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San Diego, CA 92121Phone+1 858-657-8540- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a movement disorders neurologist at the University of California San Diego where I am a clinician scientist and movement disorders fellowship program co-director. I received my medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons with residency and fellowship training in Movement disorders at the University of Pennsylvania. I specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of Movement Disorders (Parkinson's Disease, essential tremor, atypical parkinsonian syndromes, dystonia, ataxia, chorea etc) and am proficient in the administration of botlinum toxin and managing deep brain stimulation. My research interest is in the neuropathology of movement disorders specifically using novel image analysis techniques on post mortem tissue to discern patterns of spread of pathology in neurodegenerative disease and relating these measures to clinical, imaging, and CSF measurements collected during life.
Education & Training
- University of PennsylvaniaMA, Translational Research, 2017 - 2019
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 2016 - 2019
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 2013 - 2016
- Temple University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2012
- Brown UniversityBSc, Neuroscience, Magna Cum Laude, 2003 - 2007
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2016 - 2021
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Whitehill Award For Research and Mentoring UC-San Diego, 2021
- AAN Safety and Quality Award American Academy of Neurology, 2019
- Penn Healthcare Hero UPHS, 2018
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Clinical Trials
- PDGeneration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2019 Aug 15
- PPMI Clinical - Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Sex differences for clinical correlates of substantia nigra neuron loss in people with Lewy body pathology.Ece Bayram, David G Coughlin, Ravi Rajmohan, Irene Litvan> ;Biology of Sex Differences. 2024 Jan 19
- TDP43 pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy retinas.Ragini Phansalkar, Vanessa S Goodwill, Jeffrey J Nirschl, Chiara De Lillo, Elizabeth Spurlock, David G Coughlin, Donald Pizzo, Christina J Sigurdson, Annie Hiniker, Vi...> ;Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2023 Sep 22
- Nitrous Oxide Toxicity With Subsequent Recovery.Joseph DiPane, Michelle Tiem, Brenton A Wright, Wali Qayoumi, David G Coughlin> ;Neurology. 2023 Oct 10
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Abstracts/Posters
- Regional Distribution of Synucleinopathy and Alzheimer’s Disease pathology in Lewy Body Disorders1. Coughlin DG, Liang M, Williams M, Xie S, Weintraub D, Wolk D, Siderowf A, Duda J, Lee E, Grossman M, Trojanowski J, Irwin D., 19th Annual Udall Conference, Bethesda MD, 10/24/2017
- Vibrating Metronome for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease.2. Tropea T, Cooper C, Coughlin DG, Spindler M, Deik A, Dahodwala N., 142nd Annual Meeting of American Neurological Society, San Diego, 10/2017
Lectures
- The Peripheral Nervous System: An Anatomical Review of Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System AnatomyHospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology - 1/1/2016
- Prion-like Spread of Neurodegenerative DiseaseHospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology - 1/1/2015
- Interesting Cases from the Ward ServiceHospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology - 1/11/2013
Other
- Serotonin SyndromeCoughlin David, BrainWaves Podcast
http://brainwaves.me/serotonin-syndrome/
9/2017 - Treatment of Parkinson's DiseaseCoughlin David, BrainWaves Podcast
http://brainwaves.me/how-should-you-treat-parkinson-disease/
5/2017
Grant Support
- Pathological and cognitive correlates of alpha-synuclein and tau seeding aggregation assaysNINDS2021–2026
- AAN/ABF Clinical Trial Research Scholarship in Parkinson's DiseaseAAN2019–2021
Committees
- Committee Member, UC San Diego Health Credentialing Committee 2021 - 2023
- Vice Chair of Neurological Programs, San Diego Neurosciences Society 2021 - 2023
- Reviewing Member, University of Pennsylvania IRB 2017 - 2018
- Member, House Staff and Advance Practitioner Council 2014 - 2015
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Movement Disorder SocietyMember
- American Neurological AssociationMember
- San Diego Neurosciences SocietyMember
- Parkinson’s Study GroupMember
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