Thank you for your interest in The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. AFTD is committed to providing healthcare professionals with the most medically accurate information available to help better identify FTD symptoms, make fast and accurate diagnoses, and provide the best care possible.

AFTD Website
Visit the “For Healthcare Professionals” section of AFTD’s website for resources about diagnosis and treatment, including diagnostic checklists for the two most common FTD subtypes, behavioral variant FTD and primary progressive aphasia, available in both English and Spanish.

AFTD Webinars
AFTD regularly hosts Healthcare Professional Education Webinars designed for physicians, neurologists, nurses, and others who work with people living with an FTD diagnosis; CME and/or CEU credits are available for attendees through Rush University. Guest speaker Dr. Howard Rosen of UCSF explained how to differentiate behavioral variant FTD from Alzheimer’s and other dementias in our most recent webinar.

AFTD Education Conference
For a full day of FTD education, register for AFTD’s 2023 Education Conference, taking place May 5. Join other medical professionals along with family caregivers and persons diagnosed to learn about the latest FTD developments. You can attend either in person in St. Louis or online via a free livestream.