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Eric Lancaster, MD,PhD

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Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Neurology
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35 The Johns Hopkins University, 1994.
21 8 PhD 19 (Neuroscience) c
33 The University of Maryland, 2002.
21 7 MD 15 (medicine) c
33 The University of Maryland, 2003.
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Description of Research Expertise

f4 Neuronal autoantibodies, encephalitis, acquired neuromyotonia (Isaacs' syndrome), peripheral nerve hyperexcitability, potassium channels, the glycine receptor, the GABA-B receptor, neuromuscular disorders, stiff person syndrome.
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Selected Publications

fd Zelikovich AS, Schneider S, Mandal AS, Hammer LH, Lancaster E.: Clinical reasoning: a 72-year-old man with progressive pan-dysautonomia. Neurology 105(5): e213994, September 2025.

de Eric Lancaster: Autoimmune Encephalitis. Chapter in Decision Making in Adult Neurology, 2nd Edition. Brett Cucchiara and Raymond Price. (eds.). 2025.

145 Lancaster E.: Autoimmune Encephalitis due to CNS Synaptic Antibodies. Chapter in Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. (Chapter). Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. Robert Lisak, Section Editor. John England, Editor (eds.). Elsevier, 2025.

11f Sharma R, Bellacicco NJ, Husar WG, Park JH, Lancaster E, Singer M.: Pearls & Oy-sters: Breaking Bad CIDP: Recognition of Anti-NF155 Autoimmune Nodopathy in Refractory CIDP. Neurology. Page: e209848. November 2024.

122 Sharma R, Bellacicco NJ, Husar WG, Park JH, Lancaster E, Singer M.: Pearls and Oy-sters: Breaking-bad CIDP: recognition of anti-NF155 autoimmune nodopathy in refractory CIDP. Neurology 103(10): e209848, November 2024.

39c Alfred L Garfall , Adam D Cohen , Sandra P Susanibar-Adaniya , Wei-Ting Hwang , Dan T Vogl , Adam J Waxman , Simon F Lacey , Vanessa E Gonzalez , Joseph A Fraietta , Minnal Gupta , Irina Kulikovskaya , Lifeng Tian , Fang Chen , Natalka Koterba , Robert L Bartoszek , Margaret Patchin , Rong Xu , Gabriela Plesa , Don L Siegel, Andrea Brennan , Anne Marie Nelson, Regina Ferthio, Angela Cosey , Kim-Marie Shea, Rachel Leskowitz , Megan Four , Wesley V Wilson , Fei Miao , Eric Lancaster, Beatriz M Carreno, Gerald P Linette , Elizabeth O Hexner , Regina M Young, Dexiu Bu, Keith G Mansfield , Jennifer L Brogdon , Carl H June, Michael C Milone , Edward A Stadtmauer : Anti-BCMA/CD19 CAR T Cells with Early Immunomodulatory Maintenance for Multiple Myeloma Responding to Initial or Later-Line Therapy. Blood Cancer Discov 4(2): 118-133, Mar 2023.

d9 Lancaster, E.: Autoimmune Encephalitis. Chapter in Decision Making in Adult Neurology. Brett Cucchiara and Raymond Price (eds.). Elsevier, 2023.

1c7 Yoji Hoshina, Jonathan Galli, Ka-Ho Wong, Tibor Kovacsovics, Mary Steinbach, Karen L Salzman, Joseph Scott McNally, Eric Lancaster, M. Mateo Paz Soldán, and Stacey L. Clardy: GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma: 3 cases and Literature Review. Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 9(6): e200024, Aug 2022.

189 Hoshina Y, Galli J, Wong KH, Kovacsovics T, Steinbach M, Salzman KL, McNally JS, Lancaster E, Paz Soldán MM, Clardy SL. : GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant forMultiple Myeloma: Three Cases and Literature Review. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 9(6): e200024, Aug 2022.

1dd Adam M Kruszewski, Zujaja Tauqeer, Elana A Meer, Sana Ali Bautista, Neena R Cherayil, Marcus E Cimino, Sami L Khella, Eric Lancaster, Shawn J Bird, Steven S Scherer, Karen E Revere, Ali G Hamedani, Grant T Liu, Madhura A Tamhankar: Vision Loss as a Presenting Feature of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Series. Journal of Neuroophthalmology Aug 2022 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

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