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Sophie Cho, MD, Neurology, Bethesda, MD, UPMC Altoona

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Neurology Bethesda, MD

Movement Disorder

Physician

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Summary

  • Dr. Sophie Cho is a neurologist in Altoona, PA and is affiliated with UPMC Altoona.

Education & Training

  • Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health
    Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthFellowship, Motor Control, 2014 - 2016
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Neurology, 2011 - 2014
  • UPMC Medical Education
    UPMC Medical EducationInternship, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
  • Ajou University School of Medicine
    Ajou University School of MedicineClass of 2007

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Champion in �Neurostake�, for "Unusual cause of diplopia: Pourfour du Petit syndrome" 2012
  • Resident Professionalism Award SUNY Upstate Neurology, 2011
  • Young Investigator�s Award Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • The direct basal ganglia pathway is hyperfunctional in focal dystonia  
    Simonyan K, Cho H, Hamzehei Sichani A, Rubien-Thomas E, Hallett M, Brain, 1/1/2017
  • A case of functional belly dancer�s dyskinesia  
    HJ Cho, P Srivanitchapoom, P Panyakaew, M Hallett, Movement Disorder Clinical Practice, 1/1/2016
  • Dynamic Modulation of Corticospinal Excitability and Short-Latency Afferent Inhibition during Onset and Maintenance Phase of Selective Finger Movement  
    Hyun Joo Cho, Pattamon Panyakaew, Nivethida Thirugnanasambandam, Tianxia Wu, Mark Hallett, Clinical Neurophysiology, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Mirror movement in Moebius syndrome: mirroring beyond movements
    Cho HJ, 20th International Congress of Parkinson�s Disease and Movement Disorders, Berlin, Germany, 1/19/2016
  • Biomarkers of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7: GABA MR Spectroscopy, H-Reflex and Clinical Correlation
    Cho HJ, 68th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 1/15/2016
  • A case of very prolonged Todd�s paralysis for 15 days
    Cho HJ, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/8/2013
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Lectures

  • TLR4 gene polymorphism and work-related respiratory symptoms in exposed workers in a single industrial bakery in Korea 
    Seoul, Korea - 1/1/2009

Other

  • Writer�s cramp 
    Hyun Joo (Sophie) Cho, Mark Hallett, Elsevier Online Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology

Press Mentions

  • Getting Personal
    Getting PersonalMarch 19th, 2024

Hospital Affiliations