Serggio Lanata, MD, MS, Assistant Professor in Neurology. Roland
Nyegaard, MD, Endowed Professor in Vulnerable Populations & Director
of Community Outreach Program
Office: (415)-502-7624
UCSF Memory and Aging Center
1500 Owens St #320, San Francisco, CA 94158
1500 Owens St #320, San Francisco, CA 94158
Dr. Serggio Lanata is a neurologist who cares for patients with
cognitive impairment. He is also co-director of the UCSF Memory and
Aging Center’s community outreach program, which aims to educate
underserved and underrepresented communities on topics pertaining to
brain health and dementia, and improve these communities’ participation
in clinical research being conducted at the UCSF Memory and Aging
Center. Dr. Lanata's research focuses on improving treatment for
Alzheimer's disease in underserved and underrepresented communities. He
studies how social determinants of health — factors such as income level
and traumatic life experiences — affect brain health and cognition. The
goal is to identify risks factors that lead to cognitive decline. After
completing a biological sciences program at the Universidad Ricardo
Palma in Lima, Peru, Dr. Lanata earned his bachelor's degree in food
science and human nutrition at the University of Florida. He then earned
a master's degree in physiology, complementary and alternative medicine
at Georgetown University before earning his medical degree from the
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He completed a
residency in neurology at Brown University and a fellowship in
behavioral neurology at UCSF.