Richard Isaacson
Richard S. Isaacson, MD is a Preventive Neurologist who directs research at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases. He was founder and former director of the world’s first Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian, where he also served as assistant dean and associate professor of neurology. He is a leader in precision-medicine approaches to Alzheimer’s risk reduction and has served as principal investigator for multiple research initiatives focused on individualized risk reduction care. He recently led an NIH-funded clinical trial showing that a free online tool reduced Alzheimer's risk (RetainYourBrain.com) and aims to democratize access to blood-biomarker testing for brain health via an at-home, lower-cost "cholesterol test for the brain" (AlzLabs.org) to both assess risk and evaluate response to risk reduction therapies.