Anne H. Cross MD

Anne H. Cross, MD, is Professor in the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri. She received her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed her neurology residency training at George Washington University, serving as Chief Resident in her final year. Following 6 years of fellowship training in the Neuroimmunology Branch at the National Institutes of Health, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (neuropathology), Dr Cross was awarded the Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar career development award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She moved to Washington University in St. Louis and set up her laboratory there in 1991.  Over the ensuing years, her research interests have focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in pathogenesis of inflammation and demyelination in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) in multiple sclerosis and related diseases. Dr Cross has authored or coauthored over 220 peer-reviewed journal articles. She has been active in several organizations, including ACTRIMS and the Consortium of MS Centers. In 2019, Dr Cross received the John Jay Dystel Prize for MS research awarded jointly by the American Academy of Neurology and National MS Society.