Experienced in Brown Syndrome

Dr. Sonja W. Scholz

Neurology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, MD 

Experienced in Brown Syndrome
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

Dr. Scholz is a neurologist and geneticist specializing in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, atypical parkinsonism and dementia syndromes. She received her medical degree from the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. Following graduation, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health under the supervision of Drs. Andrew Singleton and John Hardy. She obtained a Ph.D. in neurogenomics from the University College London, UK in 2010. She then moved to Baltimore to complete her neurology residency training at Johns Hopkins. In 2015 Dr. Scholz received the McFarland Transition to Independence Award for Neurologist-Scientists. She is Lasker Clinical Research Scholar at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke focusing on genetic causes of neurodegenerative syndromes, and an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins' department of neurology.

Dr. Scholz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brown Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Multiple System Atrophy, Movement Disorders, and Parkinson's Disease.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 130 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Brown Syndrome.

Graduate Institution
University College London Hospital, PhD, 2010
Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurology, 2015
Specialties
Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in MD
Languages Spoken
English
German
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-9441
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
Call: 410-550-5624

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Scholz has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Movement Disorders

Clinical Research

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121 Total Publications

Author Correction: The genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease on the Island of Crete.
Author Correction: The genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease on the Island of Crete.
Journal: NPJ Parkinson's disease
Published: January 21, 2026
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  • Corticobasal Degeneration
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  • Primary Progressive Aphasia
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  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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