- Multiple sclerosis
Dennis L. Kolson, MD, PhD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Professor of Neurology
- Professor of Neurology in Microbiology
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
- Residency: Mercy Providence Hospital/UPMC Passavant Hospital
- Residency: Duke University Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
212 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, 1990
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, National
- American Society for Virology, National
- National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium/NIH Steering Committee, 2002-, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Kolson DL, Sabnekar P, Baybis M and Crino PB Gene expression in TUNEL-positive Neurons in HIV-infected brain , J. Neurovirol., 10((suppl. 1)): 2004,102-7
Patel SH, Kolson DL, Glosser G, Matozzo I, Ge Y, Babb JS, Mannon LJ and Grossman RI. Correlation between percentage of brain parenchymal volume and neurocognitive performance in HIV infected patients. , Am. J. Neuroradiol. , 23: 2002,543-549
Chen W, Sulcove J, Frank I, Jaffer S, Ozdener H and Kolson DL. Development of a human neuronal cell model for HIV/macrophage-induced neurotoxicity: apoptosis induced by HIV-1 primary isolates and evidence for involvement of the Bcl-2/Bcl-xL-sensitive intrinsic apoptosis pathway. , J. Virology , 76: 2002,9407-9419
Ge Y, Grossman RI, Babb JS, Rabin ML, Mannon LJ and Kolson DL. Age-related total gray matter and white matter changes in normal adult brain. Part I. Volumetric MR imaging analysis. , Am. J. Neuroradiol. , 23: 2002,1327-1333
Ge Y, Grossman RI, Babb JS, Rabin ML, Mannon LJ and Kolson DL. Age-related total gray matter and white matter changes in normal adult brain. Part II: quantitative magnetization transfer ratio histogram analysis. , Am. J. Neuroradiol. , 23: 2002,1334-1341
O’Donnell, LA, Chen W, Agrawal A, Sulcove J and Kolson DL. Potential neuroprotective role of APJ/apelin interactions: protection against HIV-induced apoptosis. , NIMH workshop: Viral and Host Genetic Factyors Regulating HIV/CNS Disease, Rockville, MD.: 2002
Martin-Garcia J, Kolson DL, Gonzalez-Scarano F. Chemokine receptors in the brain: their role in HIV infection and pathogenesis. , AIDS (in press).: 2002
Ge Y, Grossman RL, Udupa JK, Babb JS, Kolson DL and McGowan JC. Magnetization transfer ratio histogram analysis of gray matter in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. , Am. J. Neuroradiol. , 22: 2001,470-475
Ge Y, Grossman RL, Udupa JK, Babb JS, Nyul LG and Kolson DL. Brain atrophy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: fractional volumetric analysis of gray matter and white matter. , Radiology , 220: 2001,606-610