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Dr. Nicole Beaton Sur is Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the Department of Neurology, Stroke Division. Dr. Sur received her MD degree from the Boston University School of Medicine in 2013. She completed her Internal Medicine internship, Neurology residency and Vascular Neurology fellowship at the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital. She also served as Chief Resident in Neurology in 2016-2017 and was awarded “Woman Resident of the Year” in 2017 by the Committee of Interns and Residents and Women in Academic Medicine organizations. In July 2018, Dr. Sur joined the stroke faculty at the University of Miami where her efforts have been focused on the care of patients with cerebrovascular disease/stroke, research in health disparities and cardioembolic stroke, graduate medical education, and strengthening the equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives within academic Neurology.

Dr. Sur is a co-investigator in the Florida Stroke Registry and site-PI for the NIH-funded multicenter DISCOVERY study evaluating cognitive outcomes after stroke. Her research with the Florida Stroke Registry has centered on evaluating race/ethnic and sex disparities in the use of anticoagulants in patients with stroke due to atrial fibrillation. She has presented her research at national and international scientific meetings and has various publications in high-impact journals. In 2020 Dr. Sur was appointed as CME/Highlights Editor for the journal Stroke.

Aside from her clinical and research interests, Dr. Sur has been involved with graduate medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. In 2020 she was appointed Pathway Director for the Neuroscience and Behavioral Science scholarly concentration pathway, a new pathway in the NextGenMD medical school curriculum which she helped develop.

She presents the Smart Eating lecture since lifestyle management is part of her practice.  She is delighted to share her experience to help the community age well.

Hong Jiang, M.D. Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate medical degree from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China. Dr. Jiang completed her Neurology residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, and her Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami.

As a neuro-ophthalmologist at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Dr. Jiang specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of various neuro-ophthalmologic disorders, such as vision loss due to brain tumor or dementia, optic neuritis and double vision. In the Department of Neurology, Dr. Jiang provides expertise in the evaluation and treatment of various neurologic diseases such as memory disorders, headaches, spine diseases and Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Jiang’s research interest is to study the ocular microvascular dysfunction in ocular and central nervous system diseases, such as dry eye, dementia and multiple sclerosis. She has multiple publications in ocular microvascular function studies. She is interested in studying the vascular pathway in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. With support from both the McKnight Brain Institute and North American Neuro-Ophthalmology society (NANOS), she and her team at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute recently found that decreased retinal microvascular network density and blood flow volume in patients with Alzheimer’s disease compared to normal controls.

Dr. Jiang is a member of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Association for Research in Vision.

Dr. Wang, the Scientific Co-Director of Experimental Imaging Laboratory for the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Electric and Computer Engineering. After MD training in China, Dr. Wang obtained his PhD in vision science at University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. He came to the University of Miami in July, 2006 from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Dr. Wang has established the advanced ophthalmic imaging laboratory at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and is working closely with a group of neuro-ophthalmologists to study vasculature in the eye and neurological disorders. His research focuses on imaging microvasculature and microstructure of the eye as a window of the central nerve system. Currently, he and his collaborators in the Evelyn F. McKnight Center for Age Related Memory Loss are working on ocular microvascular dysfunction in age-related dementia. The aim of the study is to determine whether microvascular dysfunction plays a role in age related memory loss.

He presents the See Well:Age Well  lecture sharing his expertise to help the community age well.