CCO Neuroscience Podcast

Defining Alzheimer’s Disease and MCI Management in the Modern Era

Episode Summary

Expert faculty discuss how to best approach Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment in clinical practice, including accurately diagnosing patients and optimizing treatment in terms of patient preferences and reimbursement options.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Drs. Sabbagh and Isaacson discuss how to best approach Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in clinical practice, including accurately diagnosing patients and optimizing treatment in terms of patient preferences and reimbursement options. The full episode covers:

• Defining AD and MCI and their clinical presentation
• How to diagnose AD vs MCI
• Reimbursement landscape for current diagnosing and monitoring tools
• Precision medicine’s evolving role in diagnosing and treating patients with AD and/or MCI

Presenters:

Marwan Sabbagh, MD
Professor of Neurology
Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Division
Department of Neurology
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona

Richard Isaacson MD
Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Florida