Dementia affects millions of Americans, with a prevalence increasing with age. The differential diagnosis of dementia also changes with age, with the oldest old (people above the age of 90) featuring a unique distribution of etiologies. These include limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) and primary age-related tauopathy (PART), newly formalized neuropathological changes in the aging brain which can mimic Alzheimer’s disease.

Join the AFMR conference on “Dementia in the oldest old” to hear Dr. Sakina Ouedraogo Tall review the diagnostic approach of cognitive impairment in Older Adults and Dr. Arjun Masurkar discuss what we know about LATE and PART.

Arjun V. Masurkar, MD, PhD NYU Langone Health View Bio Dr. Arjun Masurkar is a physician-scientist at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Clinical Core Director of the NYU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. In his practice, he cares for patients with a broad range of age-related memory and other cognitive disorders. His research focuses on mechanisms, biomarkers, and clinical trials related to the very earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He obtained his BS from MIT, his MD/PhD from Yale, and completed Neurology residency and fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry from Columbia.

Sakina Ouedraogo Tall, MD NYU Langone Health View Bio Dr Sakina Ouedraogo Tall is a Geriatrician, Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the NYU School of Medicine. She cares for patients at the NYU Pearl Barlow Center for Memory Evaluation and Treatment, and at Bellevue Hospital Geriatrics. Her areas of focus include Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia, delirium, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty and advance care planning. She obtained her MD from the University Hassan II in Casablanca Morocco, did her Internal Medical Residency at New York City Health and Hospital Woodhull and completed her Geriatrics Fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She is currently the President of the Metropolitan Area Geriatrics Society, Co-Chair of the Health and Hospitals Geriatrics Council, and Fellow of the American College of Physician.