Alex Baumgartner, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Neurology

Publications

• Baumgartner AJ, Thompson JA, Kern DS, Ojemann SG. Novel targets in deep brain stimulation for movement disorders. Neurosurg Rev. 2022 Aug;45(4):2593-2613. PubMed PMID: 35511309
• Baumgartner AJ, Kushida CA, Summers MO, Kern DS, Abosch A, Thompson JA. Basal Ganglia Local Field Potentials as a Potential Biomarker for Sleep Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol. 2021;12:765203. PubMed PMID: 34777232
• Baumgartner AJ, Adkins M, Bainbridge J, Leehey MA. Acute akathisia following initiation of opicapone: A case report. Clin Park Relat Disord. 2022;7:100154. PubMed PMID: 35898798
• Kern D, Korsmo M, Baumgartner AJ, Kramer D, Ojemann S, Case M, Holt-Becker AB, Raike R, Thompson JA. Methylphenidate effects on a clinically informative oscillatory signal within the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease during deep brain stimulation programming. Brain Stimul. 2022 May-Jun;15(3):747-749. PubMed PMID: 35526817
• Baumgartner AJ, Press DZ, Simon DK. The Relationship Between Olfactory Dysfunction and Constipation in Early Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord. 2021 Mar;36(3):781-782. PubMed PMID: 33404111
• Rossi KC, Baumgartner AJ, Goldenholz SR, Goldenholz DM. Recognizing and refuting the myth of tongue swallowing during a seizure. Seizure. 2020 Dec;83:32-37. PubMed PMID: 33080482
• Baumgartner A, Quesenberry PJ. A Unique Neuropsychiatric Syndrome in Variant Hereditary Coproporphyria: Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Hematol. 2017 Mar;6(1):21-24. PubMed PMID: 32300387
• Baumgartner A, Coleman S, Swanson B. The cost of the sword: escape performance in male swordtails. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 6;6(1):e15837. PubMed PMID: 21253013
• Radcliffe EM, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Al Borno M, Ojemann S, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Oscillatory beta dynamics inform biomarker-driven treatment optimization for Parkinson's disease. J Neurophysiol. 2023 Jun 1;129(6):1492-1504. PubMed PMID: 37198135
• Memon AA, Edney BS, Baumgartner AJ, Gardner AJ, Catiul C, Irwin ZT, Joop A, Miocinovic S, Amara AW. Effects of deep brain stimulation on quantitative sleep electroencephalogram during non-rapid eye movement in Parkinson's disease. Front Hum Neurosci. 2023;17:1269864. PubMed PMID: 37810765
• Baker S, Fenstermacher E, Davis RA, Kern DS, Thompson JA, Felsen F, Baumgartner AJ. Ethical considerations in closed loop deep brain stimulation. Deep Brain Stimulation. 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.jdbs.2023.11.001
• Thompson JA, Ojemann SG, Kramer DR, Hirt L, Radcliffe E, Case M, Zarns C, Holt-Becker A, Raike R, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS. Pilot study to investigate the use of monopolar sensing to improve the efficiency of DBS programming in Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at: International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. 2023 August 29; Copenhagen, DK
• Thompson JA, Hirt L, Kern DS, Baumgartner AJ. Characterization of at-home sleep macrostructure in Parkinson disease using a wearable sleep monitoring device. Poster presented at: International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. 2023 August 28; Copenhagen, DK
• Hirt L, Kern DS, Thompson JA, Baumgartner AJ. The association between sleep quality and subthalamic nucleus volume of tissue activation in Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at: 3rd Joint Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society European Chapters (e-INS 2023). 2023 September 1; Hamburg, DE
• Baker SK, Radcliffe EM, Kramer DR, Ojemann S, Case M, Zarns C, Holt-Becker A, Raike RS, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Comparison of beta peak detection algorithms for data-driven deep brain stimulation programming strategies in Parkinson's disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2024 Aug 9;10(1):150. PubMed PMID: 39122725
• Baker S, Radcliffe EM, Kramer DR, Ojemann S, Case M, Zarns C, Holt-Becker A, Raike RS, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Towards an objective beta frequency peak detection algorithm to inform DBS programming in Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at: North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting (NANS 2024). 2024 January 19; Las Vegas, NV.
• Kern D, Radcliffe E, Ojemann S, Kramer D, Case M, Zarns C, Holt-Becker A, Raike RS, Baumgartner AJ, Thompson JA. Comparison of monopolar and bipolar sensing of beta frequency in Parkinson’s disease of the subthalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation. Poster presented at: International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. 2024 September 27; Philadelphia, PA.
• Thompson JA, Radcliffe E, Ojemann S, Kramer D, Case M, Zarns C, Holt-Becker A, Raike RS, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS. Monopolar sensing improves the efficiency of DBS programming Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at: International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. 2024 September 27; Philadelphia, PA.
• Baumgartner A, Anthony D. The Decline of the Autopsy in Rhode Island and Nationwide: Past Trends and Future Directions. R I Med J (2013). 2016 Oct 4;99(10):36-38. PubMed PMID: 27706277
• Bayman E, Chee K, Mendlen M, Tien R, Platt J, Anigbogu C, Kern D, Baumgartner A, Ojemann S, Thompson JA, Kramer DR. Movement decreases synchronization between beta band local field potential and single-unit activity in Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. 2024 September 28; Houston, TX.
• Hirt L, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Kramer D, Ojemann SG, Thompson JA. Targeted versus actual stimulated areas in deep brain stimulation surgery for essential tremor. Poster presented at: University of Colorado Neurosurgery Research Symposium. 2022 May 3; Aurora, CO.
• Baumgartner AJ, Hirt L, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Naturalistic sleep in Parkinson’s disease assessed by actigraphy and direct recordings of the subthalamic nucleus. Poster presented at: Neuroscience 2021. 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. 2021 November 8-11.

Professional Memberships

• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, Member
• American Academy of Neurology, Member
• Society for Neuroscience, Member
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Member
• Deep Brain Stimulation Society, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Lone Tree Medical Center
9548 Park Meadows Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124
720-848-2200

UCHealth Neurosurgery - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Court
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 4th Fl
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2080

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

• University of Colorado Movement Disorders Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Neurology, Board Certification (2020)

Conditions & Treatments

• Brain and Nervous System - Deep Brain Stimulation
• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Movement Disorders
• Brain and Nervous System - Parkinson's Disease