Sarah Berth, M.D., Ph.D.
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Sarah Berth, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
- Director of ALS Clinical Trials Unit
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Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Md.
Education
- Clinical Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Baltimore, Md.
- Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship
- Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Baltimore, Md.
- Neurology
- Internship at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Baltimore, Md.
- Medicine
- MD-PhD from University of Illinois-Chicago
- Chicago, Ill.
- Neuroscience
- BA from Northwestern University
- Evanston, Ill.
Certifications
- Clinical Neuropathology
- United Council for Neurologic Subspecialities
- Neuromuscular Medicine
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professional Interests
- Neuromuscular medicine
- Motor neuron disease
- Muscle disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Selected Publications
- Berth SH, Lloyd TE "Disruption of axonal transport in neurodegeneration." J Clin Invest. 2023;133(11) Pubmed PMID: 37259916
- Berth SH, Rich DJ, Lloyd TE "The role of autophagic kinases in regulation of axonal function." Front Cell Neurosci. 2022;16:996593. Pubmed PMID: 36226074
- Richards A, Berth SH, Brady S, Morfini G "Engagement of neurotropic viruses in fast axonal transport: Mechanisms, potential role of host kinases and implications for neuronal dysfunction." Front Cell Neurosci. 2021;15:684762. Pubmed PMID: 34234649
- Berth SH, Lloyd TE "Secondary causes of myositis." Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2020;22(11):38. Pubmed PMID: 33041620
- Berth SH, Kossoff EH "Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures." Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2019;12:100329. Pubmed PMID: 31388667
- Berth SH, Lloyd TE "How can an understanding of the C9orf72 gene translate into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis therapies?." Expert Rev Neurother. 2019;19(10):895-7. Pubmed PMID: 31233365
- Berth SH, Seth A, Cohen A, Rivera Lara L, Hui F, Sun LR "Clinical reasoning: A 68-year-old man with rapid cognitive decline." Neurology. 2019;93(7):315-8. Pubmed PMID: 31405937
- Berth SH, Mesnard-Hoaglin N, Wang B, Kim H, Song Y, Sapar M, et al. "HIV glycoprotein Gp120 impairs fast axonal transport by activating Tak1 signaling pathways." ASN Neuro. 2016;8(6) Pubmed PMID: 27872270
- Berth S, Caicedo HH, Sarma T, Morfini G, Brady ST "Internalization and axonal transport of the HIV glycoprotein gp120." ASN Neuro. 2015;7(1) Pubmed PMID: 25636314
- Berth S, Carbunar O, Yang NS, Fredericks B, Lipton HL, Valyi-Nagy T "Varicella-zoster virus encephalomyelitis with a prominent demyelinating component." Neuropathology. 2015;35(6):587-91. Pubmed PMID: 26114555
- Knezevic NN, Candido KD, Cokic I, Krbanjevic A, Berth SL, Knezevic I "Cytotoxic effect of commercially available methylprednisolone acetate with and without reduced preservatives on dorsal root ganglion sensory neurons in rats." Pain Physician. 2014;17(5):E609-18. Pubmed PMID: 25247910
- Hennigan RF, Moon CA, Parysek LM, Monk KR, Morfini G, Berth S, et al. "The NF2 tumor suppressor regulates microtubule-based vesicle trafficking via a novel Rac, MLK and p38(SAPK) pathway." Oncogene. 2013;32(9):1135-43. Pubmed PMID: 22525268
- Morfini GA, Bosco DA, Brown H, Gatto R, Kaminska A, Song Y, et al. "Inhibition of fast axonal transport by pathogenic SOD1 involves activation of p38 MAP kinase." PLoS One. 2013;8(6):e65235. Pubmed PMID: 23776455
- Berth SH, Leopold PL, Morfini GN "Virus-induced neuronal dysfunction and degeneration." Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2009;14(14):5239-59. Pubmed PMID: 19482613
Memberships
- American Academy for Neurology
- Member
- American Neurological Association
- Member
- American Neurological Association
- Member of Junior and Early Career Mentorship Committee
- Peripheral Nerve Society
- Member
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