Daniel A. Drubach, M.D.

  1. Psychiatrist
  2. Neurologist
  1. Townley RA, Graff-Radford J, Mantyh WG, Botha H, Polsinelli AJ, Przybelski SA, Machulda MM, Makhlouf AT, Senjem ML, Murray ME, Reichard RR, Savica R, Boeve BF, Drubach DA, Josephs KA, Knopman DS, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Jones DT. Progressive dysexecutive syndrome due to Alzheimer's disease: a description of 55 cases and comparison to other phenotypes. Brain Commun. 2020; 2 (1):fcaa068 Epub 2020 May 27
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  2. Ali F, Martin PR, Botha H, Ahlskog JE, Bower JH, Masumoto JY, Maraganore D, Hassan A, Eggers S, Boeve BF, Knopman DS, Drubach D, Petersen RC, Dunkley ED, van Gerpen J, Uitti R, Whitwell JL, Dickson DW, Josephs KA. Sensitivity and Specificity of Diagnostic Criteria for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Mov Disord. 2019 Aug; 34 (8):1144-1153 Epub 2019 Feb 06
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  3. Whitwell JL, Martin P, Graff-Radford J, Machulda MM, Senjem ML, Schwarz CG, Weigand SD, Spychalla AJ, Drubach DA, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Josephs KA. The role of age on tau PET uptake and gray matter atrophy in atypical Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 May; 15 (5):675-685 Epub 2019 Mar 08
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  4. Sintini I, Schwarz CG, Martin PR, Graff-Radford J, Machulda MM, Senjem ML, Reid RI, Spychalla AJ, Drubach DA, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL. Regional multimodal relationships between tau, hypometabolism, atrophy, and fractional anisotropy in atypical Alzheimer's disease. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Apr 1; 40 (5):1618-1631 Epub 2018 Dec 13
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  5. Nedelska Z, Josephs KA, Graff-Radford J, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Boeve BF, Drubach DA, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Kantarci K. (18) F-AV-1451 uptake differs between dementia with lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy. Mov Disord. 2019 Mar; 34 (3):344-352 Epub 2019 Jan 07
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  6. Sintini I, Martin PR, Graff-Radford J, Senjem ML, Schwarz CG, Machulda MM, Spychalla AJ, Drubach DA, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL. Longitudinal tau-PET uptake and atrophy in atypical Alzheimer's disease. Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 23:101823 Epub 2019 Apr 10
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  7. Dubey D, Hinson SR, Jolliffe EA, Zekeridou A, Flanagan EP, Pittock SJ, Basal E, Drubach DA, Lachance DH, Lennon VA, McKeon A. Autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy: Prospective evaluation of 90 patients in 1year. J Neuroimmunol. 2018 Aug 15; 321:157-163 Epub 2018 Apr 27
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  8. Whitwell JL, Graff-Radford J, Tosakulwong N, Weigand SD, Machulda MM, Senjem ML, Spychalla AJ, Vemuri P, Jones DT, Drubach DA, Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Ertekin-Taner N, Petersen RC, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Josephs KA. Imaging correlations of tau, amyloid, metabolism, and atrophy in typical and atypical Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 Aug; 14 (8):1005-1014 Epub 2018 Mar 30
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  9. Jung Y, Jordan LG 3rd, Lowe VJ, Kantarci K, Parisi JE, Dickson DW, Murray ME, Reichard RR, Ferman TJ, Jones DT, Graff-Radford J, Savica R, Machulda MM, Fields JA, Allen LA, Drubach DA, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Jack CR Jr, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Boeve BF. Clinicopathological and (123)I-FP-CIT SPECT correlations in patients with dementia. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Mar; 5 (3):376-381 Epub 2018 Jan 24
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  10. Josephs KA, Martin PR, Botha H, Schwarz CG, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Machulda MM, Graff-Radford J, Weigand SD, Senjem ML, Utianski RL, Drubach DA, Boeve BF, Jones DT, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL. [(18) F]AV-1451 tau-PET and primary progressive aphasia. Ann Neurol. 2018 Mar; 83 (3):599-611 Epub 2018 Mar 13
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  11. Townley RA, Dawson ET, Drubach DA. Heterozygous genotype at codon 129 correlates with prolonged disease course in Heidenhain variant sporadic CJD: case report. Neurocase. 2018 Feb; 24 (1):54-58 Epub 2018 Feb 13
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  12. Whitwell JL, Graff-Radford J, Tosakulwong N, Weigand SD, Machulda M, Senjem ML, Schwarz CG, Spychalla AJ, Jones DT, Drubach DA, Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Ertekin-Taner N, Petersen RC, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Josephs KA. [(18) F]AV-1451 clustering of entorhinal and cortical uptake in Alzheimer's disease. Ann Neurol. 2018 Feb; 83 (2):248-257 Epub 2018 Feb 06
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  13. Tetzloff KA, Graff-Radford J, Martin PR, Tosakulwong N, Machulda MM, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Senjem ML, Schwarz CG, Spychalla AJ, Drubach DA, Jack CR, Lowe VJ, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL. Regional Distribution, Asymmetry, and Clinical Correlates of Tau Uptake on [18F]AV-1451 PET in Atypical Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018; 62 (4):1713-1724
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  14. Drubach D. Prayer, Judaism, and the Brain B'Or Ha'Torah.2018;25:in press.
