Elliott D. Ross, MD, is currently Emeritus Prof. of Neurol., Univ. of
Oklahoma Health Sci. Center. Prior to retiring in 2015, he was Director
of the VA Center for Alzheimer and Neurodegenerative Disorders. He did
his neurology residency at Boston City Hospital, under the tutelage of
Prof. Norman Geschwind. Dr. Ross has made numerous contributions to the
literature concerning the neurology underlying language, prosody,
memory, agnosias, emotions and facial expressions. His most notable line
of research established that affective prosody is a lateralized
function of the right hemisphere and that various aprosodic syndromes,
resulting from focal right-brain damage, are analogous to the aphasic
syndromes observed after focal left-brain damage. He and his colleagues
have also studied how various clinical conditions, such as depression,
schizophrenia, alcoholism, Alzheimer disease, PTSD, normal aging and
multiple sclerosis, alter affective communication that may result in
psycho-social impairments. Most recently, he has explored the
neurophysiology underlying facial expressions using high-speed
videography. In recognition of his academic achievements, he was elected
to the Amer. Neurological Assoc. (1986), served as President of the
Behavioral Neurol. Soc. (1991-93), directed the Behavioral Neurology
Course at the Annual Meeting of the Amer. Acad. of Neurology (1996-2000)
and is cited in Who's Who in America, Men of Achievement, and Best
Doctors in America.
Well done!
