Richard Isaacson

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson, Preventive Neurologist, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Dr. Isaacson is a Harvard-trained neurologist specializing in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. He is the 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 of faculty development 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 by 16% in six months (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.