The Alzheimer’s Prevention Cookbook

Dr Sabbagh is a geriatric neurologist and dementia specialist; he is one of the leading experts in Alzheimer’s disease research nationally. Dr Sabbagh received his bachelor’s degree in Physiology at the University of California-Berkeley in 1987. He went on to the University of Arizona, College of Medicine in Tucson, AZ where he received his MD in 1991. He completed a neurology residency at prestigious Texas Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 1995. From there, he underwent additional training in dementia/geriatric neurology training at the University of California-San Diego. Then, he served on the faculty at UCSD as assistant professor in the department of neurosciences.

In 2000, he was recruited to Banner-Sun Health Research Institute to be the founding director for the center for clinical research. Since, becoming the director of the Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research at Banner-Sun Health Research Institute, Dr Sabbagh has conducted over 80 clinical trials and clinical research studies in Alzheimer’s disease and other brain degenerative and medical conditions including being the site Principal Investigator or national principal investigator for several prevention and treatment trials for Alzheimer’s disease. He serves on the board of directors for the Desert Southwest chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Dr Sabbagh has authored or co-authored over published 120 article, chapters and abstracts in Alzheimer’s disease research including in respected medical journals such as Neurology, Archives of Neurology, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Associated Disorders, Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Alzheimer’s Research. He serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, BMC Neurology, Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Disorders and Clinical Neurology News. Dr Sabbagh has authored the critically acclaimed book The Alzheimer’s Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy published by Wiley with the foreword written by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Because of its success, it has been published in paperback, translated into Spanish and is available on Kindle. Dr Sabbagh just released his second book Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence Based Care published by Springer with the foreword written by Michael Reagan.

Dr Sabbagh has also been a prominent featured speaker on Alzheimer’s at many regional and national conferences. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, Scientific American, and Pharmawire. He has been featured on many radio programs including Oprah and friends and Dr Laura. Dr Sabbagh’s first book is a featured suggested read on Dr Laura’s website. See the attached bibliography in Dr Sabbagh’s Curriculum Vitae in Appendix 1.

Banner-Sun Health Research Institute, where Dr Sabbagh is a faculty member and Research Medical Director, is one of the most prominent research institutions in Alzheimer’s disease in the world. The focus of the Institute’s scientific work has been, since its inception, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). The Banner Sun Health Research Institute has been featured in Newsweek, PBS Wired Science, Lifetime television, and on NBC Nightly News, and HBO’s The Alzheimer’s Project and CNN. Dr Sabbagh was featured in many of these programs.

Beau MacMillan is executive chef at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain. He appeared on the 2011 season of The Next Iron Chef. He lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona.