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Dr. Vincent Fortanasce Dr. Vincent Fortanasce is a compassionate husband, father, and healthcare specialist who has personally experienced the agony of Alzheimer’s disease in his own family. He was moved to write his newest book, The Anti-Alzheimer’s Prescription once his father was diagnosed and died from Alzheimer’s. His mother, 95, still fights the disease. Dr. Fortanasce is one of the few medical authorities who can uniquely give this brain-robbing dementia a clear “reality check,” blending his years of academia and medical experience with real-world insight gained while coping with his own father’s dementia and his mother’s cognitive decline. Over three decades, Dr. Fortanasce has helped thousands of individuals as a world-renowned neurologist, psychiatrist, and rehabilitation specialist. He has treated high-profile individuals such as the Dali Lama, Pope John Paul II and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, Tommy Lasorda. Trained in psychiatry at the Institute of Living, a Yale Affiliate Hospital; in neurology at University of Southern California (USC); and in neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation at the prestigious Rancho Los Amigos Hospital; Dr. Vincent Fortanasce is also a renowned bio-ethicist, author, and radio show host with thirty years experience dealing with medical issues on national and international levels. Dr. Fortanasce has appeared on 60 Minutes, ABC News, Today Show, Dateline, Dr. Phil, and XM Satellite Radio, as well as numerous local programs. Frequently sought out as a medical expert, Dr. Fortanasce is a regular spokesperson for the California Medical Association at the Senate and Legislature assemblies. He’s been quoted in an assortment of publications including The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, U. S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, Washington Review, Sports Illustrated, Forbes.com and other well-respected newspapers, magazines and online media. His worldwide syndicated radio program, St. Joseph’s Radio Presents, Mother Angelica Network EWTN, has an audience of more than 170,000 and is heard throughout most of the United States, Canada, Australia, Africa, and Europe. As a board certified neurological rehabilitation specialist, Dr. Fortanasce has also served as Director of the San Gabriel Valley Hospital under Daniel Freeman Hospital in Los Angeles. He’s lectured widely from the Institute of Living at Yale to schools across the nation and was twice named Outstanding Lecturer of the Year at University of Southern California School of Medicine. Dr. Fortanasce has published three books, numerous articles in professional and medical journals as well as on several websites. He is donating the profits of his book as he has with the last four to charity, the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Foundation, a non-profit fund. |
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