ILENE NAOMI RUSK, Ph.D.
Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk is the Co-Director of the Healthy Brain Program in Colorado and is the coordinator of the rehabilitation and trauma treatment programs. She is also a neuropsychologist in Ontario, Canada. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in England (Psychology, Neuropsychopharmacology). She has authored numerous papers in the areas of psychology, neuropharmacology, and neuroscience in areas as diverse as cerebral palsy in children, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and the effects of neurotransmitters on behavior. She has completed two postdoctoral Fellowship positions in Neuropsychology (Royal Ottawa Hospital) and one working with neurologically impaired children (Department of Education and Science, UK Government). Dr. Rusk Co-founded the Memory Loss Clinic in Ottawa, Canada. She has led educational seminars and is a group facilitator in aging well and brain health. Dr. Rusk co-founded the Death Café in Boulder County and currently serves as Community Health Education Director at The Grillo Health Information Center. She is trained in ACRM Cognitive Rehabilitation, Brainspotting, EMDR, PACT, and several other treatment approaches. Dr. Dale Bredesen and the Institute for Functional Medicine trained her to use an integrative approach to working with cognitive decline.
