Aaron Carlson, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Recognitions

• Recognition of Excellence, School of Medicine (2021)
  Student-driven award for excellent in professionalism.
• Student Teaching Award, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine (2021)
• Top Doctor, Neurology, 5280 Magazine (2022)
• A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award, American Academy of Neurology (2024)

Research Interests

My clinical research focus is in neuroimmunology and inpatient Neurology. I have experience in utilizing large datasets to understand disease burden and approach to treatment, especially in rare neuroimmunological diseases. My primary area of education scholarship is in undergraduate medical education with a focus on curriculum development and interwoven curricula. Specifically, my goal is to better understand how to prepare non-neurologists to care for patient's with neurological concerns, and how to approach teaching science in the post-clerkship phase of our MD curriculum.

Publications

• Carlson, A. M., Sollero, C. E. V., Wolf, A. B., Sillau, S., Schmitt, B. L., Money, K. M., Nair, K. V., Piquet, A. L., & Bennett, J. L. (2025). The epidemiology and clinical presentation of seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in a US population. Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 12(1), 169–179. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.52268
• Crane, P. D., Sillau, S., Dreher, R., Fix, R., Winters, P., Van Coevering, R., Engebretson, E., Valdez, B., Nair, K. V., Carlson, A. M., & Piquet, A. L. (2024). A population-based study of the epidemiology of Stiff Person Syndrome in a large Colorado-based health system. Neurology. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210078. PMID: 39621949
• Jellins, T. S., Borko, T. L., Otero-Bell, R., Arnett, K., Saunders, S., Poisson, S. N., Orjuela, K., Salehi Omran, S., Jones, W. J., Leppert, M., Madera, A., Carlson, A., Pastula, D., Sauer, B. M., & Piquet, A. L. (2024). Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in medical education: DEI at the bedside. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2024.122946 PMID: 38493733
• Swift, I., Rademakers, R., Finch, N., Baker, M., Ghidoni, R., Benussi, L., Binetti, G., Rossi, G., Synofzik, M., Wilke, C., Mengel, D., Graff, C., Takada, L. T., Sánchez-Valle, R., Antonell, A., Galimberti, D., Fenoglio, C., Serpente, M., Arcaro, M., Schreiber, S., Vielhaber, S., Arndt, P., Santana, I., Almeida, M. R., Moreno, F., Barandiaran, M., Gabilondo, A., Stubert, J., Gómez-Tortosa, E., Agüero, P., Sainz, M. J., Gohda, T., Murakoshi, M., Kamei, N., Kittel-Schneider, S., Reif, A., Weigl, J., Jian, J., Liu, C., Serrero, G., Greither, T., Theil, G., Lohmann, E., Gazzina, S., Bagnoli, S., Coppola, G., Bruni, A. C., Quante, A., Kiess, W., Hiemisch, A., Jurkutat, A., Block, M. S., Carlson, A. M., Bråthen, G., Sando, S. B., Grøntvedt, R. G., Lauridsen, C., Heslegrave, A., Heller, C., Abel, E., Gómez-Núñez, A., Puey, R., Arighi, A., Rotondo, E., Jiskoot, L., Meeter, L. H. H., Durães, J., Lima, M., Tábuas-Pereira, M., Lemos, J., Boeve, B., Petersen, R. C., Dickson, D. W., Graff-Radford, N. R., LeBer, I., Sellami, L., Lamari, F., Clot, F., Borroni, B., Cantoni, V., Rivolta, J., Lleó, A., Fortea, J., Alcolea, D., Illán-Gala, I., Andres-Cerezo, L., Van Damme, P., Clarimon, J., Steinacker, P., Feneberg, E., Otto, M., van der Ende, E. L., van Swieten, J. C., Seelaar, H., Zetterberg, H., Sogorb-Esteve, A., & Rohrer, J. D. (2024). A systematic review of progranulin concentrations in biofluids in over 7000 people – assessing the pathogenicity of GRN mutations and other influencing factors. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. DOI: 10.1186/s13195-024-01420-z . PMID: 38539243
• Kwon, S., Sillau, S., Corboy, J., Nair, K. V., & Carlson, A. M. (2024). Shifting patterns of multiple sclerosis treatment in a highly prevalent United States population. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. DOI: 10.1002/acn3.52069 . PMID: 38654416
• Corigliano, M. R., Carlson, A. M., Sillau, S. H., & Stabio, M. E. (2023). An innovative 3D-printed model of the cerebral arterial circle for dental gross anatomy. Journal of Dental Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13440 . PMID: 38129320
• Vervloet Sollero, C. E., Piquet, A. L., Robinson, C., Gyang, T. V., & Carlson, A. (2023). Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis related to renal cell carcinoma: A case report. The Neurohospitalist, 13(3), 198–200. https://doi.org/10.1177/19418744231216179 PMID: 38666271
• Money, K. M., Cronin, J., Guimaraes-Young, A., Carlson, A., Lovell, M. A., Matthews, E., & Piquet, A. L. (2023). CADASIL progression after neurologic infectious insults: case report of a new pathogenic NOTCH3 mutation. Neuroimmunology Reports, 3, 100117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nerep.2023.100186 PMID: N/A
• Carlson, A. M., Sollero, C. E., Nair, K. V., Sillau, S., Wu, Q., Gyang, T., Li, Z., & Armstrong, M. J. (2022). Prevalence of multiple sclerosis and treatment utilization in a large, highly diverse population. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 61, 103319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2022.103784 PMID: 35405561
• Tomczak, A., Su, E., Tugizova, M., Carlson, A. M., Kipp, L., Feng, H., & Han, M. (2020). A case of GFAP-astroglial autoimmunity presenting with reversible parkinsonism. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 39, 101900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2019.101900 PMID: 31881522
