CorneliuLucaMD

Neurology • Miami, FL

Movement Disorder, Neurodegenerative

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine

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Office
1150 NW 14th Street
609
Miami, FL 33136
Phone+1 305-243-6732

Summary

Dr. Corneliu C. Luca is a neurologist and clinician-researcher in the Department of Neurology at University of Miami and Associate Professor of Neurology. He has completed residency training at University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital and earned a PhD in molecular biology studying mechanisms of neurodegeneration. He has also completed a fellowship in movement disorders at University of Miami–a National Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence. He is a board certified movement disorders neurologist with a practice that focuses on advanced treatments for Parkinson’s disease such as deep brain stimulation and patients with gait disorders.
Dr. Corneliu Luca is medical director of the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) clinical program at University of Miami, and the Director of Movement Disorders Fellowship. He served as principal investigator in more than 30 clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease, and is an active member of Parkinson Study Group, a world recognized clinical trial network for movement disorders. He has published over 80 scientific papers, book chapters and abstracts and is recognized nationally for his clinical and translational research in the movement disorders. His research has received support from National Institutes of Health, American Academy of Neurology, and Parkinson’s Foundation.

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Education & Training

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 2007 - 2011
Miller School of Medicine University of MiamiPhD, Molecular Biology, 2008
Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2011 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

University of Miami Chairman Teacher Award University of Miami, 2015
Parkinson Study Group Junior Investigator Scholarship 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Resident Teacher of the Year Award University of Miami Dept. of Neurology, 2011
University of Miami Graduate School Scholarship 2002
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Scholarship 1992
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Clinical Trials

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2013 May 17
Completed
Not Applicable
Deep Brain Stimulation Effects on Gait and Balance in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Fatigue and Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation in Parkinson Disease Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 01
Completed
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Freezing of Gait Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 12
Terminated
Not Applicable
Clinical Evaluation of the Infinity Deep Brain Stimulation System Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 31
Completed
Not Applicable
Abbott DBS Post-Market Study of Outcomes for Indications Over Time Start of enrollment: 2019 Nov 26
Recruiting
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

13 citations
Deep brain stimulation improves the symptoms and sensory signs of persistent central neuropathic pain from spinal cord injury: A case report
Walter J. Jermakowicz, Ian D. Hentall, Jonathan R. Jagid, Corneliu C. Luca, James P. Adcock
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2017-04-06
48 citations
Exercise Guidelines for Gait Function in Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Meng Ni, Joseph B Hazzard, Joseph F. Signorile, Corneliu C. Luca
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2018-09-28
9 citations
Individualized Anatomy-Based Targeting for VIM-cZI DBS in Essential Tremor.
Anthony Diaz, Iahn Cajigas, Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro, Anil K. Mahavadi, Samir Sur
World Neurosurgery. 2020-05-11

