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Memory Screenign Advisory Board

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Memory Screening Advisory Board is composed of academicians and health care 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 Program 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
• 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
• 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.
  Executive Director
  Center for Health Outcomes Research
  United BioSource Corporation
  Bethesda, MD
• Janet Lawrence, M.D.
  Psychiatrist, Clinical Evaluation Center
  Attending Psychiatrist
  McLean Hospital
  Belmont, MA
• Marta Mendiondo, Ph.D.
  University of Kentucky Medical Center
  Sanders-Brown Center
  Lexington, KY
• Richard E. Powers, M.D.
  Chief, Bureau of Geriatric Psychiatry
  Alabama Department of Mental Health
  Tuscaloosa, AL
• Frederick A. Schmitt , Ph.D.
  Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychology, & Behavioral Science
  University of Kentucky Medical Center
  Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
  Lexington, KY