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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontotemporal Dementia. 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 11 articles in the study of Frontotemporal Dementia.
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Locations
Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
4940 Eastern Avenue, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
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.
Clinical Research
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Dr. Argye Hillis is a professor of Neurology, with joint faculty appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Cognitive Science. She is also the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Acute Stroke Diagnoses and Management. Prior to medical training and neurology residency, Dr. Hillis worked as a speech-language pathologist, and conducted clinical research focusing on understanding and treating aphasia and hemispatial neglect. She has brought these areas of experience to impact on her clinical research in neurology, which involves cognitive and neuroimaging studies of aphasia and hemispatial neglect due to acute stroke and focal dementias. She has published extensively on these topics in journals and textbooks. Dr. Hillis is Associate Editor of Stroke and has served as Associate editor of Brain, Annals of Neurology, Aphasiology, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Neurocase, Cognitive Neuropsychology, and Language and Cognitive Processes and served as co-Editor and Chief of Behavioral Neurology. Dr. Hillis serves as the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Cerebrovascular Division of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hillis is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontotemporal Dementia. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Frontotemporal Dementia, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
Bryan Traynor is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Traynor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontotemporal Dementia. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, Dementia, and Thymectomy.
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Harvey Pats is a Neurologist in Forest Hill, Maryland. Dr. Pats is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontotemporal Dementia. His top areas of expertise are Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Dr. Pats is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)Dr. Scholz isElite. Learn about Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).
- Multiple System AtrophyDr. Scholz isElite. Learn about Multiple System Atrophy.
- Distinguished
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- DementiaDr. Scholz isDistinguished. Learn about Dementia.
- Familial DysautonomiaDr. Scholz isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Dysautonomia.
- Frontotemporal DementiaDr. Scholz isDistinguished. Learn about Frontotemporal Dementia.
- Movement DisordersDr. Scholz isDistinguished. Learn about Movement Disorders.
- Parkinson's DiseaseDr. Scholz isDistinguished. Learn about Parkinson's Disease.
- Advanced
- Alzheimer's DiseaseDr. Scholz isAdvanced. Learn about Alzheimer's Disease.
- Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy
- Corticobasal DegenerationDr. Scholz isAdvanced. Learn about Corticobasal Degeneration.
- Primary Progressive AphasiaDr. Scholz isAdvanced. Learn about Primary Progressive Aphasia.
- Progressive Supranuclear PalsyDr. Scholz isAdvanced. Learn about Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Atypical
- Experienced
- ApraxiaDr. Scholz isExperienced. Learn about Apraxia.
- Brown SyndromeDr. Scholz isExperienced. Learn about Brown Syndrome.
- Cerebellar DegenerationDr. Scholz isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellar Degeneration.
- DysarthriaDr. Scholz isExperienced. Learn about Dysarthria.
- Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration
- Gaucher DiseaseDr. Scholz isExperienced. Learn about Gaucher Disease.