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Anitha Rao

Anitha Rao

Board-certified cognitive neurologist and physician executive; founder of Neurocern and Chair of Geriatrics Section at American Academy of Neurology, specializing in Alzheimer's disease and dementia care.

Jun 10, 2026

10:18
So let me ask you, you know, to you, what exactly does a neurology desert mean, and how would you assess it in this situation?
10:26
Sure.
10:27
Really simply put, dementia neurology deserts is a ratio.
10:31
So it's a ratio between the number of neurologists per 10,000 patients with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia.
10:39
And we chose neurologists in particular because about one in three Medicare beneficiaries sees a neurologist in their lifetime, so either for stroke or Parkinson's, neuropathy, or dementia, in this instance, in their lifetime.
10:54
And we noticed that there are regional differences between the supply of neurologists and the future prediction of the patient population.
11:03
So Wyoming was the biggest neurology desert.
14:06
Oh.

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