DavidCoughlinMDMTR

Movement Disorder

Assistant Professor at UC San Diego Dept of Neurosciences

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David Coughlin, MD is a neurologist based in San Diego, CA, specializing in movement disorders. He received his medical degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2012 and completed his residencies in neurology and internal medicine at University of Pennsylvania Health System and Temple University Hospital respectively. In addition to his general neurology expertise, he completed a fellowship focusing on neuromuscular medicine. Dr. Coughlin teaches as an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego Health and has practical experience in areas like deep brain stimulation, Parkinson's disease treatment, and medical education. He has published several research papers and participated in clinical trials related to Parkinson's disease. His contributions to research and mentoring have been recognized by various prestigious awards.

University of PennsylvaniaMA, Translational Research, 2017 - 2019
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 2016 - 2019
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 2013 - 2016
Temple University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2012
Brown UniversityBSc, Neuroscience, Magna Cum Laude, 2003 - 2007

PDGeneration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2019 Aug 15
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
PPMI Clinical - Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 01
Recruiting

PubMed

2 citations
Association of CSF α-Synuclein Seeding Amplification Assay Results With Clinical Features of Possible and Probable Dementia With Lewy Bodies.
David G Coughlin, Karen R MacLeod, John S Middleton, Andrea C Bozoki, James E Galvin
Neurology. 2024-08-13
1 citations
Sex differences for clinical correlates of substantia nigra neuron loss in people with Lewy body pathology.
Ece Bayram, David G Coughlin, Ravi Rajmohan, Irene Litvan
Biology of Sex Differences. 2024-01-19
Nitrous Oxide Toxicity With Subsequent Recovery.
Joseph DiPane, Michelle Tiem, Brenton A Wright, Wali Qayoumi, David G Coughlin
Neurology. 2023-10-10

Abstracts/Posters

Regional Distribution of Synucleinopathy and Alzheimer’s Disease pathology in Lewy Body Disorders
1. Coughlin DG, Liang M, Williams M, Xie S, Weintraub D, Wolk D, Siderowf A, Duda J, Lee E, Grossman M, Trojanowski J, Irwin D., 19th Annual Udall Conference, Bethesda MD, 10/24/2017
Vibrating Metronome for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease.
2. Tropea T, Cooper C, Coughlin DG, Spindler M, Deik A, Dahodwala N., 142nd Annual Meeting of American Neurological Society, San Diego, 10/2017

Lectures

The Peripheral Nervous System: An Anatomical Review of Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System Anatomy
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology - 1/1/2016
Prion-like Spread of Neurodegenerative Disease
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology - 1/1/2015
Interesting Cases from the Ward Service
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology - 1/11/2013

Other

Serotonin Syndrome
Coughlin David, BrainWaves Podcast
http://brainwaves.me/serotonin-syndrome/
9/2017
Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Coughlin David, BrainWaves Podcast
http://brainwaves.me/how-should-you-treat-parkinson-disease/
5/2017

Pathological and cognitive correlates of alpha-synuclein and tau seeding aggregation assaysNINDS2021–2026
AAN/ABF Clinical Trial Research Scholarship in Parkinson's DiseaseAAN2019–2021

Committee Member, UC San Diego Health Credentialing Committee 2021 - 2023
Vice Chair of Neurological Programs, San Diego Neurosciences Society 2021 - 2023
Reviewing Member, University of Pennsylvania IRB 2017 - 2018
Member, House Staff and Advance Practitioner Council 2014 - 2015