Lauren B. Krupp, M.D.

Director, Lourie Center for Pediatric MS

Dr. Lauren Krupp received her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed her Neurology Residency at Albert Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center and then completed additional fellowship training at the Neuro-immunology/Multiple Sclerosis Branch of the National Institutes of Health. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Krupp is currently a Professor of Neurology, Psychology and Pediatrics at Stony Brook Medicine and specializes in multiple sclerosis and related disorders. She directs the Lourie Center for Pediatric MS having pioneered the first Center in the United States to treat children and adolescents with the disease. The Center has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Dr. Krupp chaired the first steering committee of a network of six centers nationwide committed to pediatric MS research and clinical care.

Dr. Krupp also co-directs the adult MS Comprehensive Care Center at Stony Brook. Her research on pediatric and adult MS examines non-pharmacologic interventions to improve fatigue, mood disturbance, and cognitive dysfunction in MS.

Other research focuses on biomarkers discovery in MS using novel neuroimaging techniques and proteomics. She directs multiple clinical trials testing new MS therapies in adults with MS. She has received grant support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the National Institutes of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, private foundations and pharmaceutical companies. She has published more than 100 original articles and multiple book chapters and is an internationally acknowledged authority in multiple sclerosis.