Executive Director
Howard Fillit, MD, a geriatrician and neuroscientist, is the founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA), an Estée Lauder family foundation founded in 1998, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), an affiliated public charity founded in 2004. ISOA and ADDF share a common mission of accelerating drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease through venture philanthropy.
Dr. Fillit was previously the Corporate Medical Director for Medicare at NYLCare Health Plans (acquired by Aetna, Inc. in 1998), responsible for over 125,000 Medicare members in several regional markets. He has had a distinguished academic medicine career, previously at The Rockefeller University, and currently at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he is a clinical professor of geriatrics and medicine and professor of neurobiology. He is the author or co-author of more than 250 scientific and clinical publications, and has received several awards and honors including the Rita Hayworth Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Alzheimer’s Association. He also serves as a consultant to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, health care organizations and philanthropies.
Contact 212-935-2402 E-mail: hfillit@alzdiscovery.org