- Essential tremor
- Gait abnormality
- Huntington's disease
- Movement disorder
- Parkinson's disease
- Tremor
Aaron C. W. Lasker, MD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence
- Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency: Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
- Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 2017
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- Huntington's Study Group (HSG), International
- Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Society, International
- Penn Movement Disorders Center
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Deik A, Aamodt W, Cadet C, Lasker A, Oliver A, Spindler M, Tropea TF, Vaswani P, Siderowf A. An open-label pilot study to examine the safety, tolerability and efficacy of deutetrabenazine inisolated dystonia , Movement Disorders Clinical Practice: 2025
C. Marshall, W. Aamodt, J. Klapper, P. Cinicola, N. Kleinberg, A. Lasker Patient Reported Outcomes of Using a Chaplain Service in a Huntington’s Disease Clinic , Movement Disorders Society, Annual Congress 2024, Philadelphia PA: 2024
Tropea TF, Hartstone W, Amari N, Baum D, Rick J, Suh E, Zhang H, Paul RA, Han N, Zack R, Brody EM, Albuja I, James J, Spindler M, Deik A, Aamodt WW, Dahodwala N, Hamedani A, Lasker A, Hurtig H, Stern M, Weintraub D, Vaswani P, Willis AW, Siderowf A, Xie SX, Van Deerlin V, Chen-Plotkin AS. Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Parkinson’s disease at the clinic-wide level , npj Parkinson's Disease, 10(1): 2024,97
Baldwin A, Copeland J, Azage M, Dratch L, Johnson K, Paul RA, Amado DA, Baer M, Deik A, Elman LB, Guo M, Hamedani AG, Irwin DJ, Lasker A, Orthmann-Murphy J, Quinn CC, Tropea TF, Scherer SS, Shinohara RT, Hamilton RH, Ellis CA Disparities in Genetic Testing for Neurologic Disorders , Neurology, 102(6): 2024
Dratch L, Azage M, Baldwin A, Johnson K, Paul RA, Bardakjian TM, Michon SC, Amado DA, Baer M, Deik AF, Elman LB, Gonzalez-Alegre P, Guo MH, Hamedani AG, Irwin DJ, Lasker A, Orthmann-Murphy J, Quinn C, Tropea TF, Scherer SS, Ellis CA. Genetic Testing in Adults with neurologic disorders: indications, approach, and clinical impacts , Journal of Neurology, 217(2): 2024,733-747
Deik A, Spindler M, Lasker A, Vaswani P, Aamodt W, Tropea T A phase I/II open-label study to define the safety, tolerability and clinical activity of deutetrabenazine (AUstedo) in adult study subjects with DYsTonia (the AUDYT trial) , PAS Congress 2024 in Cartagena, Colombia: 2024
Allan Cole Parkinson's and Palliative Care , PDwise.com: 2022
Shaji A, M Solanki N, Ocasio Y, Kaur P, Muller E, Mendez A, Lasker A Mindfulness Based Program for Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Patients , Movement Disorders Society, 2022, Annual Congress - Madrid: 2022
Shaji A, M Solanki N, Ocasio Y, Kaur P, Muller E, Mendez A, Lasker A Mindfulness Based Program for Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Patients , American Neurological Association, 2022 Annual Meeting: 2022
Ashton C, Tacci C, Laracuente R, Sorberg E, Solis-Cohen L, Horn S, Lasker A, Vanderhorst V, Shih L Spatio-temporal Analysis and Modeling of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease. , American Neurological Association, Annual Meeting: 2016