Advanced in Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy

Dr. Sonja W. Scholz

Neurology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, MD 

Advanced in Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy
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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy. 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 128 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 Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy.

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

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Movement Disorders

Clinical Research

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119 Total Publications

Leveraging multiomic approaches to elucidate mechanisms of heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease: Neuropsychiatric symptoms, co-pathologies, and sex differences.
Leveraging multiomic approaches to elucidate mechanisms of heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease: Neuropsychiatric symptoms, co-pathologies, and sex differences.
Journal: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published: April 30, 2025
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  • Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)
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  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
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  • Familial Dysautonomia
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  • Frontotemporal Dementia
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  • Movement Disorders
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  • Parkinson's Disease
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  • Alzheimer's Disease
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  • Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy
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  • Corticobasal Degeneration
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  • Primary Progressive Aphasia
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  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Atypical
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  • Apraxia
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  • Brown Syndrome
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  • Cerebellar Degeneration
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  • Dysarthria
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  • Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration
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