Ziad Nasreddine

Ziad Nasreddine is a Canadian neurologist notable for creating the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).

Biography
He is a Lebanese immigrant to Canada, who graduated from the University of Sherbrooke, Québec, 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.