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James E. Galvin, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami
James E. Galvin, MD, MPH is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
He is Alexandria & Bernard Schoninger Endowed Chair in Memory Disorders, Founding Director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, Director and Principal Investigator of the Lewy Body Dementia Research Center of Excellence, and Chief of Division of Cognitive Neurology for Palm Beach and Broward County leading their brain health and neurodegenerative disease research and clinical programs.
Dung Trinh, MD
Chief Medical Officer of Healthy Brain Clinic
Dr. Dung Trinh, MD, is Chief Medical Officer of Healthy Brain Clinic, a Board Member for Alzheimer’s Orange County, a physician with MemorialCare, and is a medical missionary with TongueOut Medical Missions.
Over the years, Dr. Trinh has developed a passion for educating his patients and the community. He provides numerous lectures on a variety of health topics throughout Orange County. In his early days of practicing medicine, he became frustrated with the limited medical treatments available for Alzheimer’s. He is deeply involved in all aspects of Alzheimer’s care, including clinical trials.
Dr. Trinh focuses on the overall health of his patients with a primary focus of preventing Alzheimer’s. He believes it is important to teach his older patients about the progression of the disease and diagnosis in its early stages. His overall practices centers around prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s.
Dr. Trinh is a well-known expert in speaking on preventive health including brain health, inflammation, ketosis, and intermittent fasting.
Dr. Trinh serves on several advisory boards, board of directors and helped found several companies ranging from healthcare to e-commerce.
Charles Liu, PhD, MD
Director of the USC Neurorestoration Center
Dr. Charles Liu, MD, received his undergraduate education in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his PhD in chemical/bioengineering at Rice University before attending medical school at Yale University School of Medicine.
He received his PhD in chemical/bioengineering at Rice University before attending medical school at Yale University School of Medicine. He received his neurosurgical training at the USC Affiliated Hospitals. He is presently engaged in a broad spectrum of clinical and research activities combining engineering and medicine to develop novel approaches to restore function to the damaged nervous system. He is presently appointed as professor of neurological surgery, neurology, psychiatry, urology, biokinesiology, and biomedical engineering, where he also serves as director of the USC Neurorestoration Center. He continues to play a leadership role at Rancho Los Amgios National Rehabilitation Center, where he serves as chair of neurosurgery and orthopedics as well as chief of innovation and research. He has also had long appointments on the faculty of Caltech as visiting associate. Dr. Liu has played a major role in a large number of transformative research studies in regenerative medicine, neuroprosthetics, and neuromodulation/task-specific practice which have been published in high-impact journals such as Science, Nature-BME, Nature-Neuroscience, and the Lancet. His research is funded by federal research agencies such as the NIH and NSF. In addition, Dr. Liu is keenly interested in the integration of healthcare delivery systems for maximum effectiveness in treating disease. He played a primary leadership role in establishing the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium, a unique group of 10 collaborating epilepsy centers in spanning a large geography from Central to Southern California, many of which he helped establish. Dr. Liu’s work has been featured extensively in the published and broadcast media locally, nationally, and internationally. He has been voted as an “American’s Top Doctor” continuously from 2011-2021. Dr. Liu has also delivered numerous key-note addresses at national and international conferences and made a large number of significant visitorships at leading academic institutions. Dr. Liu continues to serve on the editorial review board of numerous scientific journals, including as the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. He has also been very active in sport medicine and athletic brain health. He currently serves as the principal neurosurgical consultant to the USC Trojans and for the Rose Bowl Game. In addition, he also serves as an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant for the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL.
Sharon Cohen, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director of Toronto Memory Program
Dr. Sharon Cohen, MD, FRCPC, is a behavioral neurologist and the medical director of Toronto Memory Program, a community-based medical facility which she established in 1996 for the purpose of enhancing diagnosis and treatment for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
Her memory clinic and dementia research site are among the most active in Canada.
