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    Aaron R. Ritter

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    About Dr Aaron R. Ritter

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    Dr. Ritter is the Larkin Family Endowed Chair in Integrative Brain Health and Director of the Memory & Cognitive Disorders Program in Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute. Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, he completed a residency in psychiatry at the University of Arizona and a two-year clinical/research fellowship in behavioral neurology at Cleveland Clinic, shaping his focus on how neurological diseases affect cognition and behavior. He has a focus in Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and frontotemporal dementia. A principal investigator on dozens of research studies and clinical trials, Dr. Ritter has received extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health and Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, among others. Before joining Hoag, he was principal investigator for the Brain Health in Professional Athletes Study, the largest study of athletes exposed to repetitive head trauma. Voted a Top Doctor in the Las Vegas Valley by his peers, he received the Dr. Roy Martin 2019 Las Vegas HEALS Inspired Excellence in Healthcare Award and was named the 2018 Innovator Healthcare Hero by Nevada Business Magazine. His passion for medical education resulted in honors from Cleveland Clinic (Excellence in Teaching Award) and the University of Arizona (Dean’s List in Excellence in Teaching). Dr. Ritter has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed manuscripts, delivered clinical presentations and keynote addresses, and contributed to textbooks on Alzheimer’s and dementia. His commentary has appeared in the New York Times, ESPN and WebMD. He earned his medical degree from the University of Colorado.

    Specialties

    Psychiatry

    Focus areas

    Psychiatry

    Location

    Newport Beach

    520 Superior Ave Ste 340, Newport Beach, CA 92663 Phone: (949) 557-0330 • Fax: (949) 557-0331

    Irvine

    16305 Sand Canyon Ave Ste 230, Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 557-0330 • Fax: (949) 557-0331

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    Yes

    Hoag affiliations

    Hoag Physician Partners, Hoag Specialty Clinic

    Languages

    English

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    Background

    Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

    Psychiatry

    Education

    Medical Education

    Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education

    Internship

    Pediatrics, The University of Arizona

    Residency

    Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson

    Fellowship

    Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

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