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on medications and coping strategies, educating offerings for medical students, residents, and fellows as
patients and families on community resources and well as community-based health care professionals. For
support, and informing individuals about opportunities example, students are provided the tools to interview
to participate in research studies. and assess older adults who have cognitive impairment
or dementia. Additionally, all first-year medical students
Del Monte Institute for visit community nursing homes with a geriatric
Neuroscience physician preceptor to evaluate older adults in this

The University of Rochester is a national powerhouse setting, something no other medical school is doing.
in the neurosciences. Patients come from all
over the world to receive treatment and care for
diseases including Alzheimer’s, stroke, Parkinson’s,
traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, and myotonic
dystrophy. The Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
brings together internationally recognized brain
scientists and outstanding clinicians from more
than a dozen departments and centers under one
roof. The institute—established with a $10 million
gift from philanthropist Ernest J. Del Monte and his
wife, Thelma—fosters collaboration and creates
an environment in which scientific innovation can
thrive. One of the institute’s Centers of Excellence is
the Rochester Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
This center is focused on understanding and battling
Alzheimer’s disease and related age-associated
neurodegenerative diseases, and developing new
approaches to improve the diagnosis and treatment of
patients with dementia or prevent its occurrence.

Education

The School of Medicine and Dentistry is preparing the
next generation of health care professionals who are
educated and ready to take on the challenges of caring
for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Division
of Geriatrics & Aging and the Finger Lakes Geriatric
Education Center deliver a variety of critical educational

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