Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D. is Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Nevada and Cleveland, Ohio. His is the Andrea and Joseph Hahn Professor of Neurotherapeutics of the Neurological Institute of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Cummings’ research and leadership in the field of Alzheimer’s disease have been recognized through the Henderson Award of the American Geriatrics Society (2006), the Research Award of the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Research Foundation (2008), and the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Award of the national Alzheimer’s Association (2008). In 2010, he received the Legacy Award from the Ticki Wilkerson-Kassel Movement Therapy Foundation and was honored by the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry with their Distinguished Scientist Award.

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Dr. Charles Bernick has been involved in the field of Alzheimer's disease research and treatment for close to 20 years, beginning as the attending neurologist for the University of California, Davis Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Dr. Bernick moved to Las Vegas in 1994 to join the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Since that time, he has directed the development of a statewide network of Alzheimer's disease care, with clinics in Las Vegas, Reno and Elko.

In addition to co-authoring numerous scientific articles, Dr. Bernick has participated in studies of virtually every medication now available for Alzheimer's disease. He has served as a grant reviewer and committee member for the national Alzheimer's Association and is currently part of their regional Medical and Scientific Committee.

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Dr. Walsh has longstanding clinical and research interests in the neurosciences that began as an undergraduate at Georgetown University. During Dr. Walsh’s subsequent training in the NIH-funded MD/PhD program at The University of Cincinnati, he built upon his interest in brain networks which naturally led to an interest in the clinical field of Neurology. Dr. Walsh thus pursued residency training in Neurology at The University of Chicago, and his growing research and clinical research interests resulted in a first-author scientific publication in the journal NeuroImage, the publication of a book chapter reviewing the etiology of Parkinson’s Disease, and the publication of a clinical report in the journal Neurology during his residency. It was a combination of these formative experiences as a physician-scientist that led Dr. Walsh to pursue fellowship training in Movement Disorders, Memory Disorders, and neuroimaging to both investigate the fundamental mechanisms underlying brain network physiology as well as treat the clinical phenotype of their dysfunction.

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Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program at Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Dr. West received his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He completed his medical degree and Neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco. After serving as Chief Neurology Resident he stayed on to complete a fellowship in clinical neuroimmunology that was funded by the National MS Society.

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Dr. Dylan Wint has extensive experience in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain and mind. He has designed and/or participated in research studies of behavioral sequelae of traumatic brain injury, the effects of dopaminergic medications on the human reward system, cognition in schizophrenia, and irritability and aggression in Huntington disease. At the Center for Brain Health, Dr. Wint supervises educational programs for high school, college, and professional students. He will also direct the Center's Fellowship in Cognitive Disorders.

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Dr. Zhong is the Senior Director of Clinical Research and Development for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. She provides leadership to the Cleveland Clinic Alzheimer’s trial network and pursues programs to maintain brain health. She brings over 15 years of diversified clinical and pharmaceutical research experience to the center. Dr. Zhong has been a scientific consultant for multiple pharmaceutical, patient recruitment and rater training companies. While working as the Medical Director and Seroquel Brand Global Physician for one the world's leading pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, Dr. Zhong led multiple global clinical trials in CNS therapeutic areas including Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Zhong has provided multifaceted services to industry and academic centers both in US and in Asia. She has assisted sponsors with the strategic planning and execution for site selection, patient recruitment, rater training and overall trial implementation. She consulted on issues related to drug development including the regulatory approval process, due diligence, market analysis and product commercialization.

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