Christopher A. Ross MD, PhD

Dr. Christopher Ross is a neuropsychiatry specialist in Baltimore, caring for patients with Huntington’s disease, movement disorders and neuropsychiatric complications of movement disorders. Dr. Ross serves as the Director of the Division of Neurobiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Dr. Ross received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Princeton University. He earned his M.D. at Cornell University Medical College. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and performed a fellowship in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also earned a Ph.D. in neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University Graduate School. Dr. Ross joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1987.

Ross research interests include neuropsychiatric disorders, focusing on Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease and using insights from these disorders to approach more complex diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Dr. Ross serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Huntington’s Disease and Complex Psychiatry. He is an ad-hoc reviewer for publications including Cell, Neuron, Nature, Nature Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience. Among his many awards, he has been recognized by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders with the Young Investigator Award and the Established Investigator Award, and he has won the Johns Hopkins Clinician-Scientist Award and the Milton Wexler Award for Huntington’s Disease Research.

Ross is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the Movement Disorders Society, the Huntington Study Group, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Society for Cell Biology and the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics. Dr. Ross is also an American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Fellow.