I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer’s and diseases of dementia. There’s just so much scientifically that we don’t know, and we can know.

People come to a company like Abbott sometimes and think, Its so big, I cant make a difference. I think just the opposite. I think everybody can make a difference.

I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.

If you want to achieve what you dream of achieving, whatever it may be, you're going to have to earn it.

People come to a company like Abbott sometimes and think, 'It's so big, I can't make a difference.' I think just the opposite. I think everybody can make a difference.

At the end of the day, that physician needs to be in the mix telling patients what their habits ought to be and whether or not they should rely on a medicine.