Jeffrey Cummings
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Jeffrey Cummings is professor of neurology
at the UCLA.
Cummings graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wyoming
, Laramie and obtained his MD degree (with thesis) from the University of Washington
, Seattle. He completed internship at Hartford Hospital
in Hartford, Connecticut
and did his Neurology residency at Boston University
, Boston
, Massachusetts
. Cummings had his specialty training in Behavioral Neurology at Boston University and pursued advanced studies in Neuropsychiatry and Neuropathology at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London.
Jeffrey Cummings is Professor of Neurotherapeutics and Drug Development in the Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic; he is Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada and Cleveland, Ohio. He was formerly the Augustus S. Rose Professor of Neurology and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was the 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.
Jeffrey Cummings is the originator/author of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and owns the copyright of the NPI
. In 2008, he defined the fronto-subcortical dementias.
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
at the UCLA.
Cummings graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
, Laramie and obtained his MD degree (with thesis) from the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, Seattle. He completed internship at Hartford Hospital
Hartford Hospital
Hartford Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut. The hospital was formed in 1854 after the State of Connecticut granted a charter for the Formation of Hartford Hospital following a boiler explosion and resulting fire at the Fales and Grey Car Works...
in Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut
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and did his Neurology residency at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, Boston
Boston
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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. Cummings had his specialty training in Behavioral Neurology at Boston University and pursued advanced studies in Neuropsychiatry and Neuropathology at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London.
Jeffrey Cummings is Professor of Neurotherapeutics and Drug Development in the Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic; he is Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada and Cleveland, Ohio. He was formerly the Augustus S. Rose Professor of Neurology and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was the 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.
Jeffrey Cummings is the originator/author of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and owns the copyright of the NPI
NPI
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. In 2008, he defined the fronto-subcortical dementias.
Awards
- 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry.
- 2010 honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand
- 2008 Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Award from the National Alzheimer’s Association
- 2008 Research Award from the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Research Foundation
- 2005 Henderson Award of the American Geriatric Society
- 2003 Srinivasan Orator award in Chennai, India