Dr. Cohen has over 28 years of experience in clinical research and has been a site PI for over 180 pharmacological trials. She represents Canada on international advisory boards and steering committees and is a consultant to a wide range of stakeholders including government organizations and patient advocacy groups. She is a frequent lecturer and contributes to media events including those on medical ethics. She is known for her advocacy of individuals with neurodegenerative diseases.
Despite holding academic and hospital appointments, Dr. Cohen chooses to practice in the community, in keeping with her belief that dementia care and clinical research are best offered in the real-world setting.
Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, MD, FACP
Chair of Geriatric Innovation and Section Chief of the Center for Geriatric Medicine at Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, MD, FACP, is the Endowed Chair of Geriatric Innovation and Section Chief of the Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Hashmi completed a two year postdoctoral research fellowship at Yale University. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Chief residency at the Yale-Saint Mary’s hospital. He then trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, as a Clinical and Research Fellow in Geriatric Medicine before becoming Faculty and Medical Director of MGH Senior Health-Harvard Medicine. Dr. Hashmi subsequently transitioned to the Cleveland Clinic.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a graduate of the Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program and Value Based Healthcare Delivery program via the Harvard Business School Institute of Strategy& Competitiveness. He is Co-Chair of the national American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Patient Priorities Care American Geriatrics Society Special Interest Group (SIG) and member of the AGS Health Systems Leadership SIG. Dr. Hashmi is also member of the Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General Internal Medicine and serves on the Cleveland Clinic National Consultation Service. He has also been selected for the prestigious Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging (ELIA) program in conjunction with the American Geriatric Society and the University of California San Francisco.
Dr. Hashmi’s niche area of interest is the intersection of affordable technology solutions and geriatric population health in the service our most vulnerable populations. This includes experience with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and machine learning based cognitive screening technologies.
Jeffrey Kutcher, MD, FAAN
Founder, Kutcher Clinic for Sports Neurology
Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher is an internationally recognized expert and sports neurology pioneer, specializing in the evaluation and management of neurological diagnoses in athletes, including concussion, post-concussion syndrome, and the long-term neurological effects of repetitive head trauma.
Dr. Kutcher founded the Sports Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), serving as the section’s first chair, and established and co-directed the AAN’s annual Sports Concussion Conference. He founded and directed the University of Michigan NeuroSport Program where he established the first academic fellowship in Sports Neurology in 2012. In 2016, he founded the Kutcher Clinic for Sports Neurology, a destination program for clinical care, education, and research with locations in Utah and Michigan.
Dr. Kutcher was a member and co-author of the International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Zurich (2012) and Berlin (2016.) He has helped develop concussion policies and procedures across all levels of sport, including several professional leagues, college athletic conferences, university athletic departments, high school associations and youth sports.
Dr. Kutcher is a Team Physician for US Ski and Snowboard and served as a team physician for the United States Olympic Team at the 2014 (Sochi), 2018 (PyeongChang) and 2022 (Beijing) Winter Games. Dr. Kutcher has served as the Director of the NBA concussion program since 2013. He is also an advisor to the National Football League (NFL) Players’ Association, the National Hockey League (NHL) Players’ Association, and the Major League Soccer (MLS) Players’ Association.
Dr. Kutcher frequently speaks, both nationally and internationally, on sports concussion and athlete brain health, and has been directly involved in the development of educational materials for coaches, athletes and parents. He co-authored a book titled Back In The Game: Why Concussion Doesn’t Have To End Your Athletic Career that provides a real-world discussion of what science and medicine know, and what coaches and parents need to understand about concussion.
Lauren Bennett, PhD, ABPP-CN
Director of Neuropsychology at Hoag
Dr. Bennett is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and the Director of Neuropsychology and Psychology Externship Training for Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Dr. Bennett is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and the Director of Neuropsychology and Psychology Externship Training for Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. Dr. Bennett earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, Los Angeles. She completed her training at several top-tier institution, including UCLA, CHLA, and University of Maryland/VA Maryland. Dr. Bennett completed a postdoctoral fellowship, specializing in both sport and geriatric neuropsychology, at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. Dr. Bennett is the author of numerous publications centering on the long-term cognitive effects of repetitive head impacts in sports and dementia-related cognitive changes.