PaulaDRavinMD

Neurology • Los Angeles, CA

Movement Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Associate Professor Emeritus, Neurology, University Massachusetts Medical School

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Office
300 Medical Plaza
Department of Neurology B 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone+1 310-206-3183

Fax+1 310-206-9819

Education & Training

Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Neurology, 1985 - 1988
MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1982 - 1985
MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1981 - 1982
Scripps Mercy HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1980 - 1981
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 1980
Yale UniversityB.A., Physiological Psychology, Cum Laude, 1970 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2016 - 2026
MA State Medical License 1988 - 2018
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctors in America (Boston Area) 2003-2018
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Teacher of the Year Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1996, 2009

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

368 citations
Randomized Phase II Study of Cilengitide, an Integrin-Targeting Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid Peptide, in Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme
David A. Reardon, Karen Fink, Tom Mikkelsen, Timothy F. Cloughesy, Alison M. O'Neill
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2008-12-01
34 citations
Limbic and motor function comparison of deep brain stimulation of the zona incerta and subthalamic nucleus.
Anthony M. Burrows, Paula D. Ravin, Peter Novak, Mary Linton B. Peters, Brian Dessureau
Neurosurgery. 2012-03-01
3 citations
Acute depression from isotretinoin.
P L Scheinman, G L Peck, D R Rubinow, J J DiGiovanna, D L Abangan
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 1990-06-01

Journal Articles

Localization of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease using multiunit activity
Novak P, Przbyszewski AW, Barborica A, Ravin P, Margolin L, Pilitsis J, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 11/15/2011
Non-psychiatric health problems amoung psychiatric inpatients with intellectual disabilities
Charlot L, Abend S, Ravin P, Mastis K, Hunt A, Deutsch C, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2/1/2011
Randomized phase II study of cilengitide, an integrin-targeting arginine-glycine-aspartic acid peptide, in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Reardon DA, Fink KL, Mikkelsen T, Cloughesy TF, O’neill A, Plotkin S, Glantz M, Ravin P, Raizer JJ, Rich KM, Schiff D, Shapiro WR Burdette-Radoux S, Dropcho EJ, Wittem..., Journal of Clinical Oncology, 12/1/2008
Cervical Arthritic and Radicular Pain
Ravin P, Case Studies in Headache, 1/1/2006
Dopamine agonists induce episodes of irresistible daytime sleepiness
Ravin P, European Neurology, 1/1/2003
Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weekly clinicopathologic exercises A 55-year-old man with cognitive and sensorimotor findings and intracranial lesions
Ravin P, Hedley-Whyte ET, New England Journal of Medicine, 10/31/2002
Gabapentin Treatment in a Child With Delayed Onset Hemichorea/Hemiballismus: A Case Report
Kothare S, Pollack P, Kuhlberg A, Ravin PD, Pediatric Neurology, 1/1/2000
Myocardial Infarction, Seizure, and Abnormal Head CT Scan
Selvaraj N, Drachman DA, Ravin P, Knorr JR, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 12/1/1999
Hemiparesis following influenza vaccine
Selvaraj N, Moonis M, Ravin P, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 10/1/1998
Clinical and genetic analysis of progressive dystonia with diurnal variation
Fink JK, Ravin PD, Filling-Katz M, Argoff CE, Hallet M, Archives of Neurology, 9/1/1991
Neurological Disease in Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Robbins J, Brumback R, Ravin P, Brain, 1/1/1991
Acute depression from isotretinoin
Scheinman Pl, Peck GL, Rubinow DR, diGiovanna JJ, Abangan DL, Ravin PD, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 6/1/1990
Treatable Dystonia Presenting as Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Fink J, Filling-Katz M, Ravin-Macrae P, et al, Pediatrics, 1/1/1988
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