Dr. Ronald DeVere is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and director of the Taste and Smell Disorders Clinic in Austin, Texas. He is the author of the American Academy of Neurology book Coping with Smell and Taste Loss. Dr. DeVere is founder of an Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center in Fredericksburg, Texas, and is also an ongoing contributing editor of the journal Practical Neurology.