Neurology / Adult

Specialists in the Department of Neurology see patients in the areas of adult neurology, rehabilitation, and pediatric neurology.

General adult neurology services are offered along with treatment and/or rehabilitation for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury, movement disorders, sleep problems, aging and dementia, neuromuscular and cerebrovascular disease.

Pediatric patients are seen for general neurology, stroke, movement disorders and epilepsy, in addition to neuro-rehabilitation services and epilepsy monitoring.

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Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD

Specialty Areas
Neurologic Infectious Diseases
HIV Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Memory Disorders and Diagnosis

Areas of Clinical Interest
HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), HIV associated peripheral neuropathy, neuroAIDS, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), neurodegenerative diseases, mild cognitive impairment, aging, cognitive function, paraneoplastic disorders, post concussive syndrome, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Honors and Awards
Dana Foundation Brain-Immuno Imaging Scholar- 2008-2010
NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K23), NIMH - 2007-present
American Federation for AIDS Research Fellow (amFAR) Fellowship -2006-2008
University of California San Diego Department of Neurology Junior Faculty Teaching Award- 2008
Universitywide AIDS Research Program (UARP) Clinical Fellowship- 2005-2006
Arthur Asbury Neurology Resident Award for Clinical Excellence in Neurology- 2005
Penn Pearl Award Resident Teaching Award for excellence in medical student education-2004
Eric C. Raps Memorial Prize for excellence in Clinical Neurology by a medical student- 2001
NIH National Research Service (NRSA) Fellowship Award-1997-2001
Philadelphia Society for Neuroscience Graduate Award- 1999
NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Fellowship-1994-1997

Editorial Responsibilities
Neurology- Editor for Resident Section 2004-2006
Society for Neurovirology- Meeting Organizer- 2007
Medscape/WebMD - Expert Advisor- 2008- current

Reviewer
Brain
Lancet Neurology
Journal of Neuroscience
Neurology
European Neurology
Archives of Neurology
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
NeuroImage
Neurocase
Epileptic Syndromes

Journal Articles
Ances, B. M., Roc, A.C., Korczykowski, M., Wolf, R., Kolson, D.L. (2008) Combination Anti- Retroviral Therapy Modulates the Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Amplitude in HIV+ patients. Journal of Neurovirology. In press.

Ances, B.M., Liang, C.L., Leontiev, O.L., Perthen, J.E., Fleisher, A.S., Lansing, A.E., Buxton, R.B. (2008) Effects of Aging on Cerebral Blood Flow, Oxygen Metabolism, and Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) Responses to Visual Stimulation. Human Brain Mapping. In press.

Ances, B.M., Clifford, D.B. (2008) HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND) and the Impact of Combination Antiretroviral Therapies (cART). Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. In press.

Ances, B.M., Letendre, S.L., Alexander, T., Ellis R.J. (2008) Role of Psychiatric Medications as Adjunct Therapy in the Treatment of HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders. Inter J Psychiatry 20(1):89-93.

Ances, B.M., Leontiev, O.L., Perthen, J.E., Liang, C.L., Lansing, A., Buxton, R.B. (2008) Regional Coupling Differences in Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism: Implications for BOLD-fMRI. Neuroimage. 39(4):1510-21.

Ances, B.M., Ellis, RJ. (2007) Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders due to HIV-1 Infection in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapies Semin Neurol. 27(1):86-92.

Ances, B. M., Roc, A.C., Chawla, S. Korczykowski, M., Wolf, R., Lawler, K., Kolson, D.L., Detre, J.A., Poptani, H. (2007) MRS Detects HIV-Induced Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Lenticular Nuclei Despite Antiretroviral Therapy. Arch Neurol. 64(9): 1210-1214.

Roc, A.C., Wang, J.J., Ances, B. M., Liebeskind, D.S., Kasner, S.E., Detre, J.A. (2006) Altered Hemodynamics and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Hemodynamically Significant Stenoses. Stroke. 37(2):382-7.

Ances, B. M., Roc, A.C., Wang, J.J., Korczykowski, M., Okawa, J., Stern, J., Kim, J., Wolf, R., Lawler. K., Kolson, D.L., Detre, J.A. (2006) Caudate Blood Flow and Volume are Reduced in HIV+ Neurocognitively Impaired Patients. Neurology. 66 (6): 862-866.

Ances, B.M., Letendre, S., Buzzell, M., Marquie-Beck, J., Lazaretto,D., Marcotte,T.D., Grant, I., Ellis, R.J. HNRC Group (2006). Valproic Acid Does Not Affect Markers of HIV Disease Progression. J Neurovirol. 12(5):403-6.

Ances, B. M., Vitaliani,R., Taylor, R.A., Liebeskind, D.S.,Voloschin, A., Houghton, D.J., Galetta,S.L., Dichter, M., Alavi, A., Rosenfeld, M.R., Dalmau, J.O. (2005) Treatment- responsive limbic encephalitis identified by neuropil antibodies: MRI and PET correlates. Brain.128(Pt 8):1764-77.

Vitaliani, R., Mason, W., Ances, B.M., Swerdling, T., Jiang. Z., Dalmau, J. (2005) Paraneoplastic encephalitis, psychiatric symptoms, and hypoventilation in ovarian teratoma. Ann Neurol. 58(4):594-604.

Ances, B.M. (2004) What Must Initially Dip Must Come Back Up. A Review of the Initial Dip Literature Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 24:1-6.

Ances, B.M., Ellenbogen, J.M., Herman, S.T., Jacobs, D., Liebeskind, D.S., Chatterjee, A., Galetta S.L. (2004) Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Presenting as Balint’s syndrome. Neurology. 63(2):395.

Buerk, D.G., Ances, B. M., Greenberg, J.H., and Detre, J. A. (2003) Temporal Dynamics of Nitric Oxide as Measured by Brain Tissue Electrode Oxygen During Functional Forepaw Stimulation NeuroImage. 18(1):1-9.
Ances, B. M., Wilson, D.F., Greenberg, J.H., and Detre, J. A. (2001)

Temporal Dynamics of the Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow and Calculated Oxygen Metabolism Due to Forepaw Stimulation: Implications for Neuroimaging. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism; 21(5): 511-516.

Ances, B. M., Greenberg, J.H. and Detre, J. A. (2000) Acute Carotid Occlusion Alters the Activation-Flow Coupling Response to Forepaw Stimulation in a Rat Model. Stroke; 31(4): 955-960.

Ances, B. M., Greenberg, J.H. and Detre, J. A. (1999) Laser Doppler Imaging of Activation Flow Coupling in the Rat Somatosensory Cortex. NeuroImage; 10(6): 716- 723.

Ances, B.M., Letendre, S., Buzzell, M., Marquie-Beck, J., Lazaretto,D., Marcotte,T.D., Grant, I., Ellis, R.J. HNRC Group (2006). Valproic Acid Does Not Affect Markers of HIV Disease Progression. J Neurovirol. 12(5):403-6.

Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD