Dr. Jicha of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging explains how surgery, and more specifically anesthesia, affect brain health and memory.


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Gregory A. Jicha, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Website: http://www.uky.edu/coa/
University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Phone Number: (859) 323-5550
University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Current Address: 1030 South Broadway, Lexington, KY 40536


Filmed on March 7, 2019 at Brookdale Senior Living in Lexington, Kentucky.
Filmed and Edited by Claire Jicha