Washington University School of Medicine

Becky Parks, MD

Dr. Parks is the only part-time faculty member in the Department of Neurology. She spends approximately 40% of her time on direct patient care and 40% of her time as principle or co-investigator in several ongoing clinical trials for multiple sclerosis treatment.

Medical Training

Dr. Parks received her medical degree and internal medicine training at Loma Linda University in California. She did her neurology residency and fellowship training at Yale University. Following her fellowship she practiced for several years at Saint Louis University. In 2002 she joined the Neuroimmunology section of the Department of Neurology at Washington University, under the direction of Dr. Anne Cross.

Selected Publications

1. Klawiter EC, Benzinger TL, Roy A, Naismith RT, Parks BJ, Cross AH. Spinal Cord Ring Enhancement in Multiple Sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 2010;67(11):1395-1398.

2. Cross AH, Parks BJ. The Four Seasons of MS. Neurology. 2010 Aug 31;75(9):762-3.

3. Naismith RT, Piccio L, Lyons JA, Lauber J, Tutlam NT, Parks BJ, Trinkaus K, Song SK, Cross AH. Rituximab add-on therapy for breakthrough relapsing multiple sclerosis: a 52-week Phase II Trial. Neurology. 2010 Jun 8;74(23):1860-7.

4. Piccio L, Naismith RT, Trinkaus K, Klein RS, Parks BJ, Lyons JA, Cross AH. Changes in B and T lymphocytes and chemokines with rituximab treatment in multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 2010 Jun;67(6):707-14)

5. De Riz, M, Balimberti D, Fenoglio C, Piccio LM, Scalabrini D, Venturelli E, Pietroboni A, Piola M, Naismith RT, Parks BJ, Fumagalli G, Bresolin N, Cross AH, Scarpini E. Cerebrospinal fluid progranulin levels in patients with different multiple sclerosis subtypes. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Jan 22;469(2):234-6.