IreneLitvanMD
Neurology • La Jolla, CAMovement Disorder, Neurodegenerative, Dementia & Geriatrics
Professor, Neurosciences, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Director, UCSD Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, Research Center of Excellence in Lewy Body Dementia and Cure PSP Center of Care
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Summary
- Dr. Irene Litvan is a neurologist in San Diego, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest and VA San Diego Healthcare System. She received her medical degree from Universidad de la República - Facultad de Medicina and has been in practice 38 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. She specializes in movement disorder, neurodegenerative, and dementia & geriatrics and is experienced in general neurology, multiple system atrophy, movement disorders, and dementia. She has more than 400 publications and over 60,000 citings.
Education & Training
MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1989 - 1992
Saint Elizabeths Hospital-DC Department of Behavioral HealthInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
Universidad de la República - Facultad de MedicinaClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2011 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1990 - 2018
KY State Medical License 2003 - 2014
IN State Medical License 2005 - 2005
DC State Medical License 1993 - 2002- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top 1% of most cited scientific studies worldwide Web of Science, 2018-2022
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Medicine National Academy of Medicine of Uruguay, 2019
- Movement Disorder Research Award American Academy of Neurology, 2018
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Clinical Trials
- Risk Factors for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Start of enrollment: 2006 Aug 01
- A Pilot Clinical Trial of Pyruvate, Creatine, and Niacinamide in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Start of enrollment: 2004 Apr 01
- Study to Identify Clinical, Imaging and Biologic Markers of Parkinson Disease Progression Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Evaluating the Effect of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Biomarker Change in Corticobasal Syndrome and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.Indira Garcia-Cordero, Chloe Anastassiadis, Abeer Khoja, Alonso Morales-Rivero, Simrika Thapa, Anna Vasilevskaya, Carly Davenport, Vishaal Sumra, Blas Couto, Namita Mu...> ;Annals of Neurology. 2024 Apr 5
- Reliability and Validity of Smartphone Cognitive Testing for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.Adam M Staffaroni, Annie L Clark, Jack C Taylor, Hilary W Heuer, Mark Sanderson-Cimino, Amy B Wise, Sreya Dhanam, Yann Cobigo, Amy Wolf, Masood Manoochehri, Leah Forsb...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2024 Apr 1
- Association of Structural Forms of 17q21.31 with the Risk of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy andSub-haplotypes.Hui Wang, Timothy S Chang, Beth A Dombroski, Po-Liang Cheng, Ya-Qin Si, Albert Tucci, Vishakha Patil, Leopoldo Valiente-Banuet, Kurt Farrell, Catriona Mclean, Laura Mo...> ;Medrxiv. 2024 Feb 28
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Journal Articles
- Tauopathy-Associated PERK Alleles Are Functional Hypomorphs That Increase Neuronal Vulnerability to ER StressShauna H Yuan, Karen Chiang, Irene Litvan, Human Molecular Genetics
- Corticobasal Degeneration with TDP-43 Pathology Presenting with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Syndrome: A Distinct Clinicopathologic SubtypeJ Eric Ahlskog, Keith A Josephs, Ryan J Uitti, Bradley F Boeve, Irene Litvan, Dennis W Dickson, Acta Neuropathologica
- Diagnostic criteria for the neuropathological assessment of Parkinson diseaseDickson DW, Braak H, Duda, MD J E Duyckaerts C, Gasser T, Halliday GM, Hardy J, Leverenz JB, Del Tredici K, Wszolek ZW, Litvan I.*, Lancet Neurology, 12/1/2009
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Shaking out the Subtleties of Parkinson’s – A Program for Primary Care Physicians, Pharmacists & Healthcare ProfessionalsUniversity of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California - 1/31/2013
- Key Note Speaker at the Symposium in Movement DisordersModena, Italy - 1/1/2010
- Key Note Speaker at the 4th Symposium in Parkinson’s disease and related movement disordersPuebla, Mexico - 1/1/2010
Authored Content
- AAN 2021 Study Preview: Effective Tau TherapiesApril 2021
Press Mentions
MJFF Supporting Trial of Retinal Tracer for Parkinson’s DiagnosisOctober 31st, 2022- CurePSP's Clinical Guide to Rare Neurodegenerative Conditions Is Published by Leading Neurology JournalJuly 1st, 2021
- 52 UC San Diego Researchers Are Named Highly Cited in 2020 ListingNovember 23rd, 2020
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Grant Support
- Real-Time L-Dopa Monitoring for Improved Management of ParkinsonNational Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2020–2023
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California
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