Ziad Nasreddine is a Canadian neurologist notable for creating the

Montreal Cognitive Assessment The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a widely used screening assessment for detecting cognitive impairment. It was created in 1996 by Ziad Nasreddine in Montreal, Quebec. It was validated in the setting of mild cognitive impairment (MC ...

(MoCA) in 2005, widely used to assess mild cognitive impairment.

Biography

Dr. Nasreddine is a Lebanese-Canadian physician, who graduated with a Medical Degree from the

Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...

Québec Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border ...

, and then completed a fellowship in Cognitive Neurology/Neurobehaviour at UCLA. In 1992, during his residency program, Dr Nasreddine perceived the need for a more comprehensive cognitive screening adapted for clinicians, and thus developed his first comprehensive cognitive screening test. In 1996, after his fellowship, he decided to adapt his comprehensive screen and create a much quicker comprehensive assessment that is adapted to first-line specialty clinics with a high volume of patients. In 2005, the MoCA test was validated for clinical use. It is since widely used across the world in a variety of settings as this test is easy to administer in about 10 minutes and has been translated into many languages and validated to be accurate. The MoCA is recommended by the Alzheimer Society to objectively assess cognitive complaints in a clinical setting.

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Canadian neurologists University of California, Los Angeles staff Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Lebanese emigrants to Canada {{Canada-med-bio-stub