Dementia

Dr. Robin Hilsabeck is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who is Professor of Neurology and Division Chief of Clinical Neuropsychology at The University of Texas (UT) Health San Antonio and the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Previously, she was Director of the Comprehensive Memory Center, an interprofessional dementia specialty clinic, at UT Health Austin Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences. Dr. Hilsabeck’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium. She has over 80 publications and 130 workshop and conference presentations.

Dr. Gayle Ayers is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency training at UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX, and a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at Yale University. She is board certified in both Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Ayers previously worked for 8 years in Austin as an Assistant Professor in both the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Dell Medical School and with Ascension Seton in Austin. She was the Medical Director for a geriatric clinic that served a broad Central Texas rural area. She has engaged in numerous talks and presentations to further community education regarding cognitive disorders.