DavidDSongMDPhD

Neurology • Riverside, CA

Movement Disorder, Neurodegenerative

Physician

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Office
UCR Health Neurosciences
3390 University Ave. Suite 100
Riverside, CA 92501
Phone+1 844-827-8000

Fax+1 951-530-4782

Summary

Dr. David Song is an academic Neurologist based in Riverside, CA, with subspecialty in Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders. Currently, he serves as the Director for the Movement Disorders Program at Alertive Healthcare Medical Group and is a Clinical Professor at California University of Science and Medicine. His experience covers all aspects of Movement Disorders, including Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Therapies, selection of candidates for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery or MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound, DBS programming, Botulinum Toxin injections, Occipital Nerve Blocks and Trigger Point Injections.

Clinical Expertise

Parkinson's disease, Essential tremor, Dystonia, General neurology, Deep brain stimulation, Botulinum toxin injections for movement disorders, Botulinum toxin injections for spasticity, Salivary gland botulinum injection, Botulinum toxin injections for headache

Education & Training

UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2000 - 2002
U Rochester/Strong MemFellowship, 1997 - 2000
University of ColoradoResidency, Neurology, 1994 - 1997
University of ColoradoInternship, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1994
Tulane UniversityPh.D., Anatomy, 1993
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1992
Tulane UniversityM.P.H., 1992
Cornell UniversityA.B., Biology (Genetics and Development), 1985

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
CO State Medical License 1996 - 1997
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Mentor Recognition Award Office of Graduate Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2007
Merit Award Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, 2004
Dystonia Doctor of Excellence Award Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, San Diego County Dystonia Support Group, 2003
Advanced Research Career Development Award Dept of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, 2002
Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1992
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

393 citations
Differential neuropathological alterations in transgenic mice expressing α-synuclein from the platelet-derived growth factor and Thy-1 promoters
Edward Rockenstein, Margaret Mallory, Makoto Hashimoto, David D. Song, Clifford W. Shults
Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2002-06-01
240 citations
A Randomized Clinical Trial of High-Dosage Coenzyme Q10 in Early Parkinson Disease: No Evidence of Benefit
M. Flint Beal, David Oakes, Ira Shoulson, Claire Henchcliffe, Wendy R. Galpern
JAMA Neurology. 2014-05-01
151 citations
Pilot trial of high dosages of coenzyme Q10 in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Clifford W. Shults, M. Flint Beal, David D. Song, Deborah Fontaine
Experimental Neurology. 2004-08-01

