20th Annual Update in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Friday, November 11, 2022 • Live Virtual Webinar
Presenters
Ronald C. Petersen, PhD, MD
Presentation title: Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Construct in Evolution
Professor of Neurology
Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Director, Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
Dr. Petersen received a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Minnesota and graduated from Mayo Medical School in 1980. He completed an internship in Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center and returned to the Mayo Clinic to complete a residency in Neurology. That was followed by a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at Harvard University Medical School/Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Petersen joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in 1986 and became a Professor of Neurology in 1996. In 2000, he was named the Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Mayo Clinic Distinguished Investigator in 2011. He is director of the Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging and has authored over 1000 peer-reviewed articles on memory disorders, aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Petersen is one of the recipients of the 2004 MetLife Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and the 2005 Potamkin Prize for Research in Picks, Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders of the American Academy of Neurology. In 2012, he received the Khachaturian Award and the Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 from the Alzheimer’s Association. In 2011, he was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve as the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Research, Care and Services for the National Alzheimer’s Disease Plan. In 2014, he was appointed to the World Dementia Council by the UK government. In 2021, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Research.
Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Presentation title: Caregiving while Black
Assistant Professor
NHCGNE Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing
Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Epps is a nurse with over 20 years of experience and is currently serving as an assistant professor at Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Dr. Epps serves as the principal investigator for the Faith Village Research Lab and is the founder of the Alter Program, a nurse-led dementia-friendly congregation program. She is an active member with numerous professional organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Southern Gerontological Society, and Alzheimer’s Association Georgia Chapter. She also serves on the Leadership Core of the Public Health Center of Excellence in Dementia Caregiving at the University of Minnesota. Her career goal as a nurse scholar is to promote quality of life for families affected by dementia through research, education and service. Her program of research involves evidence-based practices for promoting quality of life for African Americans with dementia and their family caregivers/care partners. Dr. Epps also works to place culturally-tailored evidenced-based programs and interventions in the hands of those individuals who need it the most.
Adriana Perez, PhD, CRNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, FGSA
Presentation title: Promoting Physical Activity among Older Latinos with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Associate Professor of Nursing
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Perez is an Associate Professor and Senior Fellow, at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Her program of research, funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) is focused on the influence of multi-level factors on physical activity, cognitive health, cardiovascular health and sleep among Spanish-speaking older Latinos with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD). She is a Scientist at the Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging, Penn’s Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and a board-certified Adult Nurse Practitioner at Mercy LIFE, providing community based long-term care for diverse, frail elders who reside in North Philadelphia.
Dr. Perez served as Policy Advisor of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), Public Policy Committee; and was selected as a Congressional Fellow supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthy Aging Program to work with Latino city planners, local policymakers, stakeholders, and residents to inform environmental policies that promote healthy aging.
Dr. Perez was awarded the 2021 Research Recognition Award from the National Hispanic Council on Aging and 2018 Senior Service America, Senior Scholar Award for Research Related to Disadvantaged Older Adults by the Gerontological Society of America. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Sterling Johnson, PhD
Presentation title: New Findings in the Preclinical Phase of Alzheimer’s Disease
Professor of Medicine
Jean R. Finley Professor of Geriatrics and Dementia
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
Dr. Johnson is a neuropsychologist and the Jean R. Finley Professor of Geriatrics and Dementia in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health where he has worked since 2002 in the Division of Geriatrics. He is the Associate Director and Biomarker Core leader of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. He is also the principal investigator of the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (or WRAP) which is a long-running observational longitudinal cohort study of 1700 adults who are enriched for risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) due to parental family history. Dr. Johnson’s lab is interested in longitudinal brain changes in preclinical AD. His work aims to differentiate the brain and cognitive changes that take place in AD and related disorders from normal aging using imaging, fluid biomarkers and cognitive measures. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1997. He has authored or coauthored over 340 peer-reviewed publications.
Pre-Conference Workshop: Building Applied Skills in Dementia Care
Thursday, November 10, 2022 • Live Virtual Workshop
Presenters
Shenikqua Bouges, MD
Presentation title: Diagnosis and Management of Dementia
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
Dr. Bouges is an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine. Her clinical interests include diagnostic memory assessments, dementia care and geriatric medicine. She is a memory care geriatrician at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and UW Health Fitchburg & East Clinics in Madison. Her research interests are evaluating the effects of metabolic dysfunction on cognition and developing alternative recruitment strategies to improve diversity in dementia studies.
