"Alzheimer's is Preventable and Reversible." That provocative topic will be discussed by Dr. Mark Kalina, local healthcare leader and fondly regarded former Del Mar Community Connections board member, Nov. 6 in the Del Mar Community Building conference room. The "coffee talk" begins at 10 a.m.

The timely talk is based on a study by a UCLA neurology researcher showing that nine of 10 participants were able to reverse dementia with a multi-modality, non-pharmaceutical program. "All healthy, natural interventions were used in the study program,"  Dr. Kalina noted. 

Dr. Kalina most recently was medical director of Stem Cell Therapies at StemGenex. Just prior to joining the firm he was founder and medical director for Pando Health Groups in Solana Beach. Previously he was a primary care physician at Scripps Clinic and a staff physician with San Diego Cancer Center. He ran his own private practice in Del Mar from 2010 to 2012.