Journal Articles

Validation of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in Parkinson's disease
Schiehser D.M., C.R. Ayers, L. Liu, S. Lessig, D. Song, J.V. Filoteo, Parkinsonism Relat Disord, 1/1/2013
Non-monotonicity on a spatio-temporally defined cyclic task: evidence of two movement types?
Levy-Tzedek S., H.I. Krebs, D. Song, N. Hogan, H. Poizner, Exp Brain Res, 1/1/2010
A Longitudinal Program For Biomarker Development In Parkinson's Disease: A Feasibility Study
Ravina, B., C.Tanner, D. DiEuliis, S. Eberly, E. Flagg, W. R. Galpern, S. Fahn, C.G. Goetz, S. Grate, R. Kurlan, A.E. Lang, K. Marek, K. Kieburtz, D. Oakes, R. Elliott..., Mov Disord, 1/1/2009
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus facilitates coordination of hand preshaping in Parkinson's Disease
Schettino, L.F., E. Van Erp, W. Hening, S. Lessig, D.D. Song, D. Barba and H. Poizner, Int J. Neurosci, 1/1/2009
Probabilistic reversal learning is impaired in Parkinson's disease
Peterson, D.A., C. Elliott, D.D. Song, S. Makeig, T.J. Sejnowski, H. Poizner, Neuroscience, 1/1/2009
Spatial-Based but not Object-Based Inhibition of Return is Impaired in Parkinson's Disease
Possin, K.L., J.V. Filoteo, D.D. Song, and D.P. Salmon, Neuropsychologia, 1/1/2009
Spatial and object working memory deficits in Parkinson's disease are due to impairment in different underlying processes in Parkinson's Disease
Possin, K.L., J.V. Filoteo, D.D. Song, and D.P. Salmon, Neuropsychology, 1/1/2008
Serum urate as a predictor of clinical and radiographic progression in Parkinson's disease
Schwarzschild, M.A., S.R. Schwid, K. Marek, A. Watts, A.E. Lang, D. Oakes, I. Shoulson, A. Ascherio, and The Parkinson Study Group PRECEPT Investigators, Arch Neurol, 1/1/2008
Mixed lineage kinase inhibitor CEP-1347 fails to delay disability in early Parkinson disease
The Parkinson Study Group PRECEPT Investigators, Neurology, 1/1/2007
Characterizing rule-based category learning deficits in patients with Parkinson's disease
Filoteo, J.V., W.T. Maddox, A. David Ing, and D.D. Song, Neuropsychologia, 1/1/2007
Quantitative Measurement of handwriting in the assessment of drug-induced Parkinsonism
Caligiuri, M.P., H.-L. Teulings, J.V. Filoteo, D.D. Song, and J.B. Lohr, Human Movement Sci, 1/1/2006
At Risk for Huntington Disease The PHAROS (Prospective Huntington At Risk Observational Study) Cohort Enrolled
The Huntington Study Group PHAROS Investigators, Arch Neurol, 1/1/2006
Shults, C.W., E. Rockenstein, L. Crews, A. Adame, M. Mante, G. Larrea, M. Hashimoto, D.D. Song, T. Iwatsubo, K. Tsuboi, and E. Masliah, J Neurosci, 1/1/2005
The Impact of Irrelevant Dimensional Variation on Rule-Based Category Learning in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Filoteo, J.V., W.T. Maddox, A.D. Ing, V. Zizak, and D.D. Song, J. Int. Neuropsych Soc, 1/1/2005
Pilot Trial of High Dosages of Coenzyme Q10 in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Shults, C.W., M.F. Beal, D.D. Song, and D. Fontaine, Exp. Neurol, 1/1/2004
Song, D.D., C.W. Shults, A. Sisk, E. Rockenstein, and E. Masliah, Exp. Neurol, 1/1/2004
Microglial respose is poorly correlated with neurodegeneration following chronic, low-dose MPTP administration in monkeys
Hurley, S.D., M.K. O'Banion, D.D. Song, F.S. Arana, J.A. Olschowka, and S.N. Haber, Exp. Neurol, 1/1/2003
Rockenstein E., M. Mallory, M. Hashimoto, D. D. Song, C.W. Shults, I. Lang, and E. Masliah, J Neurosci Res, 1/1/2002
Striatal responses to partial dopaminergic lesion: evidence for compensatory sprouting
Song, D.D. and S.N. Haber, J. Neurosci., 1/1/2000
The value of cerebrospinal fluid antiviral antibody in diagnosis of neurological disease produced by varicella zoster virus
Gilden, D.H., J.L. Bennet, B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, D.D. Song, A. Yee, and I. Steiner, J. Neurol. Sci, 1/1/1998
Prenatal morphine treatment and the development of the striatum
Harlan, R.E. and D.D. Song, Regul. Pept, 1/1/1994
The development of enkephalin and substance P neurons in the basal ganglia: insights into neostriatal compartments and the extended amygdala
Song, D.D. and R.E. Harlan, Dev Brain Res, 1/1/1994
The genesis and migration patterns of neurons forming the patch and matrix compartments of the rat striatum
Song, D.D. and R.E. Harlan, Dev Brain Res, 1/1/1994
Ontogeny of the proenkephalin system in the rat corpus striatum: its relationship to dopaminergic innervation and transient compartmental expression
Song, D.D. and R.E. Harlan, Neuroscience, 1/1/1993
Comparison of synenkephalin and methionine enkephalin immunocytochemistry in the rat brain
Song, D.D., J. Rossier, and R.E. Harlan, Peptides, 1/1/1989
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