- Alzheimer disease
- Corticobasal syndrome
- Dementia
- Memory disorder
- Neurogenic communication disorder
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 40 and up
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation
- Director, Penn Brain Science, Innovation, Translation and Modulation (brainSTIM) Center
- Professor of Neurology
- Professor of Neurology in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Professor of Neurology in Psychiatry
My education and training
- Medical School: Harvard University
- Residency: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- 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.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 2006
- Academy of Aphasia, International
- Aging Systems and Geriatrics (ASG) study section, National
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Academy of Neurology, Behavioral Neurology Section, National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- American Society for Neurorehabilitation, National
- Association of American Physiatrists, National
- McKnight Brain Research Foundation, National
- Society for Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, National
- Society for Cognitive Neuroscience;, International
- Society for Neuroscience, International
- Society for the Neurobiology of Language, International
- Veterans Administration, Rehabilitation Research and Development (RRD3 & RRD6), National
- WHYY Public Radio, Local
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Josephy-Hernandez, S.J., Bateman, J.R., Hamilton, R.H. Survey on the application timeline for behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry fellowship programs , The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: 2026
Bilici, N., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Workman, C. I., Humphries, S., Hamilton, R. H., Chatterjee, A. Changing the narrative: stories reduce biases against anomalous faces , BMC Psychology: 2026
Perez, G., Udongwo, A.U., Hamilton, R.H., Wexler, A. “Doing our best:” A qualitative study of researcher challenges administering neuromodulation across different phenotypes , AJOB Neuroscience, 15: 2026,1-11
Stites, S.D., Lee, B.N., Kuz, C., Adams, M., Harkins, K., Xie, S., Walke, L., Pansak, P., Hamilton, R. An online vignette study of diagnostic testing: Racial and ethnic differences in Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis confidence and stigma , Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring: 2025
Masson-Trottier, M., Tippett, D.C., Rapp, B., Vnenchak, L., Harvey, D.Y., Roncero, C., Chertkow, H., Hamilton, R.H., Hillis, A., Tsapkini, K. Protocol for a multisite study on the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation as an adjuvant to naming and spelling therapy in the treatment of oral and written naming in individuals with primary progressive aphasia. , Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: 2025
Chen, B.B., Haeusermann, T., Dada, A., Hamilton, R.H., James, J.E., Fong, K.C., Dohan, D., Chiong, W. Race-ethnicity, rurality, and age in prospective preferences and concerns regarding closed-loop implanted neural devices , Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 37(1): 2025,79-87
Parchure, S., Xu, Z., Shah-Basak, P., Erickson, B., Harvey, D., Wurzman, R., McAfee, D., Sacchetti, D., Faseyitan, O., Hamilton, R.H. Predicting neuroplasticity effects of continuous theta burst stimulation with biomarkers from the motor evoked potential TMS input-output curve , Clinical Neurophysiology: 2025
Hinkle, S.N., Okeh, C.C., Ulloa-Pérez, E., Mani, A., Higginbotham, E.J., Thomas, R., Kearney, M.D., Fahl, C., Schisterman, E.F., Verma, S.S., Hamilton, R., Mumford, S.L. Perceptions of institutional engagement and inclusion by sexual orientation and gender identity , JAMA Network Open, 8(6): 2025,e2513772
Stoll, H., Kelkar, A., Turkeltaub, P.E., Hamilton, R.H., Coslett, B., Medaglia, J.D. Lesion-induced changes to the network controllability of the right pars triangularis in aphasia. , Neurobiology of Language , 1(17): 2025
D'Alonzo, B.A., Schneider, A.L.C., Erz, A., Master, C.L., Barnett, I.J., Hamilton, R.H., Wiebe, D.J., Szymczak, J.E. A qualitative study of collegiate student-athlete experiences of recovery after concussion , Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation: 2025,Online ahead of print.