Lauren Hammer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
330 South 9th Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Publications
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.
Permanent linkBS (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.
Selected Publications
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. Brain Stimulation 18: 208-617, 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.
Oehrn CR, Cernera S, Hammer LH, Shcherbakova M, Hahn A, Smyth C, Little S, Starr PA.: At-home adaptive deep brain stimulation improves motor fluctuations in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A single-blind randomized study. The XXV Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Stockholm, Sweden Sep 2023 Notes: Poster.
Hammer L, Yilmaz E, Little S, Zahed H, Volz MM, Ravi S, Wang S, Starr PA, Ostrem JL.: Stability of basal ganglia beta band power distribution during continuous deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: analysis of sub-cohort from the ADAPT-PD. The International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Copenhagen, Denmark Aug 2023 Notes: Poster.
Cernera S, Oehrn CR, Hammer LH, Yao J, Shcherbakova M, Hahn AG, Wang SS, Racine CA, Ostrem JL, Smyth CN, Little S, Starr PA: At-home, embedded closed-loop deep brain stimulation using data-driven neural physiomarkers alleviates residual motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. The 10th International BCI Meeting: Balancing Innovation and Translation, Brussels, Belgium Jun 2023 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Hammer LH, Oehrn CR, Cernera S, Yao J, Shcherbakova M, Hahn AG, Wang SS, Racine CA, Ostrem JL, Smyth CN, Little S, Starr PA.: Long term stability of subthalamic nucleus physiomarkers during optimization of an adaptive deep brain stimulation system. The 9th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting, Bethesda, USA Jun 2023 Notes: Oral Presentation.