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Frances Jensen, MD, Neurology, Philadelphia, PA

Frances E Jensen MD FACP, FAAN, FANA

Epilepsy, Neurorehabilitation, Neurodegenerative


Chair, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania

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  • 3400 Civic Center Blvd# 2Philadelphia, PA 19104

  • Phone+1 215-662-3606

  • Fax+1 617-738-1542

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Education & Training

  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1984 - 1987
  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
    Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2012 - 2026
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1987 - 2025
  • Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • Rapamycin: Potential to Slow Alzheimer's Disease in Seizure Patients
    Rapamycin: Potential to Slow Alzheimer's Disease in Seizure PatientsMay 8th, 2024
  • A Clearer Picture: State-of-the-Art Imaging Technology at the Pavilion Is Improving Diagnostics and Advancing Medical Research
    A Clearer Picture: State-of-the-Art Imaging Technology at the Pavilion Is Improving Diagnostics and Advancing Medical ResearchJanuary 13th, 2022
  • Penn’s $1.6 Billion Pavilion Tower, Its Biggest yet, Opens with Massive Patient Transfer
    Penn’s $1.6 Billion Pavilion Tower, Its Biggest yet, Opens with Massive Patient TransferOctober 30th, 2021
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Grant Support

  • Tracking the evolution of synaptic dysplasticity after early life seizuresUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2027
  • Seizure-induced enhancement of synaptic signaling regulating tau transmissibility in Alzheimer's DiseaseUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
  • Seizure-induced enhancement of synaptic signaling regulating tau transmissibility in Alzheimer's DiseaseUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
  • Remapping Clinical Neuroscience through Translation and Innovation Training (ReCoNnecT-IT)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2015–2025
  • Remapping Clinical Neuroscience through Translation and Innovation Training (ReCoNnecT-IT)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2015–2025
  • Remapping Clinical Neuroscience through Translation and Innovation Training (ReCoNnecT-IT)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2015–2025

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