Serggio Lanata, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

Lanata's research focuses on improving treatment for Alzheimer's disease in underserved and underrepresented communities. He studies how social determinants of health — factors such as income level and traumatic life experiences — affect brain health and cognition. The goal is to identify risks factors that lead to cognitive decline.

After completing a biological sciences program at the Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru, Lanata earned his bachelor's degree in food science and human nutrition at the University of Florida. He then earned a master's degree in physiology, complementary and alternative medicine at Georgetown University before earning his medical degree from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He completed a residency in neurology at Brown University and a fellowship in behavioral neurology at UCSF.

Lanata is a member of the American Academy of Neurology. In his free time, he enjoys surfing and spending time outdoors with his wife and three daughters.

• Risk factor of suicidal thoughts in caregivers of dementia patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023 Diego Chambergo-Michilot, Nilton Custodio, Rosa Montesinos, Serggio Lanata
• The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease pilot study at University of California San Francisco: A focus on recruitment of Chinese American older adults.
  Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023 James Qian, Boon Lead Tee, Marian Tzuang, Kevin Lieu, Diana Mei, Howard J. Rosen, Serggio Lanata, Li-San Wang, Tiffany W Chow, Gyungah R Jun, Van Ta Park, ACAD Consortium
• 57 Validation of a List Learning Task for Monolingual Spanish Speaking Older Adults.
  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2023 Valentina E Diaz, Lucia Lopez, Gloria Aguirre, Karen A Dorsman, Anne-Marie Rodriguez, Jorge Archila Puac, Shannon Lee, Stefanie D Pina-Escudero, Serggio Lanata, Kaitlin Casaletto, Joel H Kramer
• Epidemiology of neurocognitive disorders in adults from urban-marginalized areas: a door-to-door population-based study in Puente Piedra, Lima, Peru.
  Frontiers in public health 2023 Herrera-Perez E, Custodio N, Diaz M, Montesinos R, Chang A, Villafuerte M, Lanata S
• The Memory Alteration Test Is Correlated with Clinical, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Brain Imaging Markers of Alzheimer Disease in Lima, Peru.
  Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2023 Custodio N, Malaga M, Montesinos R, Chambergo-Michilot D, Baca F, Carbajal JC, Huilca JC, Herrera-Perez E, Lira D, Diaz MM, Lanata S
• Social determinants of health questionnaire development for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.
  Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023 Stefanie Danielle Piña-Escudero, Kate L Possin, Elena Tsoy, Maritza Pintado Caipa, Gloria A Aguirre, Agustin Ibanez, Serggio Lanata
• Use Of The Addenbrooke’S Cognitive Examination III (ACE-III) For The Diagnosis Of Cognitive Impairment In Lima, Peru (P6-6.008).
  Neurology 2023 Nilton Custodio Capunay, Marco Malaga, Rosa Montesinos, Diego Chambergo-Michilot, Fiorella Baca-Seminario, Juan Carlos Carbajal, Josr Carlos Huilca, David Lira, Eder Herrera-Perez, Monica M. Diaz, …
• Use of the Rowland Universal Dementia Scale (Rudas) for the diagnosis of cognitive impairment in illiterate individuals In Lima, Peru: An evaluation by domains (S15.003).
  Neurology 2023 Nilton Custodio Capunay, Marco Malaga, Diego Chambergo-Michilot, Rosa Montesinos, Fiorella Baca-Seminario, Juan Carlos Carbajal, Josr Carlos Huilca, David Lira, Eder Herrera-Perez, Monica Diaz, …
• Impact of COVID-19 Mandatory Lockdown Measures on Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease in Lima, Peru.
  Current Alzheimer research 2023 Custodio N, Malaga M, Montesinos R, Chambergo D, Baca F, Castro S, Carbajal JC, Herrera E, Lira D, Diaz MM, Lanata S
• Neurocognitive health of older adults experiencing homelessness in Oakland, California.
  Frontiers in neurology 2022 Mullady SS, Castellanos S, Lopez L, Aguirre G, Weeks J, King S, Valle K, Goode C, Tsoy E, Possin K, Miller B, Kushel M, Lanata S
• Perceptions of and Knowledge Acquisition about Brain Health and Aging among Latin American Immigrants:A QualitativePaper.
  Clinical gerontologist 2022 Light SW, Dohan D, Possin KL, Wolf MS, Rankin KP, Lanata S, Sideman AB
• Substance Use-Related Cognitive Decline in Families with Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease: A Cohort Study.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Ramos C, Villalba C, García J, Lanata S, López H, Aguillón D, Cordano C, Madrigal L, Aguirre-Acevedo DC, Lopera F
• Cognitive decline related to substance consumption in a Colombian kindred with familial Alzheimer's disease: A retrospective cohort study.
  Alzheimer's & Dementia 2021 Claudia Patricia Ramos-Perez, Arvey Camilo Villalba, Jenny Garcia, Serggio Lanata, Hugo Elias Lopez, Daniel C Aguirre-Acevedo, Francisco Lopera
• Demencia frontotemporal – variante conductual como diagnóstico diferencial de trastornos psiquiátricos primarios.
  Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatria 2021 Lizardo Cruzado, Nilton Custodio, Rosa Montesinos, Serggio Lanata
