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Elysa J. Marco, M.D.

Pediatric neurologist

Elysa Marco is a neurologist who specializes in cognitive and behavioral child neurology. She cares for children with various deficits of social cognition at both the UCSF Medical Center Pediatric Neurology Clinic and Autism and Neurodevelopment Clinic. Marco also conducts functional imaging research to evaluate cognition, behavior and emotion in children with autism and people with agenesis of the corpus callosum.

Marco received her medical degree at UCSF, where she also completed an internship in pediatrics and residency in neurology and child neurology, during which she was appointed chief resident of child neurology. She joined the UCSF neurology faculty in 2005 as a clinical instructor of child neurology. She is a member of various professional organizations, such as the Child Neurology Society, American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Human Genetics and Association of California Neurologists.

Clinics

Autism NeuroGenetics Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Appointments: (415) 353- 3682
Clinic Coordinator: (415) 519-9643

Child Neurology
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
First visit: (415) 353-3682
Follow-up: (415) 353-3653

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
400 Parnassus Ave., 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Appointments: (415) 353- 3682
Main: (415) 353-2525

More about Elysa J. Marco

Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

UCSF School of Medicine 2000

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Child Neurology 2004

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Child Neurology 2005

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Lau YC, Hinkley LB, Bukshpun P, Strominger ZA, Wakahiro ML, Baron-Cohen S, Allison C, Auyeung B, Jeremy RJ, Nagarajan SS, Sherr EH, Marco EJ. Autism traits in individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 May; 43(5):1106-18.
  2. Marco EJ, Khatibi K, Hill SS, Siegel B, Arroyo MS, Dowling AF, Neuhaus JM, Sherr EH, Hinkley LN, Nagarajan SS. Children With Autism Show Reduced Somatosensory Response: An MEG Study. Autism Res. 2012 Oct; 5(5):340-51.
  3. Hinkley LB, Marco EJ, Findlay AM, Honma S, Jeremy RJ, Strominger Z, Bukshpun P, Wakahiro M, Brown WS, Paul LK, Barkovich AJ, Mukherjee P, Nagarajan SS, Sherr EH. The role of corpus callosum development in functional connectivity and cognitive processing. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e39804.
  4. Marco EJ, Harrell KM, Brown WS, Hill SS, Jeremy RJ, Kramer JH, Sherr EH, Paul LK. Processing speed delays contribute to executive function deficits in individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2012 May; 18(3):521-9.
  5. Marco EJ, Hinkley LB, Hill SS, Nagarajan SS. Sensory processing in autism: a review of neurophysiologic findings. Pediatr Res. 2011 May; 69(5 Pt 2):48R-54R.
  6. Marco EJ, Anderson JE, Neilson DE, Strober JB. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy in 3 brothers. Pediatrics. 2010 Mar; 125(3):e693-8.
  7. Marco EJ, Abidi FE, Bristow J, Dean WB, Cotter P, Jeremy RJ, Schwartz CE, Sherr EH. ARHGEF9 disruption in a female patient is associated with X linked mental retardation and sensory hyperarousal. BMJ Case Rep. 2009; 2009.
  8. Neilson DE, Adams MD, Orr CM, Schelling DK, Eiben RM, Kerr DS, Anderson J, Bassuk AG, Bye AM, Childs AM, Clarke A, Crow YJ, Di Rocco M, Dohna-Schwake C, Dueckers G, Fasano AE, Gika AD, Gionnis D, Gorman MP, Grattan-Smith PJ, Hackenberg A, Kuster A, Lentschig MG, Lopez-Laso E, Marco EJ, Mastroyianni S, Perrier J, Schmitt-Mechelke T, Servidei S, Skardoutsou A, Uldall P, van der Knaap MS, Goglin KC, Tefft DL, Aubin C, de Jager P, Hafler D, Warman ML. Infection-triggered familial or recurrent cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy caused by mutations in a component of the nuclear pore, RANBP2. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 Jan; 84(1):44-51.
  9. Brancati F, Barrano G, Silhavy JL, Marsh SE, Travaglini L, Bielas SL, Amorini M, Zablocka D, Kayserili H, Al-Gazali L, Bertini E, Boltshauser E, D'Hooghe M, Fazzi E, Fenerci EY, Hennekam RC, Kiss A, Lees MM, Marco E, Phadke SR, Rigoli L, Romano S, Salpietro CD, Sherr EH, Signorini S, Stromme P, Stuart B, Sztriha L, Viskochil DH, Yuksel A, Dallapiccola B. CEP290 mutations are frequently identified in the oculo-renal form of Joubert syndrome-related disorders. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Jul; 81(1):104-13.
  10. Marco EJ, Skuse DH. Autism-lessons from the X chromosome. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2006 Dec; 1(3):183-93.
  11. Klein OD, Backstrand K, Cotter PD, Marco E, Sherr E, Slavotinek A. Case report: Y;6 translocation with deletion of 6p. Clin Dysmorphol. 2005 Apr; 14(2):93-6.
  12. Keet CA, Fox CK, Margeta M, Marco E, Shane AL, Dearmond SJ, Strober JB, Miller SP. Infant botulism, type F, presenting at 54 hours of life. Pediatr Neurol. 2005 Mar; 32(3):193-6.
  13. Hwang W, Ralph J, Marco E, Hemphill JC. Incomplete Brown-Séquard syndrome after methamphetamine injection into the neck. Neurology. 2003 Jun 24; 60(12):2015-6.
  14. Theodosopoulos PV, Marco E, Applebury C, Lamborn KR, Wilson CB. Predictive model for pain recurrence after posterior fossa surgery for trigeminal neuralgia. Arch Neurol. 2002 Aug; 59(8):1297-302.
  15. Marco EJ, Wolkowitz OM, Vinogradov S, Poole JH, Lichtmacher J, Reus VI. Double-blind antiglucocorticoid treatment in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a pilot study. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Jul; 3(3):156-61.

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