Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., head of Mayo’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, is featured in an HBO-produced feature on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).

Dr. Petersen, a national expert in dementia, is focused on finding ways to make the earliest possible diagnoses for MCI. Dr. Petersen diagnosed President Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease.

Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrvFi0OXc90

Karl Oestreich is a consultant in Public Affairs, Mayo Clinic Rochester

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