Laura Dresser, MD

Laura P. Dresser, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Dresser specializes in neuroimmunology and multiple sclerosis and cares for patients with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, myasthenia gravis, and other autoimmune neurologic conditions. She is a member of the Department of Neurology’s Women’s Neurology Group and has a particular interest in neurologic conditions affecting women across the lifespan.

Dr. Dresser has contributed to clinical and translational research in neuroimmunology, women’s neurology, and neurologic autoimmune diseases. Her scholarly work includes investigations of treatment outcomes in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis therapies, myasthenia gravis, and neurologic disorders in pregnancy. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and presented her work at national meetings, including the American Academy of Neurology and the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS).

Dr. Dresser earned her medical degree from Rosario University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Bogotá, Colombia. She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at NorthShore University HealthSystem–University of Chicago, followed by a Neurology residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center. During her residency, she also completed fellowship training at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She subsequently completed fellowships in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at the University of Chicago Medical Center and Women’s Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Prior to joining Vanderbilt in 2025, Dr. Dresser practiced as a neurologist at the MS & Neuromuscular Center of Excellence and Mease Countryside and Mease Dunedin Hospitals in Florida.