Alice S. Chen-Plotkin, MD

Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, MIND Initiative
  • Parker Family Professor of Neurology

My education and training

  • Medical School: Harvard University
  • Residency: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Fellowship: Pennsylvania Hospital

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.

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. Chen-Plotkin is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Diaz-Ortiz ME, Seo Y, Posavi M, Carceles Cordon M, Clark E, Jain N, Charan R, Gallagher MD, Unger TL, Amari N, Skrinak RT, Davila-Rivera R, Brody EM, Han N, Zack R, Van Deerlin VM, Tropea TF, Luk KC, Lee EB, Weintraub D, Chen-Plotkin AS. GPNMB confers risk for Parkinson's disease through interaction with α-synuclein , Science, 377: 2022,eabk0637

Shen J, Amari N, Zack R, Skrinak RT, Unger TL, Posavi M, Tropea TF, Xie SX, Van Deerlin VM, Dewey RB Jr, Weintraub D, Trojanowski JQ, Chen-Plotkin AS. Plasma MIA, CRP, and Albumin Predict Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease , Ann Neurol, 92(2): 2022,255-269

Weintraub D, Posavi M, Fontanillas P, Tropea TF, Mamikonyan E, Suh E, Trojanowski JQ, Cannon P, Van Deerlin VM; 23andMe Research Team, Chen-Plotkin AS. Genetic prediction of impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease , Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 9(7): 2022,936-949

Carceles-Cordon M, Weintraub D, Chen-Plotkin AS. Cognitive heterogeneity in Parkinson's disease: A mechanistic view , Neuron, 111: 2023,1531-1546