Dr. Richard S. Isaacson

Director of the Atria Precision Prevention Program

South Florida / New York

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson is a pioneering neurologist with a focus on the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Founder and Former Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, a first-of-its-kind in the world, at Weill Cornell Medicine & New York Presbyterian, where he was also Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Associate Professor of Neurology.

Dr. Isaacson remains on faculty as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell and comes to Atria from Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine, where he served as Director of the Center for Brain Health.

On his decision to join Atria, he says he was drawn to work in a medical environment where being forward-thinking is encouraged rather than frowned upon. “This approach often goes against the traditional grain in medical care, which is typically informed by practice guidelines that are often outdated soon after being published,” he says. “At Atria, we have the time and personnel to have multidisciplinary care discussions about each and every patient and family we see.”

Dr. Isaacson began his academic career in an accelerated six-year program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where he earned his Bachelor of Liberal Arts at age 19 and his medical degree at the age of 23. He cites a family history of Alzheimer’s—as well as his older brother, also a neurologist—as early inspiration for his focus on the disease.

“Our research strives to go beyond ‘thinking outside the box’ and instead to ‘making the box bigger,’” says Dr. Isaacson. “This is the only way to shift the paradigm from sick care to well care before disease pathology becomes resistant to treatment.”

There is a saying among Alzheimer’s experts that to know one person with the disease is to, well, know one person with the disease—because it presents so distinctively in different people. To address this, Dr. Isaacson has pioneered methods using a precision-medicine approach to Alzheimer’s risk reduction in his own practice, and he served as Principal Investigator for the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic’s “Comparative Effectiveness Dementia & Alzheimer’s Registry” (CEDAR), a study that aims to uncover evidence that informs and leads to better, more precision-driven care.

Prior to his work at Weill Cornell, Dr. Isaacson was Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Vice Chair for Education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency in neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, and his medical internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.

In order to address his own risk for Alzheimer’s, he has made several adjustments to his lifestyle. “The totality of the evidence is now overwhelming,” he says. “I believe, based on the research available, that preventive lifestyle changes and individualized care based on emerging principles of precision medicine can meaningfully reduce risk—and can also benefit overall health.”

Credentials

Founder & Former Director
Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Former Assistant Dean of Faculty Development
NewYork Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Creator & Medical and Scientific Development Lead
Alzheimer’s Universe
Former Director
Neurology Residency Program, Weill Cornell Medicine
Former Education Director
The McKnight Brain Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Former Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Former Vice Chair of Education
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Former Neurology Residency Program Director
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Former Director
Center for Brain Health, Florida Atlantic University
Distinguished Author

Awards

A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award
American Academy of Neurology
Member
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Affiliations

Trustee
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation
Former Chair
American Academy of Neurology e-Learning Subcommittee
Fellow
American Academy of Neurology

Meet Our Doctors

Dr. David W. Dodick

Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Director, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine

Dr. Paul G. Lee

Co-Chair of International Executive Health; Internal Medicine

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson

Director of the Atria Precision Prevention Program

Dr. Lawrence C. Newman

Director of the Atria Brain Health Program

Dr. Jennifer Buczyner

Neurology

Dr. Caleb Moore

Medical Director of Atria Palm Beach; Internal Medicine

Dr. Laura Balda

Site Director of Atria Palm Beach; Family Medicine

Dr. Jaime Burkle

Chair of Cardiology

Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis

Director of Research & Atria Registry; Cardiology

Dr. Rony Shimony

Director of Cardiology, Atria New York; Co-Chair of International Executive Health

Dr. Gabrielle Page-Wilson

Director of Endocrinology & Metabolic Health; Internal Medicine

Dr. Jahangir Rahman

Internal Medicine

Dr. Jennifer McGugins Hill

Internal Medicine

Dr. Edward J. Greaney

Internal Medicine

Dr. Yadiera M. Brown

Family Medicine

Dr. Paul Fenyves

Internal Medicine

Dr. Daniel Yadegar

Internal Medicine; Cardiology

Dr. Bernard M. Kruger

Internal Medicine

Dr. Daniel Angerbauer

Preventive Medicine

Robert Kachko

Director of Integrative Health | ND, LAc

Dr. Nicholas D. Caputo

Director of Urgent & Home Care, Atria New York

Dr. Alex Heromin

Director of Urgent & Home Care, Atria Palm Beach; Emergency Medicine

Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri

Director of Geriatrics

Dr. Elizabeth Poynor

Chair of Women’s Health & Gynecology

Dr. Roberta Reilly

Gynecology

Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer

Dermatology

Kyle O’Flaherty

Director of Movement | DPT

Jonathan Filipe

Movement | DPT

Will Sands

Movement | MSc

Peter Modera

Movement | PT, DPT

Adam Ross

Nutrition | RD

Sunny Bozymski

Nutrition | MS, RD

Christina Schreckengaust

Nutrition | MPH, RD, CMDR (USN)

Dr. Kelly Fradin

Chair of Pediatrics; Chair of Home Services

Dr. Hina J. Talib

Director of Adolescent Medicine; Co-Director of Pediatrics, Atria New York

Dr. Cory Kercher

Director of Pediatrics, Atria New York

Dr. Amish Nishawala

Pediatrics

Dr. Robyn Rosenblum

Pediatrics

Dr. Kersha S. Pennicott

Pediatrics & Urgent Care

Dr. Samira Brown

Director of Pediatrics, Atria South Florida

Dr. Petra McEwan

Pediatrics

Dr. David W. Dodick

Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Director, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine

Dr. Paul G. Lee

Co-Chair of International Executive Health; Internal Medicine

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson

Director of the Atria Precision Prevention Program

Dr. Lawrence C. Newman

Director of the Atria Brain Health Program

Dr. Jennifer Buczyner

Neurology

Dr. Caleb Moore

Medical Director of Atria Palm Beach; Internal Medicine

Dr. Laura Balda

Site Director of Atria Palm Beach; Family Medicine

Dr. Jaime Burkle

Chair of Cardiology

Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis

Director of Research & Atria Registry; Cardiology

Dr. Rony Shimony

Director of Cardiology, Atria New York; Co-Chair of International Executive Health

Dr. Gabrielle Page-Wilson

Director of Endocrinology & Metabolic Health; Internal Medicine

Dr. Jahangir Rahman

Internal Medicine

Dr. Jennifer McGugins Hill

Internal Medicine

Dr. Edward J. Greaney

Internal Medicine

Dr. Yadiera M. Brown

Family Medicine

Dr. Paul Fenyves

Internal Medicine

Dr. Daniel Yadegar

Internal Medicine; Cardiology

Dr. Bernard M. Kruger

Internal Medicine

Dr. Daniel Angerbauer

Preventive Medicine

Robert Kachko

Director of Integrative Health | ND, LAc

Dr. Nicholas D. Caputo

Director of Urgent & Home Care, Atria New York

Dr. Alex Heromin

Director of Urgent & Home Care, Atria Palm Beach; Emergency Medicine

Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri

Director of Geriatrics

Dr. Elizabeth Poynor

Chair of Women’s Health & Gynecology

Dr. Roberta Reilly

Gynecology

Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer

Dermatology

Kyle O’Flaherty

Director of Movement | DPT

Jonathan Filipe

Movement | DPT

Will Sands

Movement | MSc

Peter Modera

Movement | PT, DPT

Adam Ross

Nutrition | RD

Sunny Bozymski

Nutrition | MS, RD

Christina Schreckengaust

Nutrition | MPH, RD, CMDR (USN)

Dr. Kelly Fradin

Chair of Pediatrics; Chair of Home Services

Dr. Hina J. Talib

Director of Adolescent Medicine; Co-Director of Pediatrics, Atria New York

Dr. Cory Kercher

Director of Pediatrics, Atria New York

Dr. Amish Nishawala

Pediatrics

Dr. Robyn Rosenblum

Pediatrics

Dr. Kersha S. Pennicott

Pediatrics & Urgent Care

Dr. Samira Brown

Director of Pediatrics, Atria South Florida

Dr. Petra McEwan

Pediatrics

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Dr. David W. Dodick

Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Director, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine

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