Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD, ScD, is a world-renowned Alzheimer’s researcher and leader of clinical trials. He is currently Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience at the Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada and Vice Chair for Research and Research Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Brain Health.

Dr. Cummings’ interests embrace clinical trials, developing new therapies for brain diseases, and the interface of neuroscience and society.  He is the originator/author of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), has authored or edited 43 books, and has published over 725 peer-reviewed papers.

Dr. Cummings has been recognized for his research and leadership contributions in the field of Alzheimer’s disease through prestigious lifetime achievement and other awards given by organizations such as: the national Alzheimer’s Association, the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, the International Society of CNS Drug Development, and the American Geriatrics society.

Dr. Cummings graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, obtained his MD degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, and completed his Neurology residency and a Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.  This training was followed by a Research Fellowship in Neuropathology and Neuropsychiatry at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London, England.