Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
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Who are the top Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Local Doctors?
Elite in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Elite in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology

3400 Civic Center Boulevard, South Pavilion, 2nd Floor, 
Philadelphia, PA 
Languages Spoken:
English
Accepting New Patients

Eric Lancaster is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lancaster is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 95 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration, and Stiff Person Syndrome. Dr. Lancaster is currently accepting new patients.

Elite in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Elite in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

Baltimore, MD 
Experience:
18+ years
Languages Spoken:
English, German
Offers Telehealth

Dr. Probasco is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Neurology. He is the Vice Chair for Quality, Safety, and Service for the department. He also serves as the Director of the Johns Hopkins Division of Advanced Clinical Neurology as well as the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Inpatient General Neurology Service. He co-directs the Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for Refractory Status Epilepticus and Neuroinflammation. He cares for general neurology inpatients and outpatients, specializing in autoimmune and paraneoplastic syndromes as well as neurological immune-related adverse events following immunotherapies for cancer. After completing his undergraduate studies in biochemistry at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Probasco attended the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a second undergraduate degree in psychology, philosophy and physiology. He went on to earn his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and a residency in neurology at Johns Hopkins, where he was the faculty liaison/executive chief resident. He went on to complete an instructorship in inpatient general neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Probasco’s research interests include increasing care value through improving outcomes, incorporation of patient experience of disease and treatment, the efficiency of care delivery, and diagnostic test utilization in general and specifically in relation to autoimmune and paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, including encephalitis. Finally, he is interested in the management of neurological immune-related adverse events following immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. Dr. Probasco has been recognized at the departmental, institutional, and national levels for teaching and clinical excellence, including the American Academy of Neurology’s A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award and the Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Award from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. He is a past graduate of the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Resident Scholars (AIRS) program in Patient Safety and Quality. As a faculty member, he was inducted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence in 2019. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Journal Watch Neurology. Videos The impact of COVID-19 on the Department of Neurology‚Äôs clinical care and medical education programs. Dr. Probasco is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Status Epilepticus, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Probasco is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

 
 
 
 
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Erasmus MC

Rotterdam, ZH, NL 

Maarten Titulaer practices practicing medicine in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Titulaer is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. They are also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. Their clinical expertise encompasses Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, and Hashimoto Thyroiditis.

What are the latest Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Clinical Trials?
Social and Psychological Long-term Impact of NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Level 3

Summary: NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis is a rare autoimmune neurological disease of the central nervous system with an estimated incidence of 1.5 people per million per year. Patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis experience an acute phase of the disease characterized by psychosis, memory loss, seizures, autonomic nervous system instability, or coma. Since the discovery of this disease 14 years ago by...

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Safety and Efficacy of Combined B Cell Depleting theRapy And Daratumumab In Autoimmune Encephalitis

Summary: Autoimmune encephalitis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that targets neuronal autoantigens. Anti-neuronal autoantibodies are produced in patients, with anti-NMDAR antibody being the most common.Anti-NMDAR encephalitis can be severe and life-threatening. Anti-NMDAR autoantibodies against neurons are pathogenic and are mainly produced by autoreactive B cells and plasma cells. ...