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Howard M Fillit, MD
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Palliative Care
About Me
Howard Fillit, MD is a board certified geriatrician and a neuroscientist. He is the founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Aging, an Estée Lauder family foundation, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, organizations with a common mission of accelerating drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease through venture philanthropy. Dr. Fillit has had a distinguished academic medicine career at The Rockefeller University and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he is currently a clinical professor of geriatrics, medicine and neuroscience. He is the author or co-author of more than 300 scientific and clinical publications, and is the senior editor of the leading international Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Dr. Fillit has received several awards and honors including the Rita Hayworth Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Alzheimer’s Association. Throughout his career, he has maintained a limited private practice in consultative geriatric medicine with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Language
English
Position
CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Medicine, CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Education
BA, Cornell University
MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center-Petrie Division
Fellowship, Nephrology
Hospital for Special Surgery
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Insurance Information
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Add-on combination therapy with monoclonal antibodies: Implications for drug development. Jeffrey Cummings, Aaron H. Burstein, Howard Fillit. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease
- Alzheimer Combination Therapies: Overview and Scenarios. Jeffrey L. Cummings, Aaron H. Burstein, Howard Fillit. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease
- Biomarkers. Howard M. Fillit. Alzheimer's and Dementia
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Fillit during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Alector
- LifeWorx
- Eli Lilly and Company
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.