Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Vice Chair for Academic Development, Department of Neurology
- Emeritus Professor of Neurology
My education and training
- University of MichiganMedical School
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
- University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
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- 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)
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Scherer is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 1990
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, International
- American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, National
- American Neurological Association, International
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association, National
- Peripheral Nerve Society, International
- Society for Neuroscience, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Scherer, S.S., K.A. Kleopa, and M.D. Benson Peripheral Neuropathies. , In: Rosenberg’s Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease, 6th edition,: 2020,345-375
Motley, W.W., S. Züchner, and S.S. Scherer Isoform-specific loss of Dystonin causes hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. , Neurol. Genet., 6: 2020,e496
Sase S., A.A. Almad, C.A. Boecker, P. Guedes-Dias, J.J. Li, A. Takanohashi, A. Patel, T. McCaffrey, H. Patel, D. Sirdeshpande, J. Curiel, J.S.-H. Liu, Q. Padiath, E.L.F. Holzbaur, S.S. Scherer, A. Vanderver TUBB4A mutations results in both glial and neuronal degeneration in an H-ABC leukodystrophy mouse model. , eLife, 9: 2020,e52986
Cortese A., Y. Zhu, A.P. Rebelo, S. Negri, S. Courel, L. Abreu, C.J. Bacon, Y. Bai, D.M. Bis-Brewer, E. Bugiardini, E. Buglo, M.C. Danzi, S.M.E. Feely, A. Athanasiou-Fragkouli, N.A. Haridy, Inherited Neuropathy Consortium, R. Isasi, A. Khan, M. Laura, S. Magri, M. Pipis, C. Pisciotta, E. Powell, A.M. Rossor, P. Saveri, J.E. Sowden, S. Tozza, J. Vandrovcova, J. Dallman, E. Grignani, E. Marchioni, S.S. Scherer, B. Tang, Z. Lin, A. Al-Ajmi, R. Schule, M. Synofzik, T. Maisonobe, T. Stojkovic, M. Auer-Grumbach, M.A. Abdelhamed, S.A. Hamed, R. Zhang, F. Manganelli, L. Santoro, F. Taroni, D. Pareyson, H. Houlden, D.N. Herrmann, M.M. Reilly, M.E. Shy, R.G. Zhai, S. Züchner Biallelic mutations in SORD cause a common and potentially treatable hereditary neuropathy with implications for diabetes. , Nat Genet., 52: 2020,473-481
Li J.J., N. Sarute, E. Lancaster, G. Otkiran-Clare, B.M. Fagla, S.R. Ross, and S.S. Scherer A recessive Trim2 mutation causes an axonal neuropathy in mice. , Neurobiol. Dis., 140: 2020,104845
163. Fridman, V., S. Sillau, G. Acsadi, C. Bacon, K. Dooley, J. Burns, J. Day, S. Feely, R.S. Finkel, T. Grider, L. Gutmann, D.N. Herrmann, C.A. Kirk, S.A. Knause, M. Laura, R.A. Lewis, J. Li, T.E. Lloyd, I. Moroni, F. Muntoni, E. Pagliano, C. Pisciotta, G. Piscosquito, S. Ramchandren, M. Saporta, R. Sadjadi, R.R. Shy, C.E. Siskind, C.J. Sumner, D. Walk, J. Wilcox, S.W. Yum, S. Züchner, S.S. Scherer, D. Pareyson, M.M. Reilly, M.E Shy A longitudinal study of CMT1A using Rasch analysis based CMT neuropathy and examination scores. , Neurology, 94: 2020,e884-e896
Tao, F. Beecham, G. W. Rebelo, A. P. Blanton, S. H. Moran, J. J. Lopez-Anido, C. Svaren, J. Abreu, L. Rizzo, D. Kirk, C. A. Wu, X. Feely, S. Verhamme, C. Saporta, M. A. Herrmann, D. N. Day, J. W. Sumner, C. J. Lloyd, T. E. Li, J. Yum, S. W. Taroni, F. Baas, F. Choi, B. O. Pareyson, D. Scherer, S. S. Reilly, M. M. Shy, M. E. Zuchner, S. Inherited Neuropathy Consortium Modifier gene candidates in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease type 1A: a case-only genome-wide association study. , J. Neuromuscul. Dis., 6: 2019,201-211
Lee, D. C. Meyer-Schuman, R. Bacon, C. Shy, M. E. Antonellis, A. Scherer, S. S. A recurrent GARS mutation causes distal hereditary motor neuropathy. , J. Peripher. Nerv. Syst., 24: 2019,320-323
Lee, D. C. Dankwa, L. Edmundson, C. Cornblath, D. R. Scherer, S. S. Yield of next-generation neuropathy gene panels in axonal neuropathies. , J. Peripher. Nerv. Syst., 24: 2019,324-329
Bardakjian, T. Scherer, S.S. MT-ATP6 mutation causes a slowly progressive myeloneuropathy. , J. Neuromuscul. Disord., 6: 2019,385-387