Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, FANA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Merit Cudkowicz is the inaugural Executive Director of the Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute, former Chair of Neurology, current Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Mass General Hospital, and the Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cudkowicz is one of the founders and former co-directors of the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS), a group of over 150 clinical sites in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East dedicated to conducting collaborative, academic-led clinical trials and research studies in ALS. She is leading the first Platform Trial initiative in ALS and serves as the Principal Investigator of the Clinical Coordination Center for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokeās Neurology Network of Excellence in Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT). Dr. Cudkowicz provides mentorship to physicians globally in careers in experimental therapeutics.
2025 ANA Award for Excellence Recipient: Clinical and Scientific Excellence ā Novel Scientific Career-Based Contributions Over 15 Years