Alison Christy

Clinical Director for Pediatric Neurology,
Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Child Neurology

Dr. Alison Christy is the clinical director of the pediatric neurology program at Providence Health and Services in Portland and took on the role of editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child Neurology in January 2025. She is chair of the History of Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology, where her work in history research won the Tyler Award in 2023 and the Lawrence C. McHenry Award in 2024. She makes podcasts about women from history for the Neurology Minute. With Dr. Zach London of the University of Michigan, she made card games featuring women from the history of medicine: Endowed Chairs: Neurology and Endowed Chairs: Pediatrics, available at neurdgames.com. They also co-created a Wordle-like neurology game found at Neurdle.com.