Lawrence A. Hansen, M.D.

Professor of Neuroscience and Pathology

Education:

North Central College, Naperville IL B.A. 1974 Literature
Loyola University Stritch School of M.D. 1977 Medicine
Medicine, Maywood IL

Residencies:

Psychiatry - Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 1977-1978
Pathology - Anatomical and Clinical, Loyola University, Medical Center, Maywood, IL 1978-1982
Neuropathology - Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 1982-1985

Fellowships:

Geriatric Neuropathology and Dementia, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 1985-1987
Surgical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 1987-1988

Board Certifications:

National Board of Medical Examiners 1978
Diplomate, American Board of Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology 1982
Diplomate, American Board of Pathology - Neuropathology 1984

Academic Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Neurosciences and Pathology in Residence 1988-1994
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pathology and Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 1994-2000
Professor of Pathology and Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 2000 to present.

Recent Publications:

Link to PUB MED Results

1. Hansen, L.A., Boss, G.R.
   * Use of live animals in the curricula of U.S. medical schools: survey results from 2001. Academic Medicine 77(11):1147-1149, 2002.
2. Rascovsky, K., Salmon, D.P., Ho, G.J., Galasko, D., Peavy, G.M., Hansen, L.A., Thal, L.J.
   *Cognitive profiles differ in autopsy-confirmed frontotemporal dementia and AD. Neurology 25:58:1801-1808, 2002.
3. Bondi, M.W., Serody, A.B., Chan, A.S., Eberson-Shumate, S.C., Delis, D.C., Hansen, L.A., Salmon, D.P.
   * Cognitive and neuropathologic correlates of Stroop Color-Word test performance in Alzheimer Disease. Neuropsychology 16:335-343, 2002.
4. Merdes, A.R., Hansen, L.A., Jeste, D.J., Galasko, D., Hofstetter, C.R., Ho, G.J., Thal, L.J., Corey-Bloom, J.
   * Influence of Alzheimer pathology on clinical diagnostic accuracy in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology 60(10):1586-1590, 2003.
5. Kennedy, B.P., Ziegler, M.G., Alford, M., Hansen, L.A., Thal, L.J., Masliah, E.
   * Early and persistent alterations in prefrontal cortex MAO A and B in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission 110(7):789-801, 2003.
6. Masliah, E., Alford, M., Adame, A., Rockenstein, E., Galasko, D., Salmon, D., Hansen, L.A.
   * Abeta1-42 promotes cholinergic sprouting in patients with AD and Lewy body variant of AD. Neurology 61(2):206-211, 2003.
7. Davydov, V., Hansen, L.A., Shackelford, D.
   * Is DNA repair compromised in Alzheimer’s disease? Neurobiology of Aging 24(7): 953-968, 2003.
8. Hansen, L.A., Harrison, N.L.
   * Teaching without mercy at the UCSD School of Medicine. San Diego Union Tribune Feb. 12, 2003.
9. Kennedy, B.P., Bottiglieri, T., Arning, E., Ziegler, M.G., Hansen, L.A., Masliah, A.
   * Elevated S-adenosylhomocysteine in Alzheimer brain: influence on methyltransferases and cognitive function. Journal of Neural Transmission 111(4): 547-67, 2004.
10. Sabbagh MN, Tyas SL, Emery SC, Hansen LA, Alford MF, Reid RT, Tiraboschi P, Thal LJ.
    *Smoking affects the phenotype of Alzheimer disease. Neurology 12;64(7):1301-3, 2005.
11. Masliah E, Hansen LA, Adame A, Crews L, Bard F, Lee C, Seubert P, Games D, Kirby L, Schenk D.
    *Aβ vaccination effects on plaque pathology in the absence of encephalitis in Alzheimer disease. Neurology 64:129-131, 2005
12. Hansen, L.A.
    * Animal research; Why its unnecessary and inhumane. San Diego Union Tribune. April 7, 2005.