• Rempe, T., Carlson, A., Miravalle, A., & Gyang, T. (2020). Anti-JCV antibody index does not change during ocrelizumab treatment. Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 6(3), 2055217320949213. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055217320960510 PMID: 33029356
• Carlson, A. M., Huffnagel, I. C., Verrips, A., van der Knaap, M., Engelen, M., & Van Haren, K. (2020). Five men with arresting and relapsing cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy. Journal of Neurology, 267(12), 3655–3663. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-10225-7 PMID: 32995952
• Rempe, T., Sollero, C. E., Rodriguez, E., Viswanathan, V., Carlson, A., Rees, J., Tuna, I., & Gyang, V. (2020). Corticosteroids lead to short-term improvement in cerebral amyloid angiopathy with inflammation. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 348, 577399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577377 PMID: 32919147
• Wong, J. K., Yu, J., Patterson, A., Carlson, A. M., & Shukla, A. W. (2020). Clinical and imaging features of newly recognized Kelch-like protein 11 paraneoplastic syndrome. Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000009895 PMID: 32561677
• Case, R., Valentin, R., Carlson, A., Alnauimat, H., & Patel, D. C. (2020). Extrapulmonary recurrence of sarcoidosis after lung transplantation presenting as neurosarcoidosis. Neurology: Clinical Practice, 10(5), 407–409. https://doi.org/10.1212/cpj.0000000000000980 PMID: 34484961
• Sollero, C. E., Lin, H., Chuquilin, M., Wymer, J., & Carlson, A. M. (2020). Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome – a rare, but treatable cause of adult-onset leukoencephalopathy. Practical Neurology, 20(6), 560–562.
• Carlson, A. M., Young, J., & Avidan, A. (2016). Frightening spells at night. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 12(6), 925–927. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.5906 PMID: 27092704
• Carlson, A. M., McPhail, E. D., Rodriguez, V., Schroeder, G., & Wolanskyj, A. P. (2014). A prospective, randomized crossover study comparing direct inspection by light microscopy versus projected images for teaching of hematopathology to medical students. Anatomical Sciences Education, 7(2), 130–134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1374 PMID: 23716270
• Carlson, A. M., Maurer, M. J., Goergen, K. M., Kalli, K. R., Erskine, C. L., Behrens, M. D., Knutson, K. L., & Block, M. S. (2013). Progranulin and serum leukocyte protease inhibitor as biomarkers in epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 22(10), 1730–1735. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-12-1368 PMID: 23878295
• Carlson, A. M., Thomas, K. B., Kirmani, S., & Lindor, N. M. (2012). Chronic tibial nonunion in a Rothmund-Thomson syndrome patient. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 158A(9), 2250–2253. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.35475 PMID: 22821900
• Rising, A. C., Xu, J., Carlson, A., Napoli, V. V., Denovan-Wright, E. M., & Mandel, R. J. (2011). Longitudinal behavioral, cross-sectional transcriptional, and histopathological characterization of a knock-in mouse model of Huntington's disease with 140 CAG repeats. Experimental Neurology, 228(2), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.12.017 PMID: 21192926
• Capell, A., Liebscher, S., Fellerer, K., Brouwers, N., Willem, M., Lammich, S., Gijselinck, I., Bittner, T., Carlson, A. M., Sasse, F., Kunze, B., Steinmetz, H., Jansen, R., Dormann, D., Sleegers, K., Cruts, M., Herms, J., Van Broeckhoven, C., & Haass, C. (2011). Rescue of progranulin deficiency associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration by alkalizing reagents and inhibition of vacuolar ATPase. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(5), 1885–1894. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.5757-10.2011 PMID: 21289198
• Carlson, A. M., Lindor, N. M., & Litzow, M. R. (2011). Therapy-related myelodysplasia in a patient with Rothmund–Thomson syndrome. European Journal of Haematology, 86(6), 536–540. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2011.01609.x PMID: 21418107
• Dormann, D., Capell, A., Carlson, A. M., Shankaran, S. S., Rodde, R., Neumann, M., Kremmer, E., Matsuwaki, T., Yamanouchi, K., Nishihara, M., & Haass, C. (2009). Proteolytic processing of TAR DNA-binding protein-43 by caspases produces C-terminal fragments with disease-defining properties independent of progranulin. Journal of Neurochemistry, 110(4), 1082–1094. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06211.x PMID: 19522733
• Berger, Z., Roder, H., Hanna, A., Carlson, A. M., Rangachari, V., Yue, M., Wszolek, Z., Ashe, K., Knight, J., Dickson, D., Andorfer, C., Rosenberry, T. L., Lewis, J., Hutton, M., & Janus, C. (2007). Accumulation of pathological tau species and memory loss in a conditional model of tauopathy. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27(14), 3650–3662. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0587-07.2007 PMID: 17409229

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology, Member
• Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, Member
• The Neurohospitalist Society, Member
• A.B. Baker Section on Neurological Education, Member
• Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
12401 E 17th Ave
Leprino Building, 3rd floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2080

UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2 - Anschutz Medical Campus
12505 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Neurology, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Stroke
• Brain and Nervous System - Spine Diseases and Conditions
• Brain and Nervous System - Neuromuscular Diseases
• Brain and Nervous System - Multiple Sclerosis