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Stephanie A Cross

Penn Medicine Clinician of Psychiatry
Director of Consult and Liaison Service, Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
255 S 17th St Ste 1608
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Office: 267-270-5365
Fax: 877-991-3132
Education:
BA
Swarthmore College, 2004.
PhD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2013.
MS (Integrative Health Sciences)
Thomas Jefferson University, 2025.
Post-Graduate Training
Psychiatry Residency, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2013-2017.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Consult and Liaison Psychiatry

Selected Publications

Cross SA, Kolson DL: Therapeutic Considerations in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND). In: Gendelman, H.E., Ikezu, T. (eds) Neuroimmune Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2nd ed. Springer International Publishing, 2: 737-751, Jan 2017.

Cross S.A., Kolson D.L.: Neuroinflammation and HAND: therapeutic targeting. In: Hope, T., Stevenson, M., Richman, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York, United States, Page: 1-7, Aug 2015 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9610-6_298-1.

Gill AJ, Kovacsics CE, Cross SA, Vance PJ, Kolson LL, Jordan-Sciutto KL, Gelman BB, Kolson DL: Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency accompanies neuropathogenesis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. The Journal of clinical investigation 124(10): 4459-72, Oct 2014.

Akay C, Cooper M, Odeleye A, Jensen BK, White MG, Vassoler F, Gannon PJ, Mankowski J, Dorsey JL, Buch AM, Cross SA, Cook DR, Peña MM, Andersen ES, Christofidou-Solomidou M, Lindl KA, Zink MC, Clements J, Pierce RC, Kolson DL, Jordan-Sciutto KL: Antiretroviral drugs induce oxidative stress and neuronal damage in the central nervous system. Journal of Neurovirology 20(1): 39-53, Feb 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s13365-025-01266-7.

Cook, D.R., Cross, S.A., Soldan, S.S., Kolson, D.L.: NeuroAIDS as an inflammatory disorder. in Gendelman, H., Neurology of AIDS, 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press, Page: 601-618, Dec 2011 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780195399349.003.0047

Cross SA, Cook DR, Chi AWS, Vance PJ, Kolson LL, Wong BJ, Jordan-Sciutto KL, Kolson DL: Dimethyl fumarate, an immune modulator and inducer of the antioxidant response, suppresses HIV replication and macrophage-mediated neurotoxicity: a novel candidate for HIV neuroprotection. Journal of immunology 187(10): 5015-25, Nov 2011.

Cook DR, Gleichman AJ, Cross SA, Doshi S, Ho W, Jordan-Sciutto KL, Lynch DR, Kolson DL: NMDA receptor modulation by the neuropeptide apelin: implications for excitotoxic injury. Journal of neurochemistry 118(6): 1113-23, Sep 2011.

Siwicki KK, Riccio P, Ladewski L, Marcillac F, Dartevelle L, Cross SA, Ferveur JF: The role of cuticular pheromones in courtship conditioning of Drosophila males. Learning & Memory 12(6): 636-45, Nov 2005.

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