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, CMD
Presentation title: Difficult Conversations around Palliative Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin & Froedtert Hospital
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Dr. Bukowy joined the Division of Geriatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in July 2019. She completed her residency and geriatrics fellowship from MCW through the Medicine-Geriatrics combined Residency-Fellowship program in 2018. She also completed her fellowship in Palliative Care at MCW in 2019. She graduated with her DO from Midwestern University in Downers Grove, IL, and graduated with her Bachelor of Science from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Bukowy is the Medical Director for the Lutheran Home and Congregational Home. She also practices at the at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. She enjoys teaching residents, students, advanced practice providers, and nursing staff about various topics that apply to nursing home care for older adults. Her passions are advanced care planning, dementia education and end of life care.
Rebecca M. Radue, MD
Presentation title: Late Life Substance Use Disorders in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Geriatric psychiatrist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
Dr. Radue is a board certified geriatric psychiatrist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, where she works in outpatient mental health and the Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC). She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2014, and subsequently completed general psychiatry residency in 2018 and geriatric psychiatry fellowship in 2019 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. She especially enjoys working with older adults with substance use disorders and those living with dementia and their families. She also enjoys teaching and education, both within academic medicine and the community, and serves as a Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry through the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
20th Annual Update in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
WAI-Affiliated Dementia Diagnostic Clinic Network Fall Meeting
Friday, November 11, 2022 • Live Virtual Meeting
Presenters
Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Louis A. Holland, Sr., Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Director, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute
Clinical Core Leader, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Dr. Carlsson is Director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute. She is a geriatrician at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, where she treats veterans with dementia and memory issues. Dr. Carlsson is a faculty member of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine and a Louis A. Holland, Sr., Endowed Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease. She serves as the Clinical Core leader and a co-leader for the Biomarker Core in the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; and she is a recipient of a University of Wisconsin Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. Dr. Carlsson is a member of the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Centers Clinical Core Steering Committee and Clinical Task Force, and chairs several NIH/NIA research review committees.
Michael Malone, MD
Most Difficult Case Conference
Medical Director, Aurora Senior Services & Aurora at Home
Advocate Aurora Health
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dr. Malone leads clinical programs to improve care of older adults in Advocate Aurora Health. He is a Clinical Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He has implemented multiple “best practice” models to serve the unique needs of vulnerable older patients across Advocate Aurora hospitals. Dr. Malone is the Section Editor of the Models of Care for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). Dr. Malone is also the Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (JGEM).
Panel Discussion: Supporting Care Partners through Challenging Situations
Panelists
Sheri Fairman, MSW
CEO, Dementia Care Solutions, LLC
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sheri Fairman has a Master of Social Work and certifications as trainer and consultant with Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care. Sheri also serves on staff with Teepa Snow’s program as a Mentor. She has worked as a Dementia Care Specialist with the Aging & Disability Resource Center in Brown County, Wisconsin and has over ten years’ experience supporting care partners. Sheri is owner of Dementia Care Solutions, LLC, and serves as a consultant, coach, and trainer for informal care partners as well as professionals guiding them through the challenges and joys of dementia care.
Molly Schroeder, CSW
Outreach Programs Manager, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Molly Schroeder is a Certified Social Worker and Outreach Programs Manager at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute (WAI) in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She has extensive experience both professionally and personally working with people living with dementia, their care partners, and different community systems who support with this population including senior service organizations, hospitals, home care agencies, and mental health institutions. Prior to WAI, Ms. Schroeder was a member of the Dane County Caregiver Alliance and a social worker with the Community Options Waiver Program and Dane County Dementia Support Team. Her interests and focus are to provide culturally-informed dementia education and tools to dementia professionals and healthcare providers in the community to recognize and manage the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in their patients, with the goal of better health outcomes and quality of life for people impacted by dementia.
Tanya Sutton, CSW, MS, CDP
Director of Operations, Senior Helpers
Madison, Wisconsin
Tanya Sutton is the Director of Operations for Senior Helpers in Madison, WI since 2012. She has worked in various settings, such as skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, job coaching and homecare. She graduated from UW- Eau Claire with a degree in social work and then graduated from Concordia University with her master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Administration. She has been in the healthcare field for over 22 years. Her passion is working with clients and families who have a diagnosis of a dementia or Parkinson’s disease. She strongly believes in training and education for providers, healthcare entities and family or professional caregivers. She has been involved in many community organizations volunteering as a support group facilitator and educator. She has presented at meetings and conferences. She is also a volunteer guardian for wards who need someone to advocate and help them make decisions regarding their care.
Art Walaszek, MD
Public Health Pillar Leader, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute
Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine
Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development, Department of Psychiatry
Co-Leader, Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
Dr. Walaszek is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Walaszek is Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development and Director of Psychiatry Residency Training. He is past president of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT). His research focuses on public health approaches to improving the care of people with dementia. Dr. Walaszek works with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, where he is Co-Leader of the Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core, and with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute, where he leads the Public Health Pillar. Dr. Walaszek provides care to older adults with depression, anxiety, dementia and other mental health conditions, and teaches others to do the same.