Triple Board-Certified Psychiatrist | Yale MPH | Kellogg MBA | 40+ Years of Clinical Experience
I’m Bradford Frank, MD, MPH, MBA, a triple board-certified psychiatrist with more than four decades of clinical experience in adult, geriatric, and addiction psychiatry. Throughout my career, I have cared for older adults and families confronting cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, and the fear of losing independence.
My work now focuses on a hopeful, practical question: What can we do today to protect memory and strengthen the brain for the years ahead?
I combine clinical medicine, public health, neuroscience, and practical behavior change to help people understand and address the modifiable factors associated with cognitive decline.
✔ Board Certified in Adult, Geriatric, and Addiction Psychiatry
✔ More than 40 Years of Clinical Experience
✔ MPH, Yale University School of Public Health
✔ MBA, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
✔ Author of Prevent Alzheimer’s Dementia in Seven Easy Steps
Why I Wrote This Book
Over four decades, I have seen the enormous toll Alzheimer’s disease takes—not only on patients, but also on spouses, children, caregivers, and entire families. Too often, people begin thinking about brain health only after memory problems appear.
I wrote Prevent Alzheimer’s Dementia in Seven Easy Steps because prevention and risk reduction should begin years, and ideally decades, earlier. The science can feel overwhelming, contradictory, and difficult to apply. My goal was to turn that research into seven understandable steps that people can begin using in daily life.
No strategy can guarantee that a person will never develop Alzheimer’s disease. But meaningful evidence shows that addressing sleep, exercise, nutrition, cardiovascular and metabolic health, stress, social connection, cognitive activity, hearing, and other modifiable risks may support long-term brain health and help reduce or delay cognitive decline.
A Unique Perspective on Brain Health
I earned my Master of Public Health from Yale University School of Public Health and my MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. This background allows me to look beyond a single diagnosis and consider the many systems that shape cognitive aging. Alzheimer’s disease does not begin on the day symptoms are recognized. Brain health reflects decades of interaction among vascular health, metabolism, inflammation, sleep, movement, nutrition, stress, mental health, environmental exposures, social connection, and purpose. My role is to translate rapidly evolving research into practical choices people can discuss with their clinicians and apply thoughtfully in their own lives.
The Mission
My mission is to help people act before memory loss becomes a crisis. Through the book, The Seven Steps Brain Health Journal, educational programs, and our member community, I provide evidence-informed guidance for building healthier habits and greater cognitive resilience. The goal is not perfection. It is consistent, informed action that supports memory, independence, and quality of life. Join the community: community.preventalzheimersdementia.comMedia and speaking: author@preventalzheimersdementia.com
Paperback edition coming soon.