| Medical Degree: |
M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1986
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| Medical Board Certification: |
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1992
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| Fellowship: |
Neuroimmunology, National Institutes of Health, The Clinical Center, 1993
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| Residency: |
Neurology, Parkland Health and Hospital System, 1990
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| Internship: |
Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, 1987
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| Mailing Address: |
635 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
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Dr. Voskuhl attended Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma on full basketball and academic scholarships. She received her M.D. from Vanderbilt Medical School and completed neurology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern. Her fellowship years were spent in the Neuroimmunology Branch, NINDS, NIH. Dr. Voskuhl joined UCLA as Assistant Professor of Neurology in 1995, was promoted to Associated Professor in 2000 and Professor in 2004. She is Director of the UCLA MS Program. She received the Jack H. Skirball Endowed Chair in Multiple Sclerosis in 2006. She has received numerous grants from both the NIH and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Her current titles include:
Jack H. Skirball Chair in Multiple Sclerosis Research
Director, UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Program
Professor of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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Wu, J., Ohlsson, M., Warner, E.A., Loo, K.K., Hoang, T., Voskuhl, R.R., Havton, L.A. Glial Reactions and Degeneration of Myelinated Processes in Spinal Cord Gray Matter in Chronic Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.
Neuroscience, 156(3): 586-96
2008;
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Sicotte, N. L. Giesser, B. S. Tandon, V. Klutch, R. Steiner, B. Drain, A. E. Shattuck, D. W. Hull, L. Wang, H. J. Elashoff, R. M. Swerdloff, R. S. Voskuhl, R. R. Testosterone treatment in multiple sclerosis: a pilot study.
Arch Neurol.
2007; 64( 5):
683-8.
Gold, S. M. Voskuhl, R. R. Testosterone replacement therapy for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Curr Opin Investig Drugs.
2006; 7( 7):
625-30.
Palaszynski, K. M. Loo, K. K. Ashouri, J. F. Liu, H. Voskuhl, R. R. Androgens are protective in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: implications for multiple sclerosis.
J Neuroimmunol.
2004; 146( 1-2):
144-52.
Sicotte, N. L. Liva, S. M. Klutch, R. Pfeiffer, P. Bouvier, S. Odesa, S. Wu, T. C. Voskuhl, R. R. Treatment of multiple sclerosis with the pregnancy hormone estriol.
Ann Neurol.
2002; 52( 4):
421-8..
Voskuhl, R. R. Palaszynski, K. Sex hormones and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis:Implications for multiple sclerosis.
The Neuroscientist
2001; 7(3):
258-270.
Liva, S.M. Voskuhl, R.R. Testosterone acts directly on CD4+ T-lymphocytes to increase IL10 production.
Journal of Immunology
2001; 167:
2060-2067.
MacKenzie-Graham Allan, Tiwari-Woodruff Seema K, Sharma Gaurav, Aguilar Cynthia, Vo Kieumai T, Strickland Lauren V, Morales Laurie, Fubara Boma, Martin Melanie, Jacobs Russell E, Johnson G Allan, Toga Arthur W, Voskuhl Rhonda R Purkinje cell loss in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis..
NeuroImage.
2009; 48(4):
637-51.
Tiwari-Woodruff Seema, Voskuhl Rhonda R Neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects of estrogen receptor
ligand treatment in mice..
Journal of the neurological sciences.
2009; 286(1-2):
81-5.
Gold Stefan M, Sasidhar Manda V, Morales Laurie B, Du Sienmi, Sicotte Nancy L, Tiwari-Woodruff Seema K, Voskuhl Rhonda R Estrogen treatment decreases matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 in
autoimmune demyelinating disease through estrogen receptor alpha
(ERalpha)..
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology.
2009; 89(10):
1076-83.
Gold Stefan M, Voskuhl Rhonda R Estrogen and testosterone therapies in multiple sclerosis..
Progress in brain research.
2009; 175(37):
239-51.
Voskuhl Rhonda, Wu T C Jackson Do estroprogestinic hormones protect against chemotherapy-induced
amenorrhea in multiple sclerosis?.
Nature clinical practice. Neurology.
2009; 5(1):
18-9.
Smith-Bouvier Deborah L, Divekar Anagha A, Sasidhar Manda, Du Sienmi, Tiwari-Woodruff Seema K, King Jennifer K, Arnold Arthur P, Singh Ram Raj, Voskuhl Rhonda R A role for sex chromosome complement in the female bias in autoimmune
disease..
The Journal of experimental medicine.
2008; 205(5):
1099-108.
Gold Stefan M, Chalifoux Sara, Giesser Barbara S, Voskuhl Rhonda R Immune modulation and increased neurotrophic factor production in
multiple sclerosis patients treated with testosterone..
Journal of neuroinflammation.
2008; 5(1):
32.
Tiwari-Woodruff, S. Morales, L. B. Lee, R. Voskuhl, R. R. Differential neuroprotective and antiinflammatory effects of estrogen receptor (ER){alpha} and ERbeta ligand treatment.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2007; 104( 37):
14813-8.
Mackenzie-Graham, A. Tinsley, M. R. Shah, K. P. Aguilar, C. Strickland, L. V. Boline, J. Martin, M. Morales, L. Shattuck, D. W. Jacobs, R. E. Voskuhl, R. R. Toga, A. W. Cerebellar cortical atrophy in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Neuroimage.
2006;
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Morales, L. B. Loo, K. K. Liu, H. B. Peterson, C. Tiwari-Woodruff, S. Voskuhl, R. R. Treatment with an estrogen receptor alpha ligand is neuroprotective in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
J Neurosci.
2006; 26( 25):
6823-33.
Palaszynski, K. M. Smith, D. L. Kamrava, S. Burgoyne, P. S. Arnold, A. P. Voskuhl, R. R. A Yin-Yang Effect Between Sex Chromosome Complement and Sex Hormones on the Immune Response.
Endocrinology.
2005;
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Liu, H. B. Loo, K. K. Palaszynski, K. Ashouri, J. Lubahn, D. B. Voskuhl, R. R. Estrogen receptor alpha mediates estrogen's immune protection in autoimmune disease.
J Immunol.
2003; 171( 12):
6936-40.
Soldan, S. S. Retuerto, A. I. Sicotte, N. L. Voskuhl, R. R. Immune modulation in multiple sclerosis patients treated with the pregnancy hormone estriol.
J Immunol.
2003; 171( 11):
6267-74.
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