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
• 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
• 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
• 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