Amit Bar-or MD, FRCP, FAAN, FANA

Dr. Bar-Or is the inaugural Melissa and Paul Anderson President’s Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Center for Neuroinflammation and Experimental Therapeutics and serves as Chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Dr. Bar-Or’s clinical focus is multiple sclerosis (MS) and related disorders in both adults and children. A research and clinical care collaborator with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), he co-directs the CHOP-Penn Age-Span NeuroImmune Program with long-standing collaborator and friend Dr. Brenda Banwell. The program is designed to ensure a seamless transition of care from pediatric to adult care for individuals with MS and related disorders, and provide a focus on education and research.

Dr. Bar-Or’s research focuses on neuroimmune health and central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory diseases across the age span, with a particular interest on developing clinically meaningful biomarkers and advancing precision medicine in autoimmune and CNS inflammatory diseases. He runs a cellular and molecular neuroimmunology lab studying principles of immune regulation and immune-neural interaction in the context of injury and repair of the human CNS.

Dr. Bar-Or is passionate about education and mentoring, having trained over 80 students at all levels, with emphasis on clinician-scientist trainees. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications, led multiple national and international collaborative research initiatives, and is considered a highly sought-after speaker. He is past President of the Canadian Network of MS Clinics (CNMSC) and past member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS). He currently serves on the FOCIS Education Committee, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS), and on the Steering Committee of the NIH Immune Tolerance Network (ITN). Dr. Bar-Or is also a long-standing member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) and currently serves as ISNI President.