Journal Articles

Initial Deep Brain Stimulation Programming Optimization Using the Personal KinetiGraph (PKG) Movement Recording System (P3 364)
Spengler D, Velez-Aldahondo V, Singer C, Luca C, Proceedings of International Neuropsychology Society, 1/5/2017
Dalfampridine in Parkinson's disease related gait dysfunction: A randomized double blind trial
CC Luca, G Nadayil, C Dong, FB Nahab, E Field-Fote, C Singer, J Neurol Sci, 1/1/2017
Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for the treatment of secondary dystonia: A case series and review of literature
J. Margolesky, N. Schoen, W. Jermakowicz, S. Sur, I. Cajigas, C. Singer, J. Jagid, CC. Luca, Brain Stimulation, 1/1/2017
Acute symptomatic peri-lead edema thirty three hour after deep brain stimulation surgery: A case report -Journal of Medical Case Reports
NB Schoen; WJ Jermakowicz, CC Luca, JR Jagid, MD, Journal of Medical Case Reports, 1/1/2017
RBD manifesting with sign language in a patient with dementia with Lewy bodies
Margolesky, J., Luca, C. and Singer, C, Mov Disord Clin Pract, 1/1/2017
Insomnia, Sleep Quality, and Quality of Life in Mild to Moderate Parkinson's Disease
Shafazand S, Wallace DM, Arheart KL, Vargas S, Luca CC, Moore H, Katzen H, Levin B, Singer C, Ann Am Thorac Soc, 1/1/2017
Difficulty Writing in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis
Melo-Bicchi M, Margolesky J, Luca C, J Neurol Disord, 1/1/2017
The Role of Social Support on Cognitive Functioning after Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's disease
Sun-Suslow N., McInerney K., Bermudez C., Schneider H. L., Segala,L., Anderson S., Luca CC., et al, Abstracts of the 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, 1/1/2017
Assessment of Gait Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson's Disease and REM Behavioral Disorder (P1 052)
Neimand L, Dang A, Singer C, Luca C, Neurology, 1/1/2016
Very Low Frequencies Give Best Analgesia with Central Gray Stimulation (10061)
Luca CC, Hentall ID, Wilderstrom-noga E, Jagid JR, Neurology, 1/1/2016
The midbrain central gray best suppresses chronic pain with electrical stimulation at very low pulse rates in two human cases
Hentall ID, Luca CC, Widerstrom-Noga E, Vitores A, Fisher LD, Martinez-Arizala A, Jagid JR, Brain Res, 1/1/2016
Comparative effects of unilateral and bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on gait kinematics in Parkinson's disease: a randomized, blinded study
Lizarraga KJ, Jagid JR, Luca CC, J Neurol, 1/1/2016
Dalfampridine extended release in patients with Parkinson's disease related gait dysfunction: A randomized double blind trial(P6 049)
Luca C, Nadayil G, Dong C, Field-Fote E, Singer C, Neurology, 1/6/2015
Parkinsonism, small vessel disease and white matter disease: Is there a link?
CC Luca, T Rundek, Neurology, 1/1/2015
Low frequency Stimulation of Periaquedactal Gray Improves Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
CC Luca, ID Hentall, E Widerstrom-Noga, A Vittores, L Fisher, A Martinez-Arizal, JR Jagid, Annals of Neurology, 1/1/2015
Effects of randomized STN-DBS on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease (P1 165)
K Lizarraga, J Jagid, B Gallo, C Luca, Neurology, 1/1/2015
Fatigue and Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation in Parkinson Disease(P7 302)
C Luca, D Spengler, M Georgiou, A Serafini, C Singer, Neurology, 1/1/2015
Assessing candidacy for DBS in idiopathic Parkinson's Disease: The roles of education and ethnicity
Anderson, S., Bermudez, C., Ghilain, C., Suslow, N., Forte, M., Babakhanyan, I., Gallo, B., Luca, C., Jagid, J., Singer, C., Levin, B, Proceedings of International Neuropsychological Society, 1/1/2015
Assessing DBS candidacy in Idiopathic PD: Do Emotional Factors Influence Outcome?
Ghilain, C., Anderson, S., Sunslow, N., Bermudez, C., Forte, M., Babakhanyan, I., Gallo, B., Luca, C., Jagid, J., Singer, C. Levin, B, Proceedings of International Neuropsychological Society, 1/1/2015
Sleep Quality, Duration, Insomnia Symptoms, and Prevalence of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Parkinson's Disease (P5 285)
Shafazand S, Wallace D, Vargas S, Moore H, Luca C, Katzen H, Levin B, Singer C, Neurology, 1/8/2014
Functional asymmetry of sub-thalamic nucleus revealed by gait analysis in PD patients undergoing deep brain stimulation
CC. Luca, J. Jagid, B.V. Gallo, Mov Disord, 1/1/2014
Sleep Quality, Duration, Insomnia Symptoms, and Risk for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Parkinson's Disease (P06 092)
Shafazand S, Wallace D, Vargas S, Luca C, Katzen H, Levin B, Singer C, Neurology, 1/12/2013
Clinicopathologic correlations in 172 cases of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder with or without a coexisting neurologic disorder
Boeve BF, Silber MH, Ferman TJ, Lin SC, Benarroch EE, Luca CC et al, Sleep Med, 1/1/2013
Clinicopathologic Correlations in 172 Cases of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder with or without a Coexisting Neurologic Disorder (PL01 003)
Boeve, Bradley, Luca C et al, Neurology, 1/1/2013
Functional Asymmetry of STN in Parkinson's disease patients revealed by DBS stimulation
Luca C, Jagid J, Gallo V, Movement Disorders, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

Neuroimaging in Movement Disorders
Chapter: Neuroimaging in Essential Tremor
Luca C, Nahab FEditors: Nahab F, Hattori N.Springer Science Inc.2013
Uncommon Causes of Movement Disorders
Chapter: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Moore H, Luca C, Singer CEditors: Galvez-Jimenez, Tuite P.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK2011

