Ann McKee
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Born |
1953 Appleton, Wisconsin |
Residence | Massachusetts, United States |
Nationality | American |
Fields | Neuropathology |
Institutions |
Harvard University Boston University |
Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin–Madison Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
Known for | Study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy |
Ann McKee (born 1953) is a neuropathologist and expert in neurodegenerative disease at Boston University School of Medicine. She is particularly known for her work studying Alzheimer's disease and the consequences of repetitive traumatic brain injury.[1]
Education
McKee completed a fellowship in neuropathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and a residency in neurology at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital.[2]
Career
McKee is co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University (BU) and the chief neuropathologist for the National Veterans Affairs ALS Brain Bank.[1] She is Professor of Neurology and Pathology at BU, and was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School from 1991 to 1994.
McKee is a leading authority on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, (CTE), a degenerative brain disease that is most commonly found in athletes participating in boxing, American football, ice hockey, other contact sports, and military service.[2] She has found evidence of CTE in over 70 of the athletes that she has examined, including three NHL enforcers and 18 NFL players. A football fan herself, McKee has presented her findings to National Football League officials and testified before the United States House Judiciary Committee.[3][4] She has also studied diseases including Lewy Body disease, Parkinson’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and corticobasal degeneration.[1]
Personal life
McKee has three children and lives in Massachusetts. She is a Green Bay Packers fan.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ann McKee, MD - Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy - Boston University". Boston University. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ann McKee, MD - Alzheimer’s Disease Center". Boston University. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leavy, Jane (17 August 2013). "The Woman Who Would Save Football". Grantland. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ Thompson, Helen (3 December 2012). "Evidence Mounts Linking Head Hits To Permanent Brain Injury". NPR News. Retrieved 9 October 2013.