Alice Ford
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St.
3 W Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce St.
3 W Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
forda@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
forda@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Education:
BA
University of Vermont, 2010.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2018.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2018.
BA
University of Vermont, 2010.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2018.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 2018-2019.
Resident in Neurology, Hosp. of the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 2019-2022.
Neurovascular Fellow, Hosp. of the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 2023-2024.
Intern in Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 2018-2019.
Resident in Neurology, Hosp. of the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 2019-2022.
Neurovascular Fellow, Hosp. of the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 2023-2024.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), 2022.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology), 2024.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), 2022.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology), 2024.
Selected Publications
David Fischer, Sahily Reyes-Esteves, Connor Law, Alice Ford, Peter Schwab, Benjamin S Abella, Andrea L C Schneider, Monisha A Kumar: Implementation of a specialized neuroprognostication consultation program and associated provider attitudes: A survey-based study. Resuscitation Plus 23, May 2025.Favilla, C.G., Ford, A.F., Khazaal, O., Cristancho, D., Grodinsky, E., Dawod, J., Kasner, S.E.: Reliability of past medical history in a single hospital participating in Get With the Guidelines- Stroke registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 5(11), Jul 2022.
Kim, H.J., Mohassel, P., Donkervoort, S., Guo, L., O’Donovan, K., Coughlin, M., Lornage, X., Foulds, N., Hammans, S.R., Foley, A.R., Fare, C.M., Ford, A.F., Ogasawara, M., Sato, A., Iida, A., Munot, P., Ambegaonkar, G., Phadke, R., O’Donovan, D.G., Buchert, R., Grimmel, M., Topf, A., Zaharieva, I.T., Brady, L., Hu, Y., Lloyd, T.E., Klein, A., Steinlin, M., Kuster, A., Mercier, S., Marcorelles, P., Pereon, Y., Fleurence, E., Manzur, A., Ennis, S., Upstill-Goddard, R., Bello, L., Bertolin, C., Pegoraro, E., Salviati, L., French, C.E., Shatillo, A., Raymond, F.L., Haack, T., Quijano-Roy, S., Bohm, J., Nelson, I., Stojkovic, T., Evangelista, T., Straub, V., Romero, N.B., Laporte, J., Muntoni, F., Nishino, I., Tarnopolsky, M.A., Shorter, J., Bonnemann, C.G., Taylor, J.P.: Heterozygous frameshift variants in hnRNPA2B1 cause early-onset oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Nature Communications 13(1), Apr 2022.
Beijer, D., Kim, H.J., Guo, L., O’Donovan, K., Mademan, I., Deconinck, T., Van Schil, K., Fare, C.M., Drake, L.E., Ford, A.F., Kochanski, A., Kabzinska, D., Dubuisson, N., Van den Bergh, P., Voermans, N.C., Lemmers, R.J.L.F., van der Maarel, S.M., Bonner, D., Sampson, J.B., Wheeler, M.T., Mehrabyan, A., Palmer, S., De Jonghe, P., Shorter, J., Taylor, J.P., Baets, J.: Characterization of HNRNPA1 mutations defines diversity in pathogenic mechanisms and clinical presentation. JCI Insight 6(14), Jul 2021
Ford, A.F., George, D.K.: A 34-year-old woman with numbness, weakness, and vision loss. Healio, Ace the Case. https://cme.healio.com/neurology/ace-the-case/20210610/a-34-year-old-woman-withnumbness-weakness-and-vision-loss/overview 2021.
Harrison, A.F., Shorter, J.: RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in health and disease. Biochemical Journal 474(8): 1417-1438, 2017.
Ford, A.F., Shorter, J.: Fleeting amyloid-like forms of Rim4 ensure meiotic fidelity. Cell 163(2): 275-276, 2015.
Kim, H.J., Kim, N.C., Wang, Y.D., Scarborough, E.A., Moore, J., Diaz, Z., MacLea, K.S., Freibaum, B., Li, S., Molliex, A., Kanagaraj, A.P., Carter, R., Boylan, K.B., Wojtas, A.M., Rademakers, R., Pinkus, J.L., Greenberg, S.A., Trojanowski, J.Q., Traynor, B.J., Smith, B.N., Topp, S., Gkazi, A.S., Miller, J., Shaw, C.E., Kottlors, M., Kirschner, J., Pestronk, A., Li, Y.R., Ford, A.F., Gitler, A.D., Benatar, M., King, O.D., Kimonis, V.E., Ross, E.D., Weihl, C.C., Shorter, J., Taylor, J.P.: Mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and ALS. Nature. Mar 2013.
Ford, A.F., Schall, J.J.: Relative clonal proportions over time in mixed-genotype infections of the lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium mexicanum. International Journal for Parasitology Jun 2011.
Ford, A.F., Vardo-Zalik, A.M., Schall, J.J.: Relative clonal density of malaria parasites in mixed-genotype infections: validation of a technique using microsatellite markers for Plasmodium falciparum and P. mexicanum. Journal of Parasitology 96, Jun 2010.