{{Short description|Neurologist}} '''Reisa Sperling''' is a professor in neurology at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Director of Neuroimaging for the Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gehrman |first=Elizabeth |title=Signs of early-onset Alzheimer's: When not to worry, and when to see a doctor - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/10/magazine/signs-early-onset-alzheimers-when-not-worry-when-see-doctor/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Sperling attended Columbia University and Harvard Medical School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reisa Sperling, M.D. {{!}} MGH/HST Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging |url=https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/user/5647 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, Sperling was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine for "pioneering clinical research that revolutionized the concept of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reisa Sperling, MD Elected to National Academy of Medicine |url=https://www.massgeneral.org/neurology/news/2021-10-19-reisa-sperling-national-academy-medicine?fbclid=IwAR1Qc-YOv3pOiiiUk8fgo3VMKmHZHNp0j9G7vvNdNTzOmhk-DZw3-0fJxbs |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Massachusetts General Hospital |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2021 |title=National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members |url=https://nam.edu/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members-2021/ |website=National Academy of Medicine}}</ref>

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