Fairfax, VA – Gary W. Small, M.D., Director of the Center on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) will deliver the Manus C. Kraff Lecture on Science and Medicine at the 2006 Symposium of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) in San Francisco, March 17-22, it was announced today.

Dr. Small’s Presentation:
Maximizing Memory and Brain Fitness

In this talk, Dr. Small will describe the newest research on how food, medicines, exercise, alcohol, stress and many lifestyle choices directly affect the aging of our brains, and how we can make informed decisions to prevent memory loss and maintain brain health.  He will also teach you his most successful memory techniques for names and faces and other practical daily memory challenges.  Dr. Small will show us how to individually tailor a memory fitness program by incorporating mental and physical exercises, a healthy brain diet, and stress reduction techniques into our daily routine.  Maintaining memory fitness is as vital as staying physically fit, and Dr. Small’s program of memory training and mental aerobics will improve your memory ability now, and help get you on the road to keeping your brain young for years to come. The Manus C. Kraff Lecture is scheduled for Sunday, March 19, 10:00–11:00 am.

Biographical Information
Gary Small, MD, is a renowned physician, neuroscientist and psychiatrist who heads up an internationally recognized aging and memory research team, supported by the National Institutes of Health.  At UCLA, he is the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging at the David Geffen School of Medicine, directs the Center on Aging, and is the founding director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute’s innovative Memory Clinic.  Dr. Small’s studies have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  His research has made the headlines of the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, London Times, Washington Post, and USA Today.  Dr. Small has extensive television experience (e.g., the Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, CBS The Early Show, ABC 20/20, PBS Dr. Gary Small’s Memory Bible).  In 2002, Scientific American magazine named him one of the world’s top 50 innovators in science and technology.  His next book, THE LONGEVITY BIBLE, will be released in the Spring of 2006.