1. Ann McKee was born on 1953 and is a neurologist and neuropathologist and expert in neurodegenerative disease at the VA Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center and is a Warren Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Pathology at Boston University School of Medicine.
Ann McKee is director of the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center.
Ann McKee is particularly known for her work studying Alzheimer's disease and the consequences of repetitive traumatic brain injury.
Dr Ann McKee earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin and her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Ann McKee then completed a residency in neurology at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital.
Dr Ann McKee is the chief neuropathologist at VA Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Director of the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and the Boston University CTE Center.
Dr Ann McKee directs multiple brain banks including those for the BU ADRC and Framingham Heart Study which are based at VA Bedford, and the UNITE brain bank based at VA Boston.
Dr Ann McKee's research focuses on CTE and the late-effects of traumatic neurodegeneration.
Dr Ann McKee is a leading authority on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease.
Dr Ann McKee has presented her findings to National Football League officials and testified before the United States House Judiciary Committee.
Ann McKee has studied diseases including Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and corticobasal degeneration.
Dr Ann McKee has received numerous awards in recognition of her work.
Dr Ann McKee is married, has three children and 2 grandchildren, and lives in Massachusetts.