Associate Professor, Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Neurology

Peter Hedera is an expert in the field of Neurology. Doctor Peter Hedera, MD is also published. He has 30 publications published. The lastest publication: "Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation May Reduce Medication Costs in Early Stage Parkinson's Disease.' Peter Hedera accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Neuropsychological effects of deep brain stimulation in subjects with early stage Parkinson's Disease in a randomized clinical trial.
• Botulinum Toxin Injection Techniques for Management of Adult Spasticity.
• A rare sequence variant in intron 1 of THAP1 is associated with primary Dystonia.
• Treatment of Wilson's Disease motor complications with deep brain stimulation.
• Recurrent de novo c.316G>A mutation in NIPA1 hotspot.
• Treating post-traumatic tremor with deep Brain stimulation: Report of five cases.
• FUS in familial Essential tremor - The search for common causes is still on.
• Neurologist Consistency in Interpreting Information Provided by an Interactive Visualization Software for Deep Brain Stimulation Postoperative Programming Assistance.
• Surgical targets for dystonic Tremor: Considerations between the globus pallidus and ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus.
• Metabolic hyperactivity of the medial posterior parietal lobes in psychogenic Tremor.
• Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids and pigmented glia: report of five cases and a new mutation.
• Hereditary spastic paraplegia-causing mutations in atlastin-1 interfere with BMPRII trafficking.
• Validating an objective video-based dyskinesia severity score in Parkinson's Disease patients.
• Novel PRRT2 mutation in an African-American family with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia.
• Maternal intrachromosomal insertional translocation leads to recurrent 1q21.3q23.3 deletion in two siblings.
• Hereditary myelopathies.
• Metabolic Hyperactivity of the Medial Posterior Parietal Lobes in Psychogenic Tremor.
• Deep brain stimulation in early Parkinson's Disease: Enrollment experience from a pilot trial.
• A new locus for autosomal dominant generalized Epilepsy associated with mild mental retardation on chromosome 3p.
• Novel human pathological mutations. Gene symbol: THAP1. Disease: dystonia 6.
• Novel human pathological mutations. Gene symbol: THAP1. Disease: dystonia 6.
• The c.-237_236GA>TT THAP1 sequence variant does not increase risk for primary Dystonia.
• The effect of HSP-causing mutations in SPG3A and NIPA1 on the assembly, trafficking, and interaction between atlastin-1 and NIPA1.
• Molecular analysis expands the spectrum of phenotypes associated with GLI3 mutations.
• Spastic Paraplegia 3A
• Clustering of dystonia in some pedigrees with autosomal dominant essential tremor suggests the existence of a distinct subtype of essential tremor.
• Methods for Surgical Targeting of the STN in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease.
• Novel polymerase gamma (POLG1) gene mutation in the linker domain associated with parkinsonism.
• Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation May Reduce Medication Costs in Early Stage Parkinson's Disease.

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)
• EMG (Electromyography)
• Non-Cosmetic Chemodenervation

Conditions Treated

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• Alzheimer's Disease
• Ataxia
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
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Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Genetics
• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
• Comenius University

Hospital

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• Vanderbilt Hospital and Clinics

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1518041615
NPPES Provider LastName		HEDERA
NPPES Provider FirstName		PETER
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		372320001
NPPES Provider State		TN
Specialty Description		Neurology
Total Claim Count		3201.0
Distinct Opioid Count		3.0
Opioid Claim Count		55.0
Percent Opioid Claims		1.72

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1518041615
Last Name Of The Provider	HEDERA
First Name Of The Provider	PETER
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