Monica Crane

Dr. Crane is a fellowship-trained geriatric medicine physician who has been recognized as an expert in dementia care in the Southeast. Her career focus has been the clinical care, treatment and support for patients and families affected by Alzheimers disease and the related dementias.

Dr. Crane completed her undergraduate degree at Yale University and her medical school training at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed her residency and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. During her fellowship, she was honored as a new investigator by the NIMH for her study of the behavioral symptoms due to Alzheimers disease. She has received numerous clinical and research awards in the areas of Alzheimer's disease, geriatric depression, frontotemporal dementia and end-of-life care.

Dr. Crane is the founder and medical director of Genesis Neuroscience Clinic, a multidisciplinary memory disorders clinic. The clinic provides community care for mild cognitive impairment and the neurodegenerative dementias. This unique model of care incorporates support from local non-profits including Alzheimers Tennessee, Knox County Senior Services, the Purple Cities Alliance and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and the Graduate School of Medicine-UTMCK. The clinic serves as an opportunity to mentor students and healthcare professionals in geriatric medicine and dementia care. The current mentorship program has sponsored over 40 mentees since 2017.

The Genesis Neuroscience Clinic team has seen over 3500 patients to date. Since the clinic opened in 2017, Dr. Crane has been the PI for six major clinical trials in Alzheimers disease and related dementias.

In 2020, Dr. Crane started the process to convert the practice into a charitable clinic under the Tennessee Memory Disorders Foundation. The Foundation mission is to provide support for comprehensive community care for those with memory disorders and to mentor students and professionals to become future leaders in dementia care.

Prior to 2017, Dr. Crane was Director of Clinical Research as well as the Associate Director of Cole Neuroscience Clinic. Dr. Crane is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UT-Knoxville, Graduate School of Medicine.

Dr. Crane has served on the Board of Directors at Alzheimers Tennessee since 2007, at the Knoxville Museum of Art since 2015 and the Tennessee Memory Disorders Foundation since 2020. She has been a leader in the Outreach Workgroup for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. She has also been recognized as a leader by the East Tennessee community as an inductee of Leadership Knoxville and the Executive Womans Association. Under her leadership, the Knoxville community started a frontotemporal dementia conference and a community-wide educational series with the goal of raising Alzheimers awareness.