ED-LEAD: Emergency Departments Leading the Transformation of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
Our Partners

Our Partners
The 15 health systems and other participating partners below are an essential part of this clinical trial.
Participating Health Systems | Location | |
Advocate Aurora Health Michelle Simpson, PhD Suzanna Ryer, DPT, GCS |
Wisconsin | ![]() |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Kei Ouchi, MD, MPH Scott Goldberg, MD, MPH |
Massachusetts | ![]() |
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research/Northwell Health Timmy Li, PhD, CPI, EMT-B Payal Sud, MD, FACEP Jonathan Berkowitz, MD |
New York | ![]() |
Henry Ford Health System Joseph Miller, MD Satheesh Gunaga, DO |
Michigan | ![]() |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mary Ellen-Dupont, RN, MPH Erik Jonathan Blutinger, MD, MSc, FACEP |
New York | ![]() |
Massachusetts General Hospital Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH |
Massachusetts | ![]() |
Mayo Clinic Fernanda Bellolio, MD, MS Susan Bower, MSN, RN, CEN Heather Heaton, MD, MS Allison L. Ducharme-Smith, MD |
Minnesota | ![]() |
Feinburg School of Medicine/Northwestern University Scott Dresden MD, MS |
Illinois | ![]() |
NYU Langone Health Joshua Chodosh, MD Nick Genes, MD, PhD Ian Wittman, MD Christopher Caspers, MD Reed Caldwell, MD |
New York | ![]() |
Ochsner Health Ashley Shreves, MD Andrea Blome, MD Scotty Thames, MD, FACEP |
Louisiana | ![]() |
University of Colorado School of Medicine Elizabeth Goldberg, MD Jennifer Portz, PhD |
Colorado | ![]() |
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Joe Suyama, MD |
Pennsylvania | ![]() |
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Courtney Jones, PhD Jeremy Thomas Cushman, MD, MS Nancy Wood, MPA, MS |
New York | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH Nathaniel Chin, MD Andrea Gilmore-Bykovski, PhD, RN Brian W. Patterson, MD, MPH Michael Spigner, MD, NRP |
Wisconsin | ![]() |
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Justin Kenneth Brooten, MD |
North Carolina | ![]() ![]() |
The following collaborators provide expert knowledge, information, and guidance on clinical research into the care of Persons Living with Dementia in the Emergency Department setting.
Research Collaborators | Location | |
CaringKind Edward Cisek, PhD |
New York | ![]() |
Johns Hopkins University Valerie Cotter, PhD Alicia Arbaje, MD, MPH, PhD |
Maryland | ![]() |
Kaiser Permanente Brian Mittman, PhD |
California | ![]() |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Corita Grudzen, MD |
New York | ![]() |
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Abraham Brody, PhD Daniel David, PhD, RN |
New York | ![]() |
Rush University Medical Center Jori Fleisher, MD, MSCE |
Illinois | ![]() |
Yale School of Medicine Cameron Gettel, MD |
Connecticut | ![]() |
University of Connecticut Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, RN |
Connecticut | ![]() |
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, FACEP |
Alabama | ![]() |