Sharon Nations, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Joined UT Southwestern: 1996

Sharon Pond Nations, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in neuromuscular disorders.

Research: Dr. Nations’ research interests include ALS, myasthenia gravis, myopathies and CIDP, and she has been involved in multiple clinical trials in these areas. She serves as a reviewer for Archives of Neurology, Neurology, Clinical Neuromuscular Disorders, and Muscle & Nerve.

Background: Dr. Nations earned her medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She completed a residency in neurology at Baylor College of Medicine. She received advanced training through a fellowship in neurophysiology at UT Southwestern. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Nations joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1996.

Education

Research Interest

Publications

Featured Publications

Cognitive-behavioral screening reveals prevalent impairment in a large multicenter ALS cohort.: Murphy J, Factor-Litvak P, Goetz R, Lomen-Hoerth C, Nagy PL, Hupf J, Singleton J, Woolley S, Andrews H, Heitzman D, Bedlack RS, Katz JS, Barohn RJ, Sorenson EJ, Oskarsson B, Fernandes Filho JA, Kasarskis EJ, Mozaffar T, Rollins YD, Nations SP, Swenson AJ, Koczon-Jaremko BA, Mitsumoto H Neurology 2016 Jan
Phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis: Mitsumoto H, Nagy PL, Gennings C, Murphy J, Andrews H, Goetz R, Floeter MK, Hupf J, Singleton J, Barohn RJ, Nations S, Shoesmith C, Kasarskis E, Factor-Litvak P Neurol Genet 2015 1 e3
ALS Multicenter Cohort Study of Oxidative Stress (ALS COSMOS): Study methodology, recruitment, and baseline demographic and disease characteristics.: Mitsumoto H, Factor-Litvak P, Andrews H, Goetz RR, Andrews L, Rabkin JG, McElhiney M, Nieves J, Santella RM, Murphy J, Hupf J, Singleton J, Merle D, Kilty M, Heitzman D, Bedlack RS, Miller RG, Katz JS, Forshew D, Barohn RJ, Sorenson EJ, Oskarsson B, Fernandes Filho JA, Kasarskis EJ, Lomen-Hoerth C, Mozaffar T, Rollins YD, Nations SP, Swenson AJ, Shefner JM, Andrews JA, Koczon-Jaremko BA Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2014 Feb
Leprosy of Lucio and Latapi with extremity livedoid vascular changes.: Kourosh AS, Cohen JB, Scollard DM, Nations SP Int. J. Dermatol. 2013 Oct 52 10 1245-7
A randomized, pilot trial of etanercept in dermatomyositis: Muscle Study Group Ann Neurol 2011 70 427-436
Denture cream: an unusual soure of ecess zinc, leading to hypocupremia and neurologic disease: Nations SP, Boyer PJ, Love LA et al. Neurology 2008 71 639-643
Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease Presenting with Levodopa-Responsive Tremor: Trivedi JR, Wolfe GI, Nations SP, Burns DK, Bryan WW, Dewey RB Arch Neurol Spring 2003 60 764-766
Peripheral Neuropathy Due to Leprosy.: Nations SP, Barohn RJ Curr Treat Options Neurol 2002 May 4 3 189-196
Randomized, Controlled Trial of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Myasthenia Gravis: Wolfe GI, Barohn RJ, Foster BM, Jackson CE, Kissel JT, Day JW, Thornton CA, Nations SP, Bryan WW, Amato AA, Freimer ML, Parry GJ, Mendell JR for the Myasthenia Gravis-IVIG Study Group Muscle & Nerve 2002 26 549-552
Axonal Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Without Conduction Block or Other Features of Demyelination: Katz JS, Barohn RJ, Kojan S, Wolfe GI, Nations SP, Saperstein DS, Amato AA Neurology 2002 58 615-620

Books

Infectious and Granulomatous Neuropathies. In Handbook of Peripheral Neuropathy

Bromberg and Smith (). New York, Marcel Dekker

Motor Neuron Diseases. In Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Braddom Et al. (2007). Saunders Elsevier

A 34 year old man with right hand and left foot numbness. In A Case-based Guide to Neuromuscular Pathology

Zhou, Burns, Cai (2020). Switzerland, Springer Nature

Professional Associations/Affiliations