• Thyroid Dysfunction, Vitamin B12, and Folic Acid Deficiencies Are Not Associated With Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults in Lima, Peru.
  Frontiers in public health 2021 Diaz MM, Custodio N, Montesinos R, Lira D, Herrera-Perez E, Pintado-Caipa M, Cuenca-Alfaro J, Gamboa C, Lanata S
• Performance of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for the Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in a Diverse Cohort of Illiterate Persons From Rural Communities in Peru.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 Custodio N, Montesinos R, Diaz MM, Herrera-Perez E, Chavez K, Alva-Diaz C, Reynoso-Guzman W, Pintado-Caipa M, Cuenca J, Gamboa C, Lanata S
• Characterization of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment in Middle-Aged and Older Persons With HIV in Lima, Peru.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 Diaz MM, Zacarías MG, Sotolongo P, Sanes MF, Franklin DJ, Marquine MJ, Cherner M, Cárcamo C, Ellis RJ, Lanata S, García PJ
• Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Timeliness and Comprehensiveness of Dementia Diagnosis in California.
  JAMA neurology 2021 Tsoy E, Kiekhofer RE, Guterman EL, Tee BL, Windon CC, Dorsman KA, Lanata SC, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Kind AJH, Possin KL
• The Role of Spirituality in Conceptualizations of Health Maintenance and Healthy Aging Among Latin American Immigrants.
  The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2021 Weiner-Light S, Rankin KP, Lanata S, Possin KL, Dohan D, Bernstein Sideman A
• Neurodegenerative Disease and the Experience of Homelessness.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 Piña-Escudero SD, López L, Sriram S, Longoria Ibarrola EM, Miller B, Lanata S
• Corticobasal syndrome in a 23-year-old female.
  Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020 Sheila Castro-Suarez, Lucia Lopez, Serggio Lanata
• Dementia in Latin America: Paving the way toward a regional action plan.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Parra MA, Baez S, Sedeño L, Gonzalez Campo C, Santamaría-García H, Aprahamian I, Bertolucci PH, Bustin J, Camargos Bicalho MA, Cano-Gutierrez C, Caramelli P, Chaves MLF, Cogram P, Beber BC, Court FA, …
• Neurological Reflections on Social Stigma.
  Peace Review 2020 Serggio Lanata
• BHA-CS: A novel cognitive composite for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
  Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2020 Tsoy E, Erlhoff SJ, Goode CA, Dorsman KA, Kanjanapong S, Lindbergh CA, La Joie R, Strom A, Rabinovici GD, Lanata SC, Miller BL, Tomaszewski Farias SE, Kramer JH, Rankin KP, Possin KL
• Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use: The Care Ecosystem Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Possin KL, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Bonasera SJ, Chiong W, Lee K, Hooper SM, Allen IE, Braley T, Bernstein A, Rosa TD, Harrison K, Begert-Hellings H, Kornak J, Kahn JG, Naasan G, Lanata S, Clark AM, …
• Linguistic and Cultural Acceptability of a Spanish Translation of the Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury Identification Method Among Community-Dwelling Spanish-Dominant Older Adults.
  Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation 2019 Hufstedler HC, Dorsman KA, Rivera EJ, Lanata SC, Bogner JA, Corrigan JD, Fuller SM, Borja XR, Wilson F, Gardner RC
• THE UCSF BRAIN HEALTH ASSESSMENT: A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND SENSITIVE SCREENING TOOL TO DETECT COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN SPANISH SPEAKERS.
  Alzheimer's & Dementia 2018 Karen A. Dorsman, Sabrina Erlhoff, Serggio Lanata, Sarah Tomaszewski-Farias, Joel Kramer, Katherine Rankin, Katherine L. Possin
• Jakob–Creutzfeldt disease and other prion diseases.
  The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia 2017 Michael D. Geschwind, Serggio Lanata
• Development of an Expert Consensus Approach to Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis of Patients at Risk for Neurodegenerative Disease (S1.006).
  Neurology 2016 Katherine Rankin, Katherine Possin, Michael Geschwind, Joel Kramer, Christine Ritchie, Rosalie Gearhart, Natasha Rabinowitz, Stephen Bonasera, James Brewer, Cynthia Carlsson, Richard Caselli, Bradford…
• Evaluating and treating neurobehavioral symptoms in professional American football players: Lessons from a case series.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2015 Gardner RC, Possin KL, Hess CP, Huang EJ, Grinberg LT, Nolan AL, Cohn-Sheehy BI, Ghosh PM, Lanata S, Merrilees J, Kramer JH, Berger MS, Miller BL, Yaffe K, Rabinovici GD
• The behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) syndrome in psychiatry.
  Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2015 Lanata SC, Miller BL
• Mental Status Examination Practices Among Resident and Attending Physicians in Patients Hospitalized for Evaluation of Confusion (P3.203).
  Neurology 2014 Serggio Lanata, Brian Ott
• Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Mimicking Sporadic Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease (P5.235).
  Neurology 2014 Serggio Lanata, Pierluigi Gambetti, Michael Geschwind
• Tobacco from Medicinal Use to Substance Abuse.
  Seminars in Integrative Medicine 2005 Serggio C. Lanata