Department of Neurology
USF Health · College of Medicine

Juan R. Sanchez-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology
Vice-Chair, Research
Helen Ellis Endowed Chair for Parkinson's Disease Research
Director, Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at USF
Director, Parkinson Research Foundation Center of Excellence at USF
Contact Info
Address: 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd,
MDC-55
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 974-5841
Fax: (813) 974-7200
Email: jsramos@health.usf.edu

Education
Graduate School: PhD, Pharmacology & Physiology
University of Chicago, IL
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: Michael Reese Hospital (Internal Medicine)
University of Chicago (Neurology)
Fellowship: University of Miami (Movement Disorders)

 

Interests
Clinical Interests:

Neurodegenerative diseases in general with focus on Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease

Research Interests:

Neurodegeneration, neurotoxicology and adult stem cell biology

Board Certification(s)
  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
  • Specialties:
  • Movement Disorders
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    Publications

    Sava V, Velasquez A, Song S, Sanchez-Ramos J. Adult Hippocampal Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells In Vitro Are Vulnerable to the Mycotoxin Ochratoxin-A Toxicological Sciences 2007 98(1):187-197

    Sava V, Velasquez A, Song S, Sanchez-Ramos J. Dieldrin elicits a widespread DNA repair and antioxidative response in mouse brain Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology 2007; 21(3):125 – 135

    Walczak, P, Author Walczak Piotr Walczak, Piotr , Chen, N, Hudson J, Zigova T, Sanchez-Ramos J, Sanberg PR, Sanberg CD, and Willing AE. Long-term cultured human umbilical cord neural-like cells transplanted into the striatum of NOD SCID Mice Brain Res Bull 2007; 74 (1-3): 155-163

    Song, Shijie; Song, Shuojing; Zhang, Hongling; Cuevas, J; Sanchez-Ramos, J. Comparison of Neurons Derived from Bone Marrow Stem Cells To Those Differentiated from Adult Brain Neural Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development 2007; 16(5): 747-756.

    Song S, Sanchez-Ramos, J. Preparation of neural progenitors from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood. Methods Mol Biol 438: 123-134, 2008