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Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, M.D., Ph.D.

Neurologist and director of the ALS Center

Dr. Catherine Lomen-Hoerth — a specialist in treating patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease — is director of the ALS Center at UCSF Medical Center. She is particularly interested in research involving electrophysiological and genetic predictors in ALS. Patients at the center have the opportunity to participate in research projects or clinical trials to test new treatments. Lomen-Hoerth also is interested in the overlap of ALS and frontotemporal dementia, a related neurodegenerative disease. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the Bay Area chapter of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association.

Lomen-Hoerth earned a medical degree and a Ph.D. at Stanford University School of Medicine in neurosciences. At UCSF, she served as chief resident in neurology and completed a fellowship in electromyography and neuromuscular disorders. Her bachelor's degree is in biochemistry from the University of Arizona. Lomen-Hoerth is an associate professor in residence in neurology at UCSF.

Clinics

ALS Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2122
Fax: (415) 353-2524

Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
8 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Neuropathy Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2273
Fax: (415) 353-2898

Hours: Monday and Tuesday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Education

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine 1994

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Neurology 1998

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, EMG/Neurophysiology 1999

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Takada LT, Pimentel ML, Dejesus-Hernandez M, Fong JC, Yokoyama JS, Karydas A, Thibodeau MP, Rutherford NJ, Baker MC, Lomen-Hoerth C, Rademakers R, Miller BL. Frontotemporal dementia in a Brazilian kindred with the c9orf72 mutation. Arch Neurol. 2012 Sep 1; 69(9):1149-53.
  2. Rutherford NJ, Heckman MG, Dejesus-Hernandez M, Baker MC, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Rayaprolu S, Stewart H, Finger E, Volkening K, Seeley WW, Hatanpaa KJ, Lomen-Hoerth C, Kertesz A, Bigio EH, Lippa C, Knopman DS, Kretzschmar HA, Neumann M, Caselli RJ, White CL, Mackenzie IR, Petersen RC, Strong MJ, Miller BL, Boeve BF, Uitti RJ, Boylan KB, Wszolek ZK, Graff-Radford NR, Dickson DW, Ross OA, Rademakers R. Length of normal alleles of C9ORF72 GGGGCC repeat do not influence disease phenotype. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Dec; 33(12):2950.e5-7.
  3. Rutherford NJ, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Baker MC, Kryston TB, Brown PE, Lomen-Hoerth C, Boylan K, Wszolek ZK, Rademakers R. C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in patients with ALS from the Coriell Cell Repository. Neurology. 2012 Jul 31; 79(5):482-3.
  4. Toossi S, Lomen-Hoerth C, Josephson SA, Gropper MA, Roberts J, Patton K, Smith WS. Organ donation after cardiac death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2012 Feb; 71(2):154-6.
  5. Olney NT, Goodkind MS, Lomen-Hoerth C, Whalen PK, Williamson CA, Holley DE, Verstaen A, Brown LM, Miller BL, Kornak J, Levenson RW, Rosen HJ. Behaviour, physiology and experience of pathological laughing and crying in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain. 2011 Dec; 134(Pt 12):3458-69.
  6. Lomen-Hoerth C. Clinical phenomenology and neuroimaging correlates in ALS-FTD. J Mol Neurosci. 2011 Nov; 45(3):656-62.
  7. Ross OA, Rutherford NJ, Baker M, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Carrasquillo MM, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Adamson J, Li M, Volkening K, Finger E, Seeley WW, Hatanpaa KJ, Lomen-Hoerth C, Kertesz A, Bigio EH, Lippa C, Woodruff BK, Knopman DS, White CL, Van Gerpen JA, Meschia JF, Mackenzie IR, Boylan K, Boeve BF, Miller BL, Strong MJ, Uitti RJ, Younkin SG, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Wszolek ZK, Dickson DW, Rademakers R. Ataxin-2 repeat-length variation and neurodegeneration. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Aug 15; 20(16):3207-12.
  8. Rutherford NJ, Finch NA, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Crook RJ, Lomen-Hoerth C, Wszolek ZK, Uitti RJ, Graff-Radford NR, Rademakers R. Pathogenicity of exonic indels in fused in sarcoma in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Feb; 33(2):424.e23-4.
  9. Huang EJ, Zhang J, Geser F, Trojanowski JQ, Strober JB, Dickson DW, Brown RH, Shapiro BE, Lomen-Hoerth C. Extensive FUS-immunoreactive pathology in juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with basophilic inclusions. Brain Pathol. 2010 Nov; 20(6):1069-76.
  10. Merrilees J, Klapper J, Murphy J, Lomen-Hoerth C, Miller BL. Cognitive and behavioral challenges in caring for patients with frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2010 May 3; 11(3):298-302.
  11. Kaufmann P, Thompson JL, Levy G, Buchsbaum R, Shefner J, Krivickas LS, Katz J, Rollins Y, Barohn RJ, Jackson CE, Tiryaki E, Lomen-Hoerth C, Armon C, Tandan R, Rudnicki SA, Rezania K, Sufit R, Pestronk A, Novella SP, Heiman-Patterson T, Kasarskis EJ, Pioro EP, Montes J, Arbing R, Vecchio D, Barsdorf A, Mitsumoto H, Levin B. Phase II trial of CoQ10 for ALS finds insufficient evidence to justify phase III. Ann Neurol. 2009 Aug; 66(2):235-44.
  12. Albert SM, Lomen-Hoerth C. Nouns, verbs, and ALS. Neurology. 2008 Oct 28; 71(18):1388-9.
  13. Lomen-Hoerth C. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from bench to bedside. Semin Neurol. 2008 Apr; 28(2):205-11.
  14. Dunckley T, Huentelman MJ, Craig DW, Pearson JV, Szelinger S, Joshipura K, Halperin RF, Stamper C, Jensen KR, Letizia D, Hesterlee SE, Pestronk A, Levine T, Bertorini T, Graves MC, Mozaffar T, Jackson CE, Bosch P, McVey A, Dick A, Barohn R, Lomen-Hoerth C, Rosenfeld J, O'connor DT, Zhang K, Crook R, Ryberg H, Hutton M, Katz J, Simpson EP, Mitsumoto H, Bowser R, Miller RG, Appel SH, Stephan DA. Whole-genome analysis of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 23; 357(8):775-88.
  15. Murphy JM, Henry RG, Langmore S, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Lomen-Hoerth C. Continuum of frontal lobe impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 2007 Apr; 64(4):530-4.
  16. Murphy J, Henry R, Lomen-Hoerth C. Establishing subtypes of the continuum of frontal lobe impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 2007 Mar; 64(3):330-4.
  17. Langmore SE, Olney RK, Lomen-Hoerth C, Miller BL. Dysphagia in patients with frontotemporal lobar dementia. Arch Neurol. 2007 Jan; 64(1):58-62.
  18. Goldman JS, Farmer JM, Wood EM, Johnson JK, Boxer A, Neuhaus J, Lomen-Hoerth C, Wilhelmsen KC, Lee VM, Grossman M, Miller BL. Comparison of family histories in FTLD subtypes and related tauopathies. Neurology. 2005 Dec 13; 65(11):1817-9.
  19. Olney RK, Murphy J, Forshew D, Garwood E, Miller BL, Langmore S, Kohn MA, Lomen-Hoerth C. The effects of executive and behavioral dysfunction on the course of ALS. Neurology. 2005 Dec 13; 65(11):1774-7.
  20. Olney RK, Lomen-Hoerth C. Exit strategies in ALS: an influence of depression or despair? Neurology. 2005 Jul 12; 65(1):9-10.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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