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Office
3471 Fifth Avenue
Kaufman Medical Building, Suite #810
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-692-4916- Is this information wrong?
Clinical Expertise
- Botulinum toxin injections, Deep brain stimulation, Clinical research, Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, Gene therapy, Laboratory research
Education & Training
- University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineCertificate in Clinical Research, Clinical Research, 2015 - 2016
- UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Movement Disorders, 2013 - 2015
- UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Neurology, 2009 - 2013
- University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2014 - 2024
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- NINDS Conference Grant for the Parkinson Study Group NINDS, 2016
- American Academy of Neurology Fellows Scholarship AAN, 2015
- ABF-PDF Clinician Scientist Development Award in Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson's Disease Foundation & American Brain Foundation, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trial: An Opportunity to Prevent Dementia. A Study of Potential Disease Modifying Treatments in Individuals at Risk for or With a Type of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease Caused by a Genetic Mutation. Master Protocol DIAN-TU-001 Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
- Safety Study of AADC Gene Therapy (VY-AADC01) for Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
- Safety and Efficacy Study of VY-AADC01 for Advanced Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2017 May 11
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 364 citationsLRRK2 activation in idiopathic Parkinson’s diseaseRoberto Di Maio, Eric K. Hoffman, Emily M. Rocha, Matthew T. Keeney, Laurie H. Sanders
Science Translational Medicine. 2018-07-25 - 17 citationsGene therapy for Parkinson's disease: contemporary practice and emerging concepts.Aristide Merola, Amber D. Van Laar, Russell R. Lonser, Krzysztof Bankiewicz
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 2020-05-19 - 171 citationsUnregulated Cytosolic Dopamine Causes Neurodegeneration Associated with Oxidative Stress in MiceLinan Chen, Yunmin Ding, Barbara Cagniard, Amber D. Van Laar, Amanda D. Mortimer
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2008-01-09
Journal Articles
- Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson Disease: Update on the Diagnosis and TreatmentAmber D. Van Laar, MD and Samay Jain, MD, MS, Neurologist, 7/10/2014
Abstracts/Posters
- Intraputaminal AADC gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease: Interim Results of a Phase 1bChristine CW, Bankiewicz KS, Van Laar AD, Richardson R, Ravina B, Kells A, Boot B, Martin A, Thompson M, Larson P, European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy, XXV Anniversary Congress, Berlin, Germany, 10/2017
- Real-time MRI-guided intraputaminal AADC gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease.Richardson R, Christine CW, Bankiewicz KS, Van Laar AD, Ravina B, Kells A, Boot B, Larson P, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Quadrennial Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 6/2017
- Intraputaminal AADC gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease: Interim Results of a Phase 1b Trial.Christine CW, Bankiewicz KS, Van Laar AD, Richardson R, Ravina B, Kells A, Boot B, Martin A, Thompson M, Larson P., American Academy of Neurology 69th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 4/2017
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Grant Support
- UPP Foundation GrantUniversity of Pittsburgh Physicians Foundation2017–2018
- NeuroDisovery Pilot GrantUniversity of Pittsburgh Brain Institute2016–2018
- Clinician-Scientist Development AwardParkinson's Disease Foundation & American Academy of Neurology2014–2017
Committees
- Core member, Women in Neurology 2016 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Society for NeuroscienceMember
- Parkinson Study GroupMember
Hospital Affiliations
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC EastMonroeville, Pennsylvania
- UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport, Pennsylvania
- UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC St. MargaretPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC MercyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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