Alzheimer's Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments | Dr. David Carr

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
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In this episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I'm thrilled to bring to you Dr. David Carr. He is a professor of geriatric medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University at St. Louis. Dr. Carr is a clinician in the Memory Diagnostic Center and Geriatric Assessment Clinic at WashU, where he maintains an outpatient consulting practice in dementia and geriatrics. He works closely and collaborates with state and federally funded older driver research teams. He's involved in investigations as a principal investigator or co-investigator on research, national guidelines and or educational initiatives related to Alzheimer's as well as other medical conditions and driving. I am telling you, he has been the primary author on or co-author on over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts, chapters. Dr. David Carr is truly extraordinary. And in this episode, he makes dementia and Alzheimer's easy to understand.
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Welcome to the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon show. I am here with a very, very special guest, Dr. David Carr. He is a professor of medicine and neurology, clinical director, division of geriatrics and nutritional science at Washington University in St. Louis, where I did my fellowship, medical director of multiple different places. And one of the reasons why I wanted to have Dr. Carr on is that he is both a clinician and a researcher. Welcome to the show.

**Dr. David Carr** (5:11)
Dr. Lyon, great to see you again. We miss you here in St. Louis.
Looks like you're doing well. You've got a new book out, but excited to be here today to talk about the aging brain and what we can do to save those neurons.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (5:24)
Let's talk all about it. Please tell the listeners a little bit about you and your current primary area of focus.

**Dr. David Carr** (5:31)
Sure, so I've been at Washington University in St. Louis for 30 years. My background was in geriatrics. I obtained my fellowship at Duke University.
But I found out very early on when I came back to my university position, very interested in the clinical and research aspects of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. So I pretty much have devoted my care. I think it's fair to say it's 50% clinical and 50% research.