Lauren H Hammer, MD, PhD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
  • Residency: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
  • Fellowship: University of California San Francisco

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Hammer is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Perkins J, Luthra NS, Goldman SM, Zuzuarregui R, Brown EG, Meng C, Racelo L, Hue TF, Schambach C, Kriesel D, Barnes H, Stiep T, Bledsoe I, Ng J, Hoang P, Hammer LH, Prakash P, Dietiker C, San Luciano Palenzuela M, Galifianakis N, Ranola P, Schwarzschild MA, Dorsey R, Espay AJ, Krischer S, Comella CL, Siddiqui M, Gao F, LeDoux MS, Byrd E, Litvan I, McFarland NR, Mitchell KT, Branson C, Zahed H, Fuentes A, Schneider R, Afshari M, Katz M, Standaert DG, Beck JC, Williams KL, Drake MT, Bauer D, Lyles KW, Cummings SR, Tanner CM, and the TOPAZ Investigators and Coordinators Bridging Gaps in Parkinsonism Research Participation through Telemedicine: The TOPAZ Experience , 7th World Parkinson Congress: 2026


Leung B, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Cernera S, Oehrn CR, Hahn A, Little S, Starr PA, Hammer LH. Bayesian time-history modeling enhances Parkinsonian motor state classification for adaptive deep brain stimulation , J Neural Eng, 23: 2026


Berson AH, Qureshi Q, Borges PGLB, Haggerty J, Wingel K, Rapoport BI, Cajigas I, Hammer LH High Spatiotemporal uECoG Recordings in an Essential Tremor Patient Reveal Frequency-Specific Spatial Power Distributions in the Primary Motor Cortex , 2026 Tremor Congress: 2026


Goldblum Z, Shi H, Xu Z, Ojemann W, Aguila CA, Long K, Xie K, Nix KC, Walsh K, Chang E, Lavelle S, Bach B, Davis KA, Sinha N, Hammer LH, Conrad EC, Litt B An Implantable Device that Converses with Patients and Learns to Co-Manage Epilepsy , 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders: 2026


Haggerty J, Qureshi Q, Gabriel E, Davis P, Wingel K, Cai J, Dubey A, Garwood I, Vaz A, Borges P, Richardson A, Chen I, Hammer L, Gold J, Litt B, Yoshor D, Halpern C, Pesaran B, Beauchamp M, Sargur k, Kim M, Cajigas I Thalamus: A real-time system for synchronized, closed-loop multimodal behavioral and electrophysiological data capture , Comms Eng, 5(93): 2026


Hammer LH, Cernera S, Oehrn CR, Yao J, Shcherbakova M, Hahn A, Little S, Starr, PA Stimulation and medication effects on STN beta-band power in Parkinson’s disease: Implications for adaptive DBS , Mov Disord: 2026


Roller JR, Yahia A, Stevanin G, Ahmed AE, Alawadhi AMT, Almannai M, Busehail MY, Choi AH, Elhassan AA, Elsayed LEO, Goode C, Hammer LH, Laukaitis C, Begtrup A, Paul RA, Roohi J, Tomoum HY, Bauer P, Schöls L, Basto JP, Synofzik M, Hengel H. The RAB3A hot spot variant R83W causes spasticity as part of the ataxia-spasticity spectrum , Brain: 2026


Goldblum Z, Shi H, Xu Z, Ojemann W, Aguila CA, Long K, Xie K, Nix KC, Walsh K, Chang E, Lavelle S, Bach B, Davis KA, Sinha N, Hammer LH, Conrad EC, Litt B An Implantable Device that Converses with Patients and Learns to Co-Manage Epilepsy , medRxiv: 2026


Borges PGLB, Qureshi Q, Hammer LH, Cajigas I. Effect of Motor Imagery on Tremor in a Patient With Parkinson Disease Undergoing Intraoperative Testing , Neurology, 105: 2025,e214246


Leung B, Cernera C, Oehrn C, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Little S, Starr PA, Hammer LHH Bayesian Classification With and Without Temporal History for Estimating Parkinsonian Symptom State for Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation , IEEE Conf on Neural Engineering, San Diego, USA : 2025


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