Richard Rudick, MD

Richard A. Rudick, MD, is currently Professor of Medicine in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, the Hazel Prior Hostetler Chair of Neurology, Director of the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, and Vice Chairman of Research and Development in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Rudick graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1975. Following internship and residency in medicine at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Rudick trained in neurology at the University of Rochester. During a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Center for Brain Research at the University of Rochester, studies focused on neurologic consequences of immune complex disease in animal systems and immunologic abnormalities in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Dr. Rudick’s subsequent studies on cerebrospinal fluid in MS were supported by an NIH clinical investigator career development award.

Dr. Rudick became Director of the Mellen Center in 1987. He has played key roles in several MS clinical trials, including pivotal registration trials of IFNß-1a (Avonex) and natalizumab (Tysabri) for relapsing-remitting MS. He continues studies on immunologic changes in MS patients, has led development of new clinical and imaging measures for MS trials and maintains a consultative clinical practice at the Mellen Center. Dr. Rudick has maintained continuous competitive grant funding from the NIH and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for over 25 years.

Dr. Rudick established the Office of Clinical Research at Cleveland Clinic in 2001, and was the founding Chairman of the Division of Clinical Research in 2003. In that role, Dr. Rudick established a new General Clinical Research Center at Cleveland Clinic, secured a large Roadmap Clinical Research Training Program award from NIH (the Roadmap K12 Program), led a multidisciplinary effort to secure accreditation of the Cleveland Clinic Human Subjects Protection Program, and provided oversight for expansion of patient-based clinical and translational research. Dr. Rudick played a pivotal role in securing a Clinical and Translational Sciences Award from the NIH, serving as the CTSA Co-Principal Investigator. The CWRU/Cleveland Clinic CTSA created an academic home for clinical and translational research and city-wide infrastructure to support patient-based research.

Robert Fox, MD, is a Staff Neurologist at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Cleveland Clinic. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University, neurology residency training at the University of Pennsylvania, multiple sclerosis fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic, and a master’s degree in Clinical Research from Case Western Reserve University.

He serves as an advisory committee member and principal site investigator for many clinical trials, including coordinating global principal investigator for a Phase III clinical trial of dimethyl fumarate in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS).

Dr. Fox’s current research interests focus on innovative MRI techniques to evaluate MS treatments and tissue recovery after injury, where he is principal investigator and co-investigator on grants funded by the NIH and National MS Society. He serves as a member of various advisory and review committees for the National MS Society. He is also Managing Director of the NARCOMS MS Patient Registry, a member of the General Advisory Council and Research Programs Committee for the Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center, and a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry regarding the development of new treatments for MS.

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
1987

Additional Training

Masters of Science in Clinical Research, Case Western Reserve University, 2003

Professional Highlights

Vice Chairman, Research and Development, Neurological Institute, 2007-Present
Director, Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, and Hazel Prior Hostetler Professor of Neurology, 1987-Present
Chairman, Division of Clinical Research, Cleveland Clinic, 2003-2007
Co-Principal Investigator, Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Clinic CTSA, 2000-Present
Principal Investigator, Cleveland Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training Program (Roadmap K12 Program), 2004-Present
Advisory Committee on Fellowships, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Chair, 2011-2012)
International Coordinating Investigator, Phase III clinical trial of BG00012
Editorial Board, Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Managing Director, NARCOMS MS Patient Registry
Scientific Expert Working Group on CCSVI, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
MS Clinical Phenotype Subcommittee, International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in MS
Medical Monitor, Phase I Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation in MS
Ad hoc reviewer, NIH ZRG1 BDCN-N Member Conflict Special Emphasis Panel
Committee for Responsible Research Conduct, Cleveland Clinic
Neurosciences Sub-Chair, Research Programs Committee, Cleveland Clinic

Specialty Interests

Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology

Awards & Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society, elected as a Junior Student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 1974
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award, Ohio University College of Arts and Sciences, 1994
Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award for Humanistic Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 1995
Hazel Prior Hostetler Professor of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, 1996
Alumnus of the Year Award, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, 1998
Innovation Award for Brain Parenchymal Fraction Software, Enterprise Development, Inc., 2000
Arnold and Geri King Lifetime Achievement Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2002
Health Care Professional Hall of Fame Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2003
Continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NINDS, NCRR) and the National MS Society, 1981-Present
National Center for Research Resources (NIH) Council, 2006-Present
Council of Councils Member (NIH Director's Office), 2007-Present
1991 James Olds Memorial Neuroscience Thesis Award
1992 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Grant
1996 Sellards Travel Award to Johannesburg, South Africa
1996 Medical and Chirurgical Society of Maryland Award for Excellence in Organized Medicine
1996 Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Prize, Johns Hopkins University
1999 Zeritzky Resident Clinical Research Award, University of Pennsylvania
2000 Potiker Fellow, Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research
2001 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Dale McFarlin Travel Award
2003-2012 Top Doctors, Cleveland Magazine
2008 Outstanding Physician/PA Team, Cleveland Clinic
2009 Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
2011 Researcher Hall of Fame, National MS Society

Innovations & Patents

Dr. Rudick is a recognized pioneer in the treatment and research of multiple sclerosis (MS). As an internationally recognized thought leader in the MS field, he is invited to provide lectures and consultations regarding clinical research programs in MS worldwide.

Memberships

American Academy of Neurology
American Neurological Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
American Association of Physicians
Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society
American Academy of Neurology
American Society of Neuroimaging
American Medical Association

Research & Publications

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As of 2/7/2014, Dr. Rudick has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Rudick receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant, speaker or member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

Biogen Idec, Inc.

Donation of Financial Interest. Dr. Rudick has consulted for, received compensation for serving as a fiduciary from, or received royalties from the following companies but instructed them to donate all compensation to not-for-profit causes or to the Cleveland Clinic to support research and education:

Genzyme Corporation

Public Health Service-Reportable Financial Conflicts of Interest. Cleveland Clinic scientists and physicians engage in basic, translational and clinical research activities, working to solve health problems, enhance patient care and improve quality of life for patients. Interactions with industry are essential to bringing the researchers' discoveries to the public, but can present the potential for conflicts of interest related to their research activities. Click here to view a listing of instances where Cleveland Clinic has identified a Public Health Service (PHS)-Reportable Financial Conflict of Interest and has put measures in place to ensure that, to the extent possible, the design, conduct and reporting of the research is free from bias.

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