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Office
UCSD ACTRI, 9452 Medical Center Drive, Ste 2W-108
La Jolla, CA 92037Phone+1 206-909-5475Fax+1 858-657-8557- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Neurology, 1984 - 1986
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1983 - 1984
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1979 - 1980
Mayo Clinic College of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2011 - 2025
WA State Medical License 1985 - 2013- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Clinical Trials
- Mexiletine for the Treatment of Muscle Cramps in ALS Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
- A Study to Evaluate, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamic (PD) Markers and Pharmacokinetics (PK) of AP-101 in Participants With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 02
Roles: Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsMisfolded alpha-synuclein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Implications for diagnosis and treatment.Richard Smith, Hanna Hovren, Robert Bowser, Nadine Bakkar, Ralph Garruto, Albert Ludolph, John Ravits, Lia Gaertner, Davan Murphy, Russ Lebovitz> ;European Journal of Neurology. 2024 Apr 1
- 1 citationsChallenges of profiling motor neuron transcriptomes from human spinal cord.Gautier, O., Blum, J., Maksymetz, J., Chen, D., Schweingruber, C., Mei, I., Hermann, A., Hackos, D., Hedlund, E., Gitler, A., Ravits, J.> ;Neuron. 2023 Dec 6
- Somatic Mosaicism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia Reveals Widespread Degeneration from Focal Mutations.Zhou, Z., Kim, J., Huang, A., Nolan, M., Park, J., Doan, R., Shin, T., Miller, M., Chhouk, B., Morillo, K., Yeh, R., Kenny, C., Neil, J., Lee, C., Ohkubo, T., Ravits, ...> ;Biorxiv. 2023 Dec 1
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Journal Articles
- Transcriptome–Pathology Correlation Identifies Interplay Between TDP-43 and the Expression of Its Kinase CK1E in Sporadic ALSJohn Ravits, MD, Acta Neuropathologica
Press Mentions
ALS-Causative Mutations in FUS/TLS Confer Gain- and Loss-of-Function by Altered Association with SMN and U1-snRNPJanuary 27th, 2020
Researchers Describe New ALS Biomarkers, Potential New Drug TargetsJuly 16th, 2019
Restoring Levels of Membralin Protein May Extend Survival in ALS, Mouse Study SuggestsJune 12th, 2019- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Microgenomic Studies Of ALSNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2006–2007
Hospital Affiliations
UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California
Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CenterSan Diego, California
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