Tennessee Dementia ECHO Session 3 Specialty care and biomarkers
Webinar/Online
Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 12:00pm CT - 1:00pm CT
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Info
Topic
Biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases and referral to specialist care
Credits Offered
This event offers
1.0 CME credit
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Additional Information
Learners should be able to 1) describe the current state of biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease, 2) apply biomarker tools in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease, and 3) compare the specialty care options available
Speakers
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Dr. James Eaton is a neurologist and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Eaton’s research interests include the interplay between inflammation and the immune system with neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Eaton sees memory referral patients as part of the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology in the Department of Neurology and serves as a co-investigator with the Vanderbilt Memory and Aging Project and the Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Eaton completed medical school at the Zucker School of Medicine in New York. He completed his residency in neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical School followed by a neuroimmunology fellowship and a cognitive and behavioral neurology fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2022.