A special invitation to
members of the Mount Sinai Health System’s
planned giving societies
1889 Society
Roosevelt-Muhlenberg Society
1852 Society
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
12:00 PM–2:00 PM
A Voce—Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle, Third Floor
New York City
KINDLY RSVP BY FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH:
Jacque Smith / 646.605.8702 / [email protected]
Join some of Mount Sinai’s renowned leaders in neuroscience and geriatric
medicine for a discussion of the latest research, technological, and therapeutic
advancements for optimizing cognitive function and aging successfully. Learn
how nutrition plays a key role in brain health and why some people show
cognitive decline at age 60 or 70, while others can remain cognitively intact into
their 90s.
Opening Remarks by
Eric Nestler, MD, PhD
Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience
Chair, Fishberg Department of Neuroscience
Director, The Friedman Brain Institute
Professor of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics
Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Presentations by
Vahram Haroutunian, PhD
Director of the Mount Sinai NIH Brain and Tissue Repository
Director of Research for the Veterans Administration Mental Illness
Research, Education and Clinical Center
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Neuroscience
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Vahram Haroutunian is the acting Director of Research
for the Veterans Administration Mental Illness Research,
Education and Clinical Center. He is also a major
contributor to Mount Sinai’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center and the Mount Sinai NIH-funded Integrative Biology
Approach to Complexity of Alzheimer’s Disease. In the
past decade Dr. Haroutunian’s research has used
molecular biological and genetic techniques, including
microarray technology (DNA-chip) and laser capture
microdissection in addition to neuropathological studies to
understand the biological substrates of successful aging,
dementia, and mental illness.
Audrey K. Chun, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Programs
Medical Director, Martha Stewart Center for Living
Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Audrey Chun’s clinical interests include geriatric
assessment, medical education, and delivery of care in the
outpatient setting.She has participated in numerous panel
discussions on the implications of aging in America and
was featured in the 2006 FRONTLINE documentary “Living
Old” which explores the modern realities of aging in urban
and rural America. Currently, she is Vice Chair for Clinical
Services in the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and
Palliative Medicine, and Director of the Phyllis and Lee
Coffey Geriatrics Associates, a primary care practice at the
Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai.
KINDLY RSVP BY FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH:
Jacque Smith / 646.605.8702 / [email protected]
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