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

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.

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