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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

The Wien Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders

at Mount Sinai Medical Center

The Wien Center for Alzheimer’s patients and their families, connecting The center is dedicated stage of the disease as well
Disease and Memory Disorders at Mount them to services ranging from home to enhancing research for as for people in later stages
Sinai Medical Center is a leading Tertiary health care to adult day care. The Wien the prevention of Al - of the disease.
Care Referral Center for the Diagnosis Center also offers educational work- zheimer’s disease by The Wien Center is
and Treatment of Memory and Cognitive shops and seminars for both patients and detecting the preclinical proud to be a national
Disorders. The center is committed to families. Caregiver training and support stages of the disease, uti- leader for education of
providing high-quality care to patients groups are also available. lizing advanced brain health professionals, pa -
and their families. It is also a leading cen- In addition to connecting patients to imaging methods and cog- tients and their caregivers.
ter for Clinical Research and Education. community resources and workshops, nitive tests. The research Prom inent amongst these
The Wien Center conducts various clini- the Wien Center offers a free memory conducted by the 1Florida efforts, the Wien Center
cal trials of pharmaceutical and non- screening program for individuals 50 ADRC promotes a better continues to host the Mild
pharmaceutical treatments for years and older, to help with early diag- understanding of the biol- Cognitive
Alzheimer’s and related disorders, and nosis. ogy and predictors of the BY DR. RANJAN DUARA Impairment (MCI) sym-
hosts yearly forums, free memory screen- course of Alzheimer’s dis- posium and Public Edu -
ing programs and local support groups. Cutting-edge Research ease. Ultimately, the re - cation Forum for 16 years.
A groundbreaker in conducting innova- and Education search provides the basis This international confer-
tive research, the center’s medical team is The Wien Center has received funding for developing new treatments for the ence focuses on developments in under-
paving the way for improved under- from the National Institutes of Health disease. standing the biology, the diagnosis, pre-
standing and treatment of Alzheimer’s (NIH) as a partner to the The Wien Center is also the lead insti- vention and treatment of the earliest
disease and related disorders. University of Florida to establish an tution for the Florida Brain Bank - a serv- stages of Alzheimer’s and related disor-
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center ice for providing a final pathological ders.
Patient support (ADRC), one of only thirty-one diagnosis for dementing disorders and
For over 30 years, the Wien Center for ADRCs in the nation. A group of for supporting research in Alzheimer’s Dr. Duara is the Medical Director of the
Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Florida institutions make up the and related disorders around the globe. Wien Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and
Disorders at Mount Sinai 1Florida ADRC. The 1Florida ADRC is In collaboration with institutions around Memory Disorders at Mount Sinai Medical
Medical Center has offered hope and significant and plays an important role in the US and Canada, the Wien Center is Center. For more information,
care to patients experiencing memory sharing ideas and innovative strategies also focused on clinical trials dedicated call (305) 674-CARE.
loss. Our team serves as a resource to with other researchers. to developing treatments at a very early

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