- Dermatomyositis
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myositis
- Necrotizing myopathy
- Plexopathy
- Polymyositis
Eric Lancaster, MD, PhD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- 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
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine
- Neurology, 2008
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), National
- American Neurological Association, National
- Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Zelikovich AS, Schneider S, Mandal AS, Hammer LH, Lancaster E. Clinical reasoning: a 72-year-old man with progressive pan-dysautonomia. , Neurology, 105(5): 2025,e213994
Eric Lancaster Autoimmune Encephalitis , Chapter in Decision Making in Adult Neurology, 2nd Edition: 2025
Lancaster E. Autoimmune Encephalitis due to CNS Synaptic Antibodies. Chapter in Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. (Chapter) , Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences: 2025
Sharma R, Bellacicco NJ, Husar WG, Park JH, Lancaster E, Singer M. Pearls & Oy-sters: Breaking Bad CIDP: Recognition of Anti-NF155 Autoimmune Nodopathy in Refractory CIDP. , Neurology.: 2024,e209848.
Sharma R, Bellacicco NJ, Husar WG, Park JH, Lancaster E, Singer M. Pearls and Oy-sters: Breaking-bad CIDP: recognition of anti-NF155 autoimmune nodopathy in refractory CIDP , Neurology, 103(10): 2024,e209848
Alfred L Garfall, Adam D Cohen, Sandra P Susanibar-Adaniya, Wei-Ting Hwang, Dan T Vogl, Adam J Waxman, Simon F Lacey, Vanessa E Gonzalez, Joseph A Fraietta, Minnal Gupta, Irina Kulikovskaya, Lifeng Tian, Fang Chen, Natalka Koterba, Robert L Bartoszek, Margaret Patchin, Rong Xu, Gabriela Plesa, Don L Siegel, Andrea Brennan, Anne Marie Nelson, Regina Ferthio, Angela Cosey, Kim-Marie Shea, Rachel Leskowitz, Megan Four, Wesley V Wilson, Fei Miao, Eric Lancaster, Beatriz M Carreno, Gerald P Linette, Elizabeth O Hexner, Regina M Young, Dexiu Bu, Keith G Mansfield, Jennifer L Brogdon, Carl H June, Michael C Milone, Edward A Stadtmauer Anti-BCMA/CD19 CAR T Cells with Early Immunomodulatory Maintenance for Multiple Myeloma Responding to Initial or Later-Line Therapy , Blood Cancer Discov, 4(2): 2023,118-133
Lancaster, E. Autoimmune Encephalitis , Chapter in Decision Making in Adult Neurology: 2023
Yoji Hoshina, Jonathan Galli, Ka-Ho Wong, Tibor Kovacsovics, Mary Steinbach, Karen L Salzman, Joseph Scott McNally, Eric Lancaster, M. Mateo Paz Soldán, and Stacey L. Clardy GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma: 3 cases and Literature Review , Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation., 9(6): 2022,e200024
Hoshina Y, Galli J, Wong KH, Kovacsovics T, Steinbach M, Salzman KL, McNally JS, Lancaster E, Paz Soldán MM, Clardy SL. GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant forMultiple Myeloma: Three Cases and Literature Review. , Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. , 9(6): 2022,e200024
Adam M Kruszewski, Zujaja Tauqeer, Elana A Meer, Sana Ali Bautista, Neena R Cherayil, Marcus E Cimino, Sami L Khella, Eric Lancaster, Shawn J Bird, Steven S Scherer, Karen E Revere, Ali G Hamedani, Grant T Liu, Madhura A Tamhankar Vision Loss as a Presenting Feature of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Series , Journal of Neuroophthalmology: 2022