Nivedita Thakur, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Co-Director, Advanced Tone Management Clinic, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Movement Disorders Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatric Neurologist , Huntington's Disease (HDSA) Center of Excellence at The University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Chicago, 2001.
MD
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, 2008.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
University of Chicago, 2001.
MD
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, 2008.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric movement disordersDescription of Research Expertise
Pediatric movement disordersSelected Publications
Francesco Gavazzi 1, Samuel R Pierce 2, Joseph Vithayathil 3, Kristin Cunningham 4, Kim Anderson 4, Jacob McCann 3, Ashley Moll 4, Kayla Muirhead 3, Omar Sherbini 3, Erin Prange 3, Holly Dubbs 3, Laura Tochen 5, Jamie Fraser 6, Ingo Helbig 7, Naomi Lewin 3, Nivedita Thakur 7, Laura A Adang 8: Psychometric outcome measures in beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN). Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 137, Sep-Oct 2022.Teixeira, Antonio, Erin Furr Stimming, and William G. Ondo: Movement Disorders in Psychiatry Oxford University Press. Oxford University Press, September 2022 Notes: Chapter 20-Neurometabolic Diseases
Cox CS Jr, Juranek J, Kosmach S, Pedroza C, Thakur N, Dempsey A, Rennie K, Scott MC, Jackson M, Kumar A, Aertker B, Caplan H, Triolo F, Savitz SI.: Autologous cellular therapy for cerebral palsy: a randomized, crossover trial. Brain Communications May 2022.
Klopstock T, Videnovic A, Bischoff AT, Bonnet C, Cif L, Comella C, Correa-Vela M, Escolar ML, Fraser JL, Gonzalez V, Hermanowicz N, Jech R, Jinnah HA, Kmiec T, Lang A, Martí MJ, Mercimek-Andrews S, Monduy M, Nimmo GAM, Perez-Dueñas B, Pfeiffer HCV, Planellas L, Roze E, Thakur N, Tochen L, Vanegas-Arroyave N, Zorzi G, Burns C, Greblikas F: Fosmetpantotenate Randomized Controlled Trial in Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration. Mov Disord June 2021 Notes: epub ahead of print.
Thakur N, Klopstock T, Jackowski S, Kuscer E, Tricta F, Videnovic A, Jinnah HA. : Rational Design of Novel Therapies for Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration. Mov Disord. 2021 May 18. 2021.
Patino J, Karagas NE, Chandra S, Thakur N, Stimming EF: Olfactory Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease. J Huntingtons Dis. 10(4): 413-422, 2021.
Pao, L. P., Zhu, L., Tariq, S., Hill, C. A., Yu, B., Kendrick, M., Jungman, M., Miesner, E. L., Mundluru, S. N., Hall, S. L., Bosques, G., Thakur, N., & Shah, M. N.: Reducing opioid usage: a pilot study comparing postoperative selective dorsal rhizotomy protocols, Journal of Neurosurgery 25(3): 305-310, Nov 2019.
Gauquelin L, Cayami FK, Sztriha L, Yoon G, Tran LT, Guerrero K, Hocke F, van Spaendonk RML, Fung EL, D'Arrigo S, Vasco G, Thiffault I, Niyazov DM, Person R, Lewis KS, Wassmer E, Prescott T, Fallon P, McEntagart M, Rankin J, Webster R, Philippi H, van de Warrenburg B, Timmann D, Dixit A, Searle C; DDD Study, Thakur N, Kruer MC, Sharma S, Vanderver A, Tonduti D, van der Knaap MS, Bertini E, Goizet C, Fribourg S, Wolf NI, Bernard G: Clinical spectrum of POLR3-related leukodystrophy caused by biallelic POLR1C pathogenic variants. Neurol Genet 5(6): e369, Oct 2019.
Sen, P., Thakur, N., Stockton, D., Langston, C., Bejjani, B: Expanding the phenotype of alveolar capillary dysplasia (ACD). The Journal of Pediatrics 145(5): 646-651, Nov 2004.