  15. Whitwell JL, Graff-Radford J, Singh TD, Drubach DA, Senjem ML, Spychalla AJ, Tosakulwong N, Lowe VJ, Josephs KA. (18)F-FDG PET in Posterior Cortical Atrophy and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. J Nucl Med. 2017 Apr; 58 (4):632-638 Epub 2016 Sept 29
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  16. Lapid MI, Kuntz KM, Mason SS, Aakre JA, Lundt ES, Kremers W, Allen LA, Drubach DA, Boeve BF. Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Armodafinil Therapy for Hypersomnia Associated with Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A Pilot Study. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2017; 43 (5-6):269-280 Epub 2017 Apr 28
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  17. Madhavan A, Schwarz CG, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Machulda MM, Drubach DA, Kantarci K, Przybelski SA, Reid RI, Senjem ML, Gunter JL, Apostolova LG, Lowe VJ, Petersen RC, Jack CR, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL. Characterizing White Matter Tract Degeneration in Syndromic Variants of Alzheimer's Disease: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016; 49 (3):633-43
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  18. Flanagan EP, Drubach DA, Boeve BF. Autoimmune dementia and encephalopathy. Handb Clin Neurol. 2016; 133:247-67
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  19. Singh TD, Josephs KA, Machulda MM, Drubach DA, Apostolova LG, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL. Clinical, FDG and amyloid PET imaging in posterior cortical atrophy. J Neurol. 2015 Jun; 262 (6):1483-92 Epub 2015 Apr 11
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  20. Drubach DA. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Continuum. 2015 Jun; 21(3):783-8.
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  21. Whitwell JL, Kantarci K, Weigand SD, Lundt ES, Gunter JL, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Machulda MM, Spychalla AJ, Drubach DA, Petersen RC, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Josephs KA. Microbleeds in atypical presentations of Alzheimer's disease: a comparison to dementia of the Alzheimer's type. J Alzheimers Dis. 2015; 45 (4):1109-17
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  22. Graff-Radford J, Benarroch EE, Duffy JR, Drubach DA. Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 positron emission tomography in a case of slowly progressive pure alexia. Neurocase. 2014 Aug; 20: (4)476-9.
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  23. Adeli A, Drubach DA, Machulda MM. Resolution of neuropsychological and FDG-PET abnormalities in a patient with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2013 Sep; 26 (3):161-6
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  24. Graff-Radford J, Boeve BF, Drubach DA, Knopman DS, Ahlskog JE, Golden EC, Drubach DI, Petersen RC, Josephs KA. Limb immobilization and corticobasal syndrome. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Dec; 18 (10):1097-9 Epub 2012 June 20
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  25. Graff-Radford J, Drubach DA, Strand EA, Josephs KA. Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 PET in progressive emotional dysprosody. Neurology. 2012 Jul 31; 79 (5):480-1 Epub 2012 July 18
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  26. Mateen FJ, Josephs KA, Parisi JE, Drubach DA, Caselli RJ, Kantarci K, Jack C Jr, Boeve BF. Steroid-responsive encephalopathy subsequently associated with Alzheimer's disease pathology: a case series. Neurocase. 2012 Feb; 18: (1)1-12.
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  27. Drubach, D. Pirkei Avot, Brain Plasticity, and Self Renewal. B'OR Hatorah 13. 2012; 22:99-108.
  28. Somers KJ, Lennon VA, Rundell JR, Pittock SJ, Drubach DA, Trenerry MR, Lachance DH, Klein CJ, Aston PA, McKeon A. Psychiatric manifestations of voltage-gated potassium-channel complex autoimmunity. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Fall; 23: (4)425-33.
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  29. Wicklund MR, Mokri B, Drubach DA, Boeve BF, Parisi JE, Josephs KA. Frontotemporal brain sagging syndrome: an SIH-like presentation mimicking FTD. Neurology. 2011 Apr 19; 76 (16):1377-82
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  30. Drubach DA, Rabinstein AA, Molano J. Free will, freedom of choice and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Mens Sana Monogr. 2011 Jan; 9 (1):238-50
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  31. Whitwell JL, Jack CR Jr, Boeve BF, Parisi JE, Ahlskog JE, Drubach DA, Senjem ML, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Dickson DW, Josephs KA. Imaging correlates of pathology in corticobasal syndrome. Neurology. 2010 Nov 23; 75 (21):1879-87
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  32. Flanagan EP, McKeon A, Lennon VA, Boeve BF, Trenerry MR, Tan KM, Drubach DA, Josephs KA, Britton JW, Mandrekar JN, Lowe V, Parisi JE, Pittock SJ. Autoimmune dementia: clinical course and predictors of immunotherapy response. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Oct; 85 (10):881-97
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  33. McKeon A, Apiwattanakul M, Lachance DH, Lennon VA, Mandrekar JN, Boeve BF, Mullan B, Mokri B, Britton JW, Drubach DA, Pittock SJ. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography in paraneoplastic neurologic disorders: systematic analysis and review. Arch Neurol. 2010 Mar; 67 (3):322-9 Epub 2010 Jan 11
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  34. Drubach DA, Claassen DO. Perception and the awareness of God: the importance of neuronal habituation in the context of the Jewish and Christian faiths. J Relig Health. 2008 Dec; 47 (4):541-8
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  35. Drubach DA. The purpose and neurobiology of theory of mind functions. J Relig Health. 2008 Sep; 47 (3):354-65 Epub 2007 Dec 18
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  36. Makley MJ, English JB, Drubach DA, Kreuz AJ, Celnik PA, Tarwater PM. Prevalence of sleep disturbance in closed head injury patients in a rehabilitation unit. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2008 Jul-Aug; 22(4):341-7.
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  37. Drubach DA. Neurobiological perspectives of free will and freedom of choice Spirituality and Health International. 2008 Mar 19; 9(2):64-78.
  38. Boeve BF, Josephs KA, Drubach DA. Current and future management of the corticobasal syndrome and corticobasal degeneration. Handb Clin Neurol. 2008; 89:533-48.
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  39. Drubach D, Benarroch EE, Mateen FