John Calvin Morrison Brust, MD

Scott A. Small M.D. is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, where he is the Boris and Rose Katz Professor of Neurology. He is appointed in the Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Psychiatry. With an expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive aging, Dr. Small’s research focuses on the hippocampus, a circuit in the brain targeted by these and other disorders, notably schizophrenia. He has pioneered the development and application of high-resolution functional MRI techniques that can pinpoint parts of the hippocampus most affected by aging and disease. His lab then uses this information to try to identify causes of these disorders. Over the years, his lab has used this ‘top-down’ approach to isolate pathogenic mechanisms related to Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive aging, and schizophrenia. More recently, his lab has used this insight for drug discovery and to develop novel therapeutic interventions, some of which are currently being tested in patients. Dr. Small has co-authored over 120 articles and his neuroimaging and molecular work has led to 7 patents. Dr. Small is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Beeson Scholar Award in Aging Research from the American Federation on Aging, the McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award, the Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association, and the Lamport Award for Excellence in Clinical Science Research from Columbia University.

Rachel Richins is an adult nurse practitioner in the division of Epilepsy and Sleep. She is a graduate of UCLA and Columbia University School of Nursing and is board certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC). She has worked at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center both as a registered nurse and as a nurse practitioner and brings her experience in bedside nursing to her practice as a nurse practitioner, caring for patients in the office setting as well as in the inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. Rachel’s areas of clinical practice include caring for adults with epilepsy, and adults with sleep disorders. She has an interest in using behavioral interventions for the treatment of insomnia. Board Certification: Board certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Katherine D. Crew, M.D., M.S. is an the Avon Products Foundation Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, co-associate director for education and training and co-director of the Cancer Research Training and Education Core (CRTEC) at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC). In addition to treating patients with breast cancer and women at high-risk for breast cancer, Dr. Crew has a long-standing interest and background in the design of clinical trials and observational studies in breast cancer prevention and survivorship.She serves as the Director of the Clinical Breast Cancer Prevention Program at Columbia University and Executive Officer for the SWOG Prevention, Screening, and Surveillance and Cancer Care Delivery Committees. She is a member of multiple national consortia and societies in oncology, including the American Association for Cancer Research and American Society of Clinical Oncology, and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Crew received her undergraduate B.S. in Biochemistry from Brown University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She received her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and her M.S. from Columbia University School of Public Health. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Medical Oncology fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center