Memory Screening
Advisory Board
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Memory Screening Advisory Board is composed of academicians and healthcare specialists who are leaders in the fields of memory assessment, dementia screening and Alzheimer’s disease, and who have published numerous influential articles on these topics. These individuals have particular expertise in the subject of screening tests and their development. The board’s mission is to provide consultation and recommendations to AFA regarding National Memory Screening Day and the management of projects related to helping to identify and treat individuals with memory problems, Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.
- J. Wesson Ashford, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, AFA Memory Screening Advisory Board
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford/VA Alzheimer's Center
Palo Alto, CA - Peter Bayley, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center
Palo Alto, CA - Soo Borson, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Memory Disorders Clinic and the ADRC Satellite
University of Washington
Seattle, WA - Herman Buschke, M.D.
Professor, Neurology & Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY - Margaret Dean, RN, CS-BC, GNP-BC, MSN
Associate Faculty and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
School of Nursing Graduate School, Lubbock,TX
School of Medicine Internal Medicine Geriatric Division, Amarillo, TX - Howard Fillit, M.D.
Executive Director
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
New York, NY - Sanford I. Finkel, M.D.
Medical Director, Geriatric Institute
Director, The Leonard Schanfield Research Institute
Council for Jewish Elderly
Chicago, IL - Lori Frank, Ph.D.
Scientist
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Washington, DC - Marta Mendiondo, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Sanders-Brown Center
Lexington, KY - Frederick A. Schmitt , Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychology, & Behavioral Science
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
Lexington, KY
