Baycrest

Dr. Mary Sano is Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Alzheimer’s disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NYC. She is also the Director of Research and Development at the James J Peters Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Sano is a neuropsychologist by training and has been involved in designing and conducting clinical trials for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and other conditions of aging. She is the author of more than 200 publications and holds more than $2million in peer reviewed funding. Currently a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Group the Alzheimer Association and the Immediate Past President of International Psychogeriatric Association, she uses her local, national and global roles across these groups to contribute to harmonizing efforts to define and treat the cognitive impairment, and neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with dementia. Recent topics she has been involved in are amyloid targeted therapies, technology in assessment and care of cognitive impairment and dementia and engaging diverse populations in dementia care and research.