Jeffrey L. Cummings

Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD, ScD, is Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Nevada and Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He was formerly Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and Camille and Larry Ruvo Chair for Brain Health. Before coming to Cleveland Clinic. Dr Cummings was Augustus Rose Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at UCLA, Director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCLA, and Director of the Deane F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics at UCLA. He has authored or edited 43 books and published over 700 peer-reviewed papers. He is interested in clinical trials, developing new therapies for brain diseases, and the interface of neuroscience and society.