Brain Health.

On his decision to join Atria, he says he was drawn to work in a medical environment where being forward-thinking is encouraged rather than frowned upon. "This approach often goes against the traditional grain in medical care, which is typically informed by practice guidelines that are often outdated soon after being published," he says. "At Atria, we have the time and personnel to have multidisciplinary care discussions about each and every patient and family we see."

Dr. Isaacson began his academic career in an accelerated six-year program at the Unversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where he earned his Bachelor of Liberal Arts at age 19 and his medical degree at the age of 23. He cites a family history of Alzheimer's - as well as his older brother, also a neurologist - as early inspiration for his focus on the disease.