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Andrea Swenson, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Neurology
  • Specialty: Neuromuscular Disease
  • Director: Residency Program in Neurology

Education

  • MD, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
  • Fellow in Neuromuscular Disease, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Resident in Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Selected Publications

  • Woolley, S., Goetz, R., Factor-Litvak, P., Murphy, J., Hupf, J., Lomen-Hoerth, C., Andrews, H., Heitzman, D., Bedlack, R., Katz, J., Barohn, R., Sorenson, E., Oskarsson, B., Fiho, A., Kasarskis, E., Mozaffar, T., Nations, S., Swenson, A., Koczon-Jaremko, A., Christodoulou, G. & Mitsumoto, H. (2018). Longitudinal screening detects cognitive stability and behavioral deterioration in ALS patients. DOI: 5969137.
  • Martinez-Thompson, J., Nui, Z., Tracy, J., Moore, S., Swenson, A., Wieben, E. & Milone, M. (2018). Autosomal dominant calpainopathy due to heterozygous.
  • Shy, M., Rebelo, A., Feely, S., Abreu, L., Tao, F., Swenson, A., Bacon, C. & Zuchner, S. (2018). Mutations in BAG3 cause adult-onset Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.
  • Pasnoor, M., He, J., Herbelin, L., Burns, T. M., Nations, S., Bril, V., Wang, A. K., Elsheikh, B. H., Kissel, J. T., Saperstein, D., Shaibani, J. A., Jackson, C., Swenson, A., Howard, J. F., Goyal, N., David, W., Wicklund, M., Pulley, M., Becker, M., Mozaffar, T., Benatar, M., Pazcuzzi, R., Simpson, E., Rosenfeld, J., Dimachkie, M. M., Statland, J. M. & Barohn, R. J. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of methotrexate for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis. Neurology 87 (1) 57-64. DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002795.
  • Weiss, M. D., Macklin, E. A., Simmons, Z., Knox, A. S., Greenblatt, D. J., Atassi, N., Graves, M., Parziale, N., Salameh, J. S., Quinn, C., Brown, R. H., Distad, J. B., Trivedi, J., Shefner, J. M., Barohn, R. J., Pestronk, A., Swenson, A. & Cudkowicz, M. E. (2016). A randomized trial of mexiletine in ALS: Safety and effects on muscle cramps and progression. Neurology 86 (16) 1474-1481. DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002507. PMID: 26911633. PMCID: PMC4836879.
  • Murphy, J., Factor-Litvak, P., Goetz, R., Lomen-Hoerth, C., Nagy, P. L., Hupf, J., Singleton, J., Woolley, S., Andrews, H., Heitzman, D., Bedlack, R. S., Katz, J. S., Barohn, R. J., Sorenson, E. J., Oskarsson, B., Fernandes Filho, J. A., Kasarskis, E. J., Mozaffar, T., Rollins, Y. D., Nations, S. P., Swenson, A. J. & Koczon-Jaremko, B. A. (2016). Cognitive-behavioral screening reveals prevalent impairment in a large multicenter ALS cohort. Neurology 86 (9) 813-820. DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002305. PMID: 26802094. PMCID: PMC4793785.
  • Nieves, J., Gennings, C., Factor-Litvak, P., Hupf, J., Singleton, J., Sharf, V., Oskarsson, B., Filho, J., Sorenson, E., D’Amico, E., Goetz, R., Mitsumoto, H., Singleton, J., Beck, C., Merle, D., Shah, T., Kim, M., Lee, Y., Christodoulou, G., Dalton, K., Kidd, J., Gilbert, E., Kilty, M., Heitzman, D., Rodriguez, W., Hand, S., Washington, M., Spears, B., Burson, B., Bedlack, R., Grace, K., Boyette, C., Katz, J., Miller, R., Forshew, D., Beemsterboer, J., Harris, W., McCoy, S., Zayas-Bazan, T., Saephanh, C., Barohn, R., McVey, A., Dimachkie, M., Pasnoor, M., Wang, Y., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Miller, J., Anderson, K., Klingerman, S., Weis, D., Joyce, N., Lim, S., Cregan, M., Kasarskis, E., Vanderpool, K., Taylor, D., Thomas, S., King, J., Wells, R., Lomen-Hoerth, C., Murphy, J., Duong, Y., Robins, D., Villerme, C., Rollins, Y., Ringel, S., Quan, D., Whitethorn, E., Mozaffar, T., Wang, A., Martin, V., Minton, B., Tully, P., Davis, D., Thaisetthawatkul, P., Cowardin, C., Herstein, R., Swenson, A., Jimmeh-Fletcher, D., Olalde, H., Sieren, J., Nations, S., Elliott, J., Trivedi, J., Gorham, N., Shefner, J., Watson, M., Moore, J., Markis, K., Grosso, M., Andrews, J., Koczon-Jaremko, A. & Bowen, J. (2016). Association between dietary intake and function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. JAMA Neurology 73 (12) 1425–1432. DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.3401.
  • Jerath, N. U., Kamholz, J., Grider, T., Harper, A., Swenson, A. & Shy, M. E. (2015). Coexistence of a T118M PMP22 missense mutation and chromosome 17 (17p11.2-p12) deletion. Muscle & nerve 52 (5) 905-8. DOI: 10.1002/mus.24713. PMID: 26012543.
  • Jerath, N. U., Aul, E., Reddy, C. G., Azadeh, H., Swenson, A. & Kimura, J. (2015). Prolongation of F-wave minimal latency: a sensitive predictor of polyneuropathy. The International journal of neuroscience. DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2015.1040492. PMID: 26000925.
  • Macchi, Z., Wang, Y., Moore, D., Katz, J., Saperstein, D., Walk, D., Simpson, E., Genge, A., Bertorini, T., Fernandes, J. A., Swenson, A., Elman, L., Dimachkie, M., Herbelin, L., Miller, J., Lu, J., Wilkins, H., Swerdlow, R. H., Statland, J. & Barohn, R. (2015). A multi-center screening trial of rasagiline in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Possible mitochondrial biomarker target engagement. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration 16 (5-6) 345-352. DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2015.1026826. PMID: 25832828.