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DeWitte T. Cross, III, M.D.
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Interventional Neuroradiology Neuroradiology Section Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology NeuroVascular
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Biographical Sketch Dr. Cross received a degree in chemistry from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, then attended medical school at the University of Alabama in Birmingham on a U.S. Navy scholarship, graduating in 1980. His internship in internal medicine was completed at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. Following internship, he spent a year as general medical officer assigned to a ship ported in New York and Norfolk. He completed his radiology residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, then served as head of radiology at the Naval Air Station Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. After leaving military service, Dr. Cross moved to New York City to complete a fellowship in neuroradiology. He was trained in interventional neuroradiology by Dr. Sadek K. Hilal, one of the field?s pioneers and a Gold Medalist of the American Society of Neuroradiology, at the Neurological Institute of New York, a division of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. After fellowship, Dr. Cross remained on the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons until moving to St. Louis to begin an interventional neuroradiology service at the Washington University Medical Center in late 1991. Working with the support of Dr. Ralph Dacey, chairman of Neurosurgery, Dr. Ronald Evens, chairman of Radiology, and his skillful colleagues, Dr. Christopher Moran and Dr. Colin Derdeyn, the interventional neuroradiology service has grown over the years into one of the largest and busiest in the country. It now provides services to neurosurgeons, vascular surgeons, neurologists, otolaryngologists, orthopedic surgeons, oncologists, and other radiologists for a variety of cerebral and spinal diseases and malformations, including cerebral aneurysms, strokes, atherosclerotic stenosis, tumors, AVMs, and vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Dr. Cross is married to an accomplished neurologist on the faculty,
Dr.
Anne H. Cross, a medical school classmate who is now an editorial board
member of the Journal of Neurology. She specializes in seeing patients
with multiple sclerosis and researches the cause of the disease with NIH
and National MS Society grants. The Crosses have two children, a son (age
8) who wants to become an orthodontist and a daughter (age 10) who wants
to become a pediatrician. The children think Dr. DeWitte Cross?s work in
interventional neuroradiology is ?really cool,? but they aren?t sure they
like the idea of ?putting wires in people?s heads,? often characterized
as ?gross.? Dr. DeWitte Cross?s younger sister is also in the medical field,
a veterinarian who supervises a research group, but his children know their
aunt mostly for the many dogs, cats, and horses they can visit at her home.
Research Summary Dr. DeWitte Cross's current research interests are primarily in the
areas of stroke (intra-arterial thrombolysis) and vasospasm (endovascular
therapy). Other investigations have included the study of adhesives for
embolization (Avacryl, NBCA) and the safety and effectiveness of contrast
agents. He is an active member of the American Society of Interventional
& Therapeutic Neuroradiology and serves on society committees to recommend
and evaluate guidelines for stroke therapy and to rate abstracts submitted
for national presentations. He is a senior member of the American Society
of Neuroradiology and serves on a committee (CCAMRA) researching the accuracy
of MRA for determination of carotid stenosis. Other society memberships
include the American Medical Association and the Radiological Society of
North America. Dr. Cross?s editorial responsibilities include reviewing
articles submitted to the American Journal of Neuroradiology, the Journal
of Neurosurgery, and the Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology.
Contact me email: crossde@mir.wustl.edu |
