Biographical Sketch
Ronan Mangcucang Factora, MD, is Associate Staff in the Department of General Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics; Co-Director of the Aging Brain Clinic, Cleveland Clinic; and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Factora is a diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine, with added qualifications in geriatric medicine. His clinical interests include Alzheimer’s disease, dementias, functional capacity and pain management.
Dr. Factora received his medical degree from the Ohio State University, College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio. He completed his internal medicine residency at Montefiore Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Penn. and a geriatrics fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
He is a member of many professional organizations, such as the American Geriatrics Society, and Dr. Factora is geriatric medicine resident rotation education coordinator at Cleveland Clinic.
Specialty Interests
apoptosis and aging, delirium, Dementia, frailty, functional assessment, geriatrics, normal aging physiology, Geriatrics, normal pressure hydrocephalus
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 7/30/2008, Dr.
Factora has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Equity. Dr. Factora owns stock or stock options in the following companies for activities as a founder, inventor, or consultant:
Pfizer Inc.
