Faculty

Lauren Hammer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Neurology

Graduate Group Affiliations

Neuroscience

Contact information

330 South 9th Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Publications

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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

Cernera S, Shcherbakova M, Hammer LH, Friedrich M, Peach R, Ip CW, Bledsoe I, Little S, Starr PA.: Oscillatory dynamics in isolated dystonia: five hundred hours of chronic invasive multisite motor network recordings. J Neurophysiol Jul 2025.

Qureshi Q, Borges P, Davis P, Kim MJ, Sargur K, Haggerty J, Wingel K, Mermel C, Byun B, Miller J, Dister J, Hammer LH, Pesaran Bijan, Rapoport BI, Cajigas I: M1-STN Coherence and Connectivity Analyses Using a Novel, High-Density Array. American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Meeting April 2025.

Yao J, Hammer L, Oehrn C, Cernera S, Shcherbakova M, Hahn A, Lawrence D, Little S, Starr P: Personalized neural biomarker optimization improves classification of medication state in Parkinson’s disease. 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference Feb 2025.

Oehrn CR, Salehi N, Weber I, Petershagen W, Cernera S, Hammer LH, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Wang S, Ostrem JL, Little S, Starr PA: Neural oscillations inform deep brain stimulation for cognitive and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference Feb 2025.

Oehrn C, Cernera S, Hammer L, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Wang S, Ostrem J, Little S, Starr P: Technical challenges in developing chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease. 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference Feb 2025.

Cernera S, Oehrn CR, Hammer LH, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Wang S, Ostrem JL, Little S, Starr PA.: Sustained Clinical Benefit of Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Using Gamma Oscillations: A Case Report. Mov Disord Dec 2024.

Vizcarra JA, Yarlagadda S, Xie K, Ellis CA, Spindler M, Hammer LH.: Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis and Quantitative Phenotyping of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: A Systematic Review. J Clin Med 13: 7009, Nov 2024.

Oehrn CR, Cernera S, Hammer LH (co-first author), Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Wang S, Ostrem JL, Little S, Starr PA.: Chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation versus conventional stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a blinded randomized feasibility trial. Nat Med Aug 2024.

Cummins DD, Sandoval-Pistorius SS, Cernera S, Fernandez-Gajardo F, Hammer LH, Starr PA: Physiological effects of dual target DBS in an individual with Parkinson's disease and a sensing-enabled pulse generator. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 122(106089), May 2024.

Cummins DD, Sandoval-Pistorius SS, Cernera S, Fernandez R, Hammer LH, Starr PA: Subthalamic-pallidal beta coherence and gamma entrainment: Assessing STN-GP connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease. Society for Neuroscience Nov 2023.