Biography

Dr. Elizabeth A. Crocco is currently Clinical Professor and Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. As the Medical Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Aging, Dr. Crocco oversees the coordination of the UM Memory Disorder Clinic, all interdisciplinary teaching, and community outreach for Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias in Miami and the Florida Keys. As a clinician scientist serving the multi-ethnic population in South Florida, it has been central to both her clinical practice and research to address health disparities by way of developing initiatives to improve access to geriatric services for underserved populations. She also has a significant role in both developing and testing novel neuropsychological and functional measures developed to detect Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and preclinical MCI leading to Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD), as well as multiple clinical trials aimed at modifying its symptoms and disease pathology. She currently receives funding by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and the National Institute on Aging. She also serves as the Geriatric Psychiatry Training Director at Jackson Memorial Hospital and facilitates the primary training and supervision of all geriatric psychiatry fellows, psychiatry residents, medical students at UM and other physicians/health care professionals in the field.

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