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Marwan Noel Sabbagh MD, FAAN

Moreno Family Chair for Alzheimer’s Research

Marwan Noel Sabbagh, MD, board certified neurologist and geriatric neurologist, has dedicated his career to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases.

Dr. Sabbagh is a leading investigator for many prominent national Alzheimer’s treatment trials. Dr. Sabbagh is on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer’s and Dementia TRCI. He is editor-in-chief of Neurology and Therapy. He has authored and co-authored over 450 medical and scientific articles on Alzheimer’s research.

Dr. Sabbagh is the author of The Alzheimer’s Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy, with foreword by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and of The Alzheimer’s Prevention Cookbook: 100 Recipes to Boost Brain Health. He has edited Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence Based Care and Geriatric Neurology, published in 2014 and Fighting for my Life: living in the shadow of Alzheimer’s disease in 2019 and Strong Heart, Sharp Mind published in 2022.

Dr. Sabbagh earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his medical degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson. He received his residency training in neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and completed his fellowship in geriatric neurology and dementia at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where he served on the faculty as assistant professor.

Before joining the faculty of the Barrow Neurological Institute, he was the Camille and Larry Ruvo Endowed Chair for Brain Health, the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas and the founding Principal Investigator of the NIH funded Nevada Exploratory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. From 2000-2015, he was the director of the Banner Sun Health Research Institute in Sun City AZ. From 2015-2018, he was the Karsten Solheim Endowed Chair for Alzheimer’s research at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Presently, in addition to being vice chair, he also serves as Associate Program Director for Research for the Neurology Residency