Advanced in Restless Legs Syndrome
Advanced in Restless Legs Syndrome

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 Restless Legs 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 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 Restless Legs 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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  • HMO
  • PPO
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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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.

Movement Disorders

Clinical Research

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 (1.2 miles away)
Languages Spoken:
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Dr. Mark Wu specializes in sleep disorders and has a particular interest in narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnolence, circadian rhythm disorders, and familial sleepwalking. Dr. Mark Wu received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. After completing his internship at Baylor, he went to UCLA for residency training in Neurology. He then completed a Sleep Medicine fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Restless Legs Syndrome, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, and Narcolepsy.

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