Penn Medicine Provider
Neurology
Defne Audrey Amado, MD, PHD
5.0
(75)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

75 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
great experience
March 2025
5.0
5.0
you're always going to get great service
March 2025
5.0
5.0
detailed, listens, though.
December 2024
5.0
5.0
top notch care.

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. Amado is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Amado DA, Robbins AB, Smith AR, Whiteman KR, Chillon G, Chen Y, Fuller JA, Izda A, Nelson S, Dichter AI, Monteys AM, Davidson BL. AAV-based delivery of RNAi targeting Ataxin-2 improves survival, strength, and pathology in mouse models of rapidly and slowly progressive sporadic ALS. , bioRxiv: 2024


Amado DA, Davidson BL Gene Therapy for ALS: A Review , Molecular Therapy, 29(12): 2021,3345-3358


Defne A. Amado, Jaclyn Durkin, Katherine R. Whiteman, Joshua A. Fuller, Nancy M. Bonini, Beverly L. Davidson, Sigrid C. Veasey, and Matthew S. Kayser Sleep disturbances induced by TDP-43 proteinopathy are rescued by ATXN2 knockdown in Drosophila and mouse models of sporadic ALS , American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL: 2024


Defne A. Amado, Alejandro Mas Monteys, Alicia R. Smith, Katherine Whiteman, Guillem Chillon Bosch, Ashley Robbins, Aleksandar Izda, Shareen Nelson, Abigail I. Dichter, Beverly L. Davidson Improved Survival, Strength, and Neuroinflammation in a Mouse Model of Sporadic ALS after Novel AAV-Mediated Delivery of RNAi Targeting Atxn2. , American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: 2023


Defne A. Amado, Alejandro Mas Monteys, Katherine Whiteman, Alicia R. Smith, Guillem Chillon Bosch, Aleksandar Izda, Beverly L. Davidson Novel AAV-Capsid-Mediated Delivery of an RNAi Targeting Atxn2 Extends Survival and Improves Strength and Neuroinflammation in a Mouse Model of Sporadic ALS , American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA : 2023


Amado DA, Rieders JM, Diatta F, Hernandez-Con P, Singer A, Mak JT, Zhang J, Lancaster E, Davidson BL, Chen-Plotkin AS. AAV-mediated progranulin delivery to a mouse model of progranulin deficiency causes T cell-mediated toxicity. , Molecular Therapy, 27(2): 2019,465-478


Amado DA, Robbins A. The Emerging Landscape of Targeted Therapeutics for Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders. , Practical Neurology: 2023


Dawicki-McKenna J, Felix A, Waxman E, Cheng C, Amado DA, Ranum PT, Bogush A, Dungan LV, Maguire JA, Gagne AL, Heller EA, French DL, Davidson BL, Prosser B. Mapping PTBP2 binding in human brain identifies SYNGAP1 as a target for therapeutic splice switching. , Nature Communications, 14(1): 2023,2628


Mao F, Robinson J, Unger T, Amado DA, Elman L, Grossman M, Weintraub D, Wolk D, Lee E, Van Deerlin V, Porta SSs, Lee V, Trojanowski JQ, Chen-Plotkin AS. TMEM106B modifies TDP-43 pathology in human ALS brain and cell-based models of TDP-43 proteinopathy. , Acta Neuropathologica, 142(4): 2021,629-642


Amado D, Mingozzi F, Hui D, Bennicelli JL, Wei Z, Chen Y, Bote E, Grant RL, Golden JA, Narfstrom K, Syed NA, Orlin SE, High KA, Maguire AM, Bennett J. Safety and efficacy of subretinal readministration of a viral vector in large animals to treat congenital blindness. , Science Translational Medicine, 2(21): 2010,21ra16


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