Ann McKee, MD, in Conversation with Carol Leary: What Our Brains Tell Us About Sports-Related Head Trauma
Thu, Apr 24
|Meetinghouse Arts
Ann McKee, MD, is a neurologist & neuropathologist at the VA Boston. She will discuss her groundbreaking work on the effects of repetitive head impacts and concussions in sports with Dr Carol Leary, President Emerita of Bay Path University. Sponsor: Legacy Properties, Sotheby’s International Realty
Time & Location
Apr 24, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St, Freeport, ME 04032, USA
About the Event
Ann McKee, MD, is a neurologist and neuropathologist who focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and the consequences of repetitive traumatic brain injury, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. McKee is the chief neuropathologist at the VA Boston, and Director of the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Boston University CTE Center Her groundbreaking work on the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts, concussion and blast injury in contact sports athletes and military veterans revolutionized scientific thought regarding head trauma. Through the BU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, she created the UNITE brain bank, the world’s largest repository of brains from individuals exposed to traumatic brain injuries. In 2018 she was listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people.
Carol Leary, PhD, was president of Bay Path University in Massachusetts from 1994 to 2020. Bay Path is a private university with an all women undergraduate program and co-ed graduate…