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Amber Van Laar, MD, Neurology, Pittsburgh, PA

Amber D. Van Laar MD

Movement Disorder, Neurodegenerative


Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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  • 3501 5th AveDepartment of Neurology 7045 BST 3Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  • Phone+1 412-692-4670

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Clinical Expertise

  • Botulinum toxin injections, Deep brain stimulation, Clinical research, Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, Gene therapy, Laboratory research

Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineCertificate in Clinical Research, Clinical Research, 2015 - 2016
  • UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital
    UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Movement Disorders, 2013 - 2015
  • UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)
    UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Neurology, 2009 - 2013
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • NINDS Conference Grant for the Parkinson Study Group NINDS, 2016
  • American Academy of Neurology Fellows Scholarship AAN, 2015
  • ABF-PDF Clinician Scientist Development Award in Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson's Disease Foundation & American Brain Foundation, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson Disease: Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment  
    Amber D. Van Laar, MD and Samay Jain, MD, MS, Neurologist, 7/10/2014

Abstracts/Posters

  • Intraputaminal AADC gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease: Interim Results of a Phase 1b
    Christine CW, Bankiewicz KS, Van Laar AD, Richardson R, Ravina B, Kells A, Boot B, Martin A, Thompson M, Larson P, European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy, XXV Anniversary Congress, Berlin, Germany, 10/2017
  • Real-time MRI-guided intraputaminal AADC gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease.
    Richardson R, Christine CW, Bankiewicz KS, Van Laar AD, Ravina B, Kells A, Boot B, Larson P, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Quadrennial Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 6/2017
  • Intraputaminal AADC gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease: Interim Results of a Phase 1b Trial.
    Christine CW, Bankiewicz KS, Van Laar AD, Richardson R, Ravina B, Kells A, Boot B, Martin A, Thompson M, Larson P., American Academy of Neurology 69th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 4/2017
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Grant Support

  • UPP Foundation GrantUniversity of Pittsburgh Physicians Foundation2017–2018
  • NeuroDisovery Pilot GrantUniversity of Pittsburgh Brain Institute2016–2018
  • Clinician-Scientist Development AwardParkinson's Disease Foundation & American Academy of Neurology2014–2017

Committees

  • Core member, Women in Neurology 2016 - Present

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