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Alonso Zea Vera, MD

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Department: Neurology
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48 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima Peru, 2012.
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24 67 Intern, General Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2015-2016.
24 61 Resident, Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2016-2017.
24 66 Resident, Child Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2017-2020.
24 71 Fellow, Pediatric Movement Disorders, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2020-2021.
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28 2f American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 4e Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, 2021.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

2d Pediatric Movement Disorders
10 Dystonia
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e Ataxia
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Selected Publications

476 Quiroz V, Alecu JE, Zubair U, Bernardi K, Zaman Z, Rong J, Tam A, Kunta A, Agianda HAP, Battaglia N, Schmidt HJD, Resch D, Wyman N, Vogt LM, Uraba WB, Becker LF, Kothur K, Gill D, Suarez B, Jofre JI, Arias C, Castiglioni C, da Silva Möller PD, Pinto Duarte AF, Eggers-Lisboa A, Ríos-Pohl L, Gonzalez-Ubilla M, Chaudhari C, Salazar-Villacorta A, Tian X, Dai L, Ding C, Zamani M, Nourbakhsh P, Shariati G, Pringsheim T, Lim WK, Bartolini E, Stamelou M, Bhatia P, Kruer MC, Desai S, Iype M, Necpál J, Crosiers D, Jones HF, Perez-Sanchez JR, Unal ED, Lopez-Ariztegui N, Kola S, Lin WS, Mansour AH, Triki CC, Fernandez-Alvarez E, Roze E, Sahu JK, Doja A, Nardocci N, Caputo D, Koy A, Bhate S, Kaliakatsos M, Robinson R, Hassell J, Pons R, Munchau A, Soliani L, Zea-Vera A, Tochen L, Morales-Briceño H, Dale RC, D'Gama A, Loddenkemper T, Pearl PL, Mohammad SS, Kurian MA, Gorodetsky C, Ortigoza-Escobar JD, Schierbaum L, Yang K, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D: Molecular and clinical spectrum of epilepsy-dyskinesia syndromes: a cross-sectional study of 609 patients. Brain Feb 2026

18b ernardi K, Zhou A, Yang K, Rong J, Quiroz V, Alecu JE, Agianda HAP, Schmidt HJD, Tam A, Carty S, Espasandin-Hueter N, Macaya A, Stamelou M, Pringsheim T, Means M, Lakhotia A, Blackburn J, Zea Vera A, Becker LF, Brüggemann N, Münchau A, Seliverstov Y, Vogt L, Gorodetsky C, Levine JM, Runco AD, Calame DG, Dai L, Ding C, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D.: a5 The Movement Disorder Spectrum of ATP1A3-Related Disorders: Cross-Sectional Analysis and Video Archive of 88 Patients. Mov Disord March 2026.

f5 Bouska, C., Tochen, L., Sen, K., Zea Vera, A.: Genetic Etiology of PRRT2-Negative Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia (PKD). ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting March 2026.

fb Brahmamdam V, Zea Vera A: ATP1A3-related disorder presenting as right sided hemidystonia. 9th International Symposium on Paediatric Movement Disorders, Barcelona, Spain Feb 2026.

123 Elizabeth Pickup, Tasnim Naima, Adriana de la Flor, Cecilia Bouska, Laura Tochen, Alonso Zea Vera: Genetic Testing Practices in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Child Neurology Society Meeting, Charlotte, NC October 2025.

13c Kuntal Sen, Sanam Zarei, Elizabeth Record, Cassidy Petree, Laura Tochen, Alonso Zea Vera, Gaurav Varshney.: Elucidating the Clinical and Molecular Basis of TBC1D24-Related Disorders. Child Neurology Society Meeting. Charlotte, NC October 2025.

110 Cecilia Bouska, Laura Tochen, Kuntal Sen, Alonso Zea Vera: Genetic and Non-Genetic Etiology of PRRT2-Negative Paroxysmal Dyskinesia (PKD). Child Neurology Society Meeting, Charlotte, NC October 2025.

cb Huerta Hurtado A, Zea Vera A.: Diagnosis and treatment of dyskinesias in pediatrics. Medicina (B Aires) 85: 64-70, September 2025.

ff Pickup E, Garris J, Zea Vera A: Movement Disorders in Children: A Primer for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 36(3): 555-574, August 2025.

135 McLeod GA, Switzer AR, Bartolini L, Zea Vera AG, Smith EE, Ganesh A: Management of Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Era of Anti-Amyloid Therapy: A Worldwide Neurology Survey. Neurol Clin Pract. 15(4): e200507, August 2025.

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