Lauren Hammer, MD, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
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330 South 9th Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education:
BS (Summa Cum Laude in Biomedical Engineering)
Northwestern University, 2008.
PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Northwestern University, 2015.
MD (Magna Cum Laude in Scientia Experimentali)
Northwestern University, 2016.
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Selected Publications

Roller JR, Yahia A, Stevanin G, Ahmed AE, Alawadhi AMT, Almannai M, Busehail MY, Choi AH, Elhassan AA, Elsayed LEO, Goode C, Hammer LH, Laukaitis C, Begtrup A, Paul RA, Roohi J, Tomoum HY, Bauer P, Schöls L, Basto JP, Synofzik M, Hengel H.: The RAB3A hot spot variant R83W causes spasticity as part of the ataxia-spasticity spectrum. Brain Jan 2026.

Goldblum Z, Shi H, Xu Z, Ojemann W, Aguila CA, Long K, Xie K, Nix KC, Walsh K, Chang E, Lavelle S, Bach B, Davis KA, Sinha N, Hammer LH, Conrad EC, Litt B: An Implantable Device that Converses with Patients and Learns to Co-Manage Epilepsy. medRxiv 2026.

Borges PGLB, Qureshi Q, Hammer LH, Cajigas I.: Effect of Motor Imagery on Tremor in a Patient With Parkinson Disease Undergoing Intraoperative Testing. Neurology 105: e214246, Nov 2025.

Yao J, Hammer L, Shi C, Suh J, Li L, Lawrence D, Starr P, Little S : Generalizable Automated Optimization Pipeline for Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation Parameter Selection in Parkinson’s Disease. IEEE Conf on Neural Engineering, San Diego, USA Nov 2025.

Leung B, Cernera C, Oehrn C, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Little S, Starr PA, Hammer LHH: Bayesian Classification With and Without Temporal History for Estimating Parkinsonian Symptom State for Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation. IEEE Conf on Neural Engineering, San Diego, USA Nov 2025.

Hammer L, Cernera S, Oehrn C, Shcherbakova M, Hahn A, Yao J, Weiss O, Little S, Starr P: Stimulation-Entrained Gamma-Driven Adaptive DBS Improves Motor Diary Reports of Symptom Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease. The International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Honolulu, USA Oct 2025.

Zelikovich AS, Schneider S, Mandal AS, Hammer LH, Lancaster E : A Case Report of a Patient with Progressive Subacute Autonomic Dysfunction From an Autoimmune Cause. American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Annual Meeting Oct 2025.

Leung B, Cernera C, Oehrn C, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Little S, Starr PA, Hammer LHH: Bayesian Models of Parkinsonian Symptom States for Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation: A Comparison of Classifiers With and Without Temporal History. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting Oct 2025.

Leung B, Cernera S, Oehrn CR, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Little S, Starr PA, Hammer LHH: Bayesian Models of Parkinsonian Symptom States for Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation: A Comparison of Classifiers With and Without Temporal History. Biomedical Engineering Society 2025 Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA Oct 2025.

Yao J, Shcherbakova M, Hahn A, Hammer L, Cernera S, Oehrn C, Little S, Starr P: Full-year Open-label Tracking of Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease in Two Patients: Considerations for Long-term Algorithm Maintenance. The International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Honolulu, USA Oct 2025.

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Last updated: 03/03/2026
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