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Aaron C.W. Lasker, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director, HDSA Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology

Contact information
330 S 9th Street
3rd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Office: 215.829.6500
Fax: 215.829.6606
Education:
B.Sc (Neuroscience)
Brown University, Providence, RI, 2007.
MD (Neurology)
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2013.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship for Internal Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 2013-2014.
Residency in Neurology, Harvard Neurology Residency Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2014-2017.
Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology, Harvard Neurology Residency Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA, 2017-2018.
Fellowship in Movement Disorders, Harvard Neurology Residency Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA, 2017-2018.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certified Neurologist , 2017.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Movement Disorders Specialist with an interest in Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. Special interest in cognition, non-motor symptoms and neuropalliative care. clinical administration of botulinum toxin injections.

Selected Publications

ALLAN COLE: Parkinson's and Palliative care. PDwise.com February 2022.

A Shaji, N Ko, M Solanki, Y Ocasio, P Kaur, E Muller, A Mendez, A Lasker: Mindfulness Based Program for Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Patients. Movement Disorders Society, 2022, Annual Congress - Madrid 2022.

A Shaji, N Ko, M Solanki, Y Ocasio, P Kaur, E Muller, A Mendez, A Lasker: Mindfulness Based Program for Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Patients. American Neurological Association, 2022 Annual Meeting 2022.

C. Ashton, C Tacci, R Laracuente, E Sorberg, L Solis-Cohen, S Horn, A Lasker, V Vanderhorst and L Shih.: Spatio-temporal Analysis and Modeling of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease. American Neurological Association, Annual Meeting 2016 Notes: Lecturer and power-point slide developer.

Kitsios GD, Lasker A, Singh J, Thaler DE.: Recurrent stroke on imaging and presumed paradoxical embolism: a cross-sectional analysis. Neurology 8(13): 993-997, Mar 27 2012.

Fried SI, Lasker AC, Desai NJ, Eddington DK, Rizzo JF 3rd.: Axonal sodium-channel bands shape the response to electric stimulation in retinal ganglion cells. J Neurophysiol. 101(4): 1972-1987, Apr 2009.

S Fried, A Lasker, D Eddington & J Rizzo. : Individual Retinal Ganglion Cell Sub-Types Respond Differently To Electric Stimulation. Bio-Medical Engineering Society, Annual Meeting 2008 Notes: Lecturer and power-point slide developer.

A.C. Lasker, J.F. Rizzo, A. Koizumi, S.I. Fried. : The Size and Location of the Spike Initiation Zone is Variable in Rabbit Retinal Ganglion Cells. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting 2008 Notes: Lecturer and power-point slide developer.

S.I. Fried, A.C. Lasker, D.K. Eddington, J.F. Rizzo. : Two Different Parts of the Ganglion Cell Axon Are Activated by Epi-Retinal Electrical Stimulation. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting. 2008 Notes: Lecturer and power-point slide developer.

Podolsky MJ, Lasker A, Flaminio MJ, Gowda LD, Ezekowitz RA, Takahashi K.: Characterization of an Equine Mannose-Binding Lectin and its Roles in Disease. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 343(3): 928-936, May 12 2006.

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