Anusha Yeshokumar

Dr. Yeshokumar is a Medical Director in clinical research and development at Bristol Meyers Squibb, focused on neuroinflammation. She also holds an affiliate faculty position at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where she practices as an autoimmune neurologist. She cares for patients with autoimmune encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, and other autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system in children and adults. Her academic research focuses on understanding outcomes after autoimmune encephalitis and identifying clinical and biologic factors associated with these outcomes. Dr. Yeshokumar received her undergraduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University and her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. She completed her pediatric neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and her multiple sclerosis and neuroimmune fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.