Abstracts/Posters

Objective assessment of bradykinesia and dyskinesia in advanced Parkinson's disease
A Rasul, A Farooqi, J Martinez, J Margolesky, C Luca, Abstracts of the 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, 1/1/2017
Gait analysis reveals Functional Asymmetry of STN in Parkinson's disease patients with DBS.
Luca C, Jagid J, Gallo V, NPF 2014 Centers Leadership Conference, Conrad Hilton Hotel Miami, FL, 1/16/2014
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease: Short-term outcomes, referral patterns and health disparities.
D Garbin di Luca, VV Aldahondo, W Jermakowitz, L Segala, H Moore, CC Luca, Abstracts of the 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, 1/1/2007
Does hypertension moderate cognition in Parkinson's disease?
L Segala, K McInerney, J Rooks, S Anderson, Ni Sun- Suslow, C Bermudez, C Luca, H Moore, C Singer, B Levin, Abstracts of the 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, 1/1/2007
Classification of neurocognitive impairment in Spanish speaking Parkinson's disease patients
S Anderson, C Bermudez, N Sun-Suslow, L Segala, C Luca, H Moore, J Jagid, G Rey, B Levin, Abstracts of the 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, 1/1/2007
Effect of thalamic deep brain stimulation on postural balance in subjects with essential tremor
A Farooqi, A Rasul, J Martinez, Vi Velez-Aldahondo, J Jagid, C Luca, Abstracts of the 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

Lesion versus DBS for movement disorders
Miami, FL - 1/1/2017
Parkinson's disease, beyond medication
Davie, FL - 1/1/2017
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease: Short-term outcomes, referral patterns and health disparities.
Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2017
Adams Localization of Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech Using Functional MRI- A Case Study
Boston, MA - 1/1/2017
Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Update, Comorbidities, and Modern Management Advances in Diagnosis, Neurobiology, and Treatment of Neurologic Disorder
Coral Gables, FL - 1/1/2017
Focus Ultrasound for Essential tremor
Miami, FL - 1/1/2017
Surgical Treatment of Essential Tremor
1/1/2017
Objective assessment of motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease
Vancouver, Canada - 1/19/2016
Update on Medical treatment of Parkinson's disease
University of Miami, FL - 1/17/2016
Initial Deep Brain Stimulation Programming Optimization Using the Personal KinetiGraph (PKG) Movement Recording System
Vancouver, Canada - 1/1/2016
Update on treatment and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
1/1/2016
Assessment of Gait Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson's Disease and REM Behavioral Disorder
Vancouver, Canada - 1/1/2016
Early Feasibility Study of a Medtronic Activa PC+S System for Persons Living with Spinal Cord Injury.
Miami, FL - 1/1/2016
Low frequency Stimulation of Periaquedactal Gray Improves Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Chicago, IL - 1/28/2015
Advances in treatment of gait Disorders
Miami, FL - 1/23/2015
Deep Brain Stimulation, Clinical and Technological updates
Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL - 1/20/2015
Very Low frequency Stimulation of Central Gray is Best for Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Las Vegas, NV - 1/11/2015
Neural gait networks
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - 1/9/2015
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease
Boca Raton, FL - 1/7/2015
Gait analysis reveals functional Asymmetry of STN in Parkinson's disease patients with DBS.
Miami, FL - 1/16/2014
Deep Brain Stimulation and Focus Ultrasound Future directions
Miami, FL - 1/7/2014
Functional asymmetry of sub-thalamic nucleus revealed by gait analysis in PD patients undergoing deep brain stimulation.
Stockholm, Sweden - 1/1/2014
Sleep Quality, Duration, Insomnia Symptoms, and Risk for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Parkinson's Disease.
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
Chemodenervation- Basics and practical considerations
Miami, FL - 1/1/2014
Can 4-AP modulate dysfunctional gait networks in PD?
1/29/2013
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Other

Peripheral dystonia
Luca C, Singer C, MedLink Neurology, MedLink Corporation
www.medlink.com
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2011
Limb dystonia
Luca C, Singer C, MedLink Neurology, MedLink Corporation
www.medlink.com
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2010
MTERFD3 is a Mitochondrial Protein that Modulates Oxidative Phosphorylation
Luca, CC, MedLink Corporation
1/1/2008

Authored Content

Deep Brain Stimulation Workshop, Miami Beach, Oct 12, 2019June 2019

Press Mentions

UHealth Neurosurgeon Implants Latest Two-Way Deep Brain Stimulation DeviceSeptember 11th, 2020
UHealth Parkinson’s Experts Continue to Advance Deep Brain Stimulation with Newer Surgical OptionsFebruary 20th, 2019
UHealth Uses New Deep Brain Stimulation Device to Successfully Treat Parkinson’s Disease PatientSeptember 18th, 2018
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