Healthful Woman Podcast
Fifty Years of Taking Care of Patients and Teaching – with Dr. Jacob Fox
Episode 173
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34m
In today's episode, we'll meet Dr. Nathan Fox's father, Dr. Jacob Fox, a recently retired neurologist who has served patients for over 50 years. As the medical field began to identify and apply terminology to Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline, Dr. Jacob Fox transitioned his private practice into a research-focused practice at Rush medical school, where he helped expand our understanding of how the brain ages and taught the next generation of medical students.
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