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Jeffrey Elliott, M.D.

Jeffrey Elliott, M.D.

Neuromuscular Disorders

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Neurology

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  • Biography

    Joined UT Southwestern: 1997

    Clinical Interests: He specializes in neuromuscular disorders.

    Dr. Elliott earned his medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed a residency in neurology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and received advanced training through a neuromuscular disease fellowship at Washington University Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

    He’s a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine. In 2018, he earned the Trephined Cranium Award for Excellence in Neurology Teaching.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Washington University School of Medicine (1988)
    Internship
    Jewish Hospital of St. Louis (1989), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    Barnes-Jewish Hospital (1992), Neurology
    Fellowship
    Washington University in St. Louis (1994), Neuromuscular Disease
  • Research Interest
    • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Energetics
  • Publications
    A novel heterozygous mutation in the C-terminal region of HSPB8 leads to limb-girdle rimmed vacuolar myopathy
    Nicolau S, Liewluck T, Elliott JL, Engel AG, Milone M Neuromuscular Disorders 2020 Mar 30 236-240
    Gradually progressive spastic ataxia in a young man steadily unsteady
    Dubey D, Khemani P, Remster E, Elliott JL JAMA Neurology 2017 Feb 74 238-241
    Association between dietary intake and function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Nieves JW, Gennings C, Factor-Litvak P, Hupf J, Singleton J, Sharf V, Oskarsson B, Filho JA, Sorenson EJ, D'Amico E, Goetz R, Mitsumoto H, Singleton J, Beck CC, Merle D, Shah T, Kim MP, Lee YW, Christodoulou G, Dalton K, Kidd J, Gilbert E, Kilty M, Heitzman D, Rodriguez W, Hand S, Washington M, Spears B, Burson B, Bedlack RS, Grace K, Boyette C, Katz JS, Miller RG, Forshew D, Beemsterboer J, Harris W, McCoy S, Zayas-Bazan T, Saephanh C, Barohn RJ, McVey AL, Dimachkie MM, Pasnoor M, Wang Y, Walsh M, Herbelin L, Miller J, Anderson K, Klingerman S, Weis D, Joyce N, Lim S, Cregan M, Kasarskis EJ, Vanderpool K, Taylor D, Thomas S, King J, Wells R, Lomen-Hoerth C, Murphy J, Duong YN, Robins D, Villerme C, Rollins YD, Ringel SP, Quan D, Whitethorn E, Mozaffar T, Wang AK, Martin V, Minton B, Tully P, Davis D, Thaisetthawatkul P, Cowardin C, Herstein R, Swenson AJ, Jimmeh-Fletcher D, Olalde H, Sieren J, Nations SP, Elliott J, Trivedi J, Gorham N, Shefner JM, Watson ML, Moore J, Markis K, Grosso M, Andrews JA, Koczon-Jaremko A, Bowen J JAMA neurology 2016 Dec 73 1425-1432
    Copper delivery to the CNS by CuATSM effectively treats motor neuron disease in SODG93A mice co-expressing the Copper-Chaperone-for-SOD
    Williams JR, Trias E, Beilby PR, Lopez NI, Labut EM, Bradford CS, Roberts BR, McAllum EJ, Crouch PJ, Rhoads TW, Pereira C, Son M, Elliott JL, Franco MC, Estévez AG, Barbeito L, Beckman JS Neurobiology of Disease 2016 May 89 1-9
    The RNA-binding protein TDP-43 selectively disrupts MicroRNA-1/206 incorporation into the RNA-induced silencing complex
    King IN, Yartseva V, Salas D, Kumar A, Heidersbach A, Ando DM, Stallings NR, Elliott JL, Srivastava D, Ivey KN Journal of Biological Chemistry 2014 May 289 14263-14271
    Mitochondrial defects in transgenic mice expressing Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase mutations, the role of Copper Chaperone for SOD1
    Son M, Elliott JL Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2014 Jan 336 1-7
    TDP-43, an ALS Linked Protein, Regulates Fat Deposition and Glucose Homeostasis
    Stallings NR, Puttaparthi K, Dowling KJ, Luther CM, Burns DK, Davis K, Elliott JL PloS one 2013 Aug 8
    Biochemical properties and in vivo effects of the SOD1 zinc-binding site mutant (H80G)
    Son M, Srikanth U, Puttaparthi K, Luther C, Elliott JL Journal of Neurochemistry 2011 Sep 118 891-901
    ALS and the Copper Chaperone CCS
    Son M, Elliott JL 2011 Jun 315-357
    Huntington chorea presenting with motor neuron disease
    Sadeghian H, O'Suilleabhain PE, Battiste J, Elliott JL, Trivedi JR Archives of neurology 2011 May 68 650-652
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Trephined Cranium Award for Excellence in Neurology Teaching
      Awarded for recognition for excellence in Neurology teaching by neurology residents (2018-2019)
    • President Research Council Distinguished Young Researcher Award
      (1998)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Neurology
    • American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
    • American Neurological Association (2005-2020)