Expertscape Ranks World's Top Doctors and Institutions in Alzheimer Disease

BALTIMORE - Nov. 15, 2018 - PRLog -- In recognition of Alzheimer Awareness Month, and as part of its continuing program to highlight expertise and excellence in healthcare, Expertscape.com takes pleasure in recognizing the world's top institutions and medical specialists in the research and treatment of Alzheimer Disease.

According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 percent to 80 percent of dementia cases, and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Among the individual experts and institutions demonstrating particular expertise in Alzheimer Disease, Expertscape.com would like to recognize the following 10 experts and 10 institutions for their pre-eminent contributions to its understanding and treatment:

World's Top Experts for Alzheimer Disease
•  Dr. Henrik Zetterberg – Goteborg University
•  Dr. Kaj Blennow – Goteborg University
•  Dr. David Holtzman – Washington University
•  Dr. Clifford Jack – Mayo Clinic Rochester
•  Dr. Giovanni Battista Frisoni – Miscellaneous institutions in Brescia
•  Dr. Phillip Scheltens – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
•  Dr. Bruno Vellas – Toulouse University Hospital
•  Dr. George Perry – University of Texas San Antonio
•  Dr. Bart De Strooper – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
•  Dr. Paul Aisen – University of Southern California

World's Top Institutions for Alzheimer Disease
•  University of California San Francisco
•  Institute of Neurology
•  Massachusetts General Hospital
•  Washington University
•  Karolinska Institutions
•  Columbia University
•  University of Pennsylvania
•  UCLA
•  University of Southern California
•  Brigham and Women's Hospital

To view Expertscape's comprehensive results for Alzheimer Disease, covering hundreds of institutions and thousands of specialists worldwide, please visit http://www.expertscape.com/ex/alzheimer+disease

The Expertscape medical search and ranking solution uses objective algorithms to identify the most knowledgeable and experienced doctors and medical institutions across over 26,000 specific topics, stratified by geography. With Expertscape, healthcare consumers can quickly and easily find the top doctors within their travel area and then learn more about their expertise and knowledge. Expertscape defines an expert as someone who has published peer-reviewed research in the science, therapies, and complications for a specific medical topic. To search on any medical topic, visit www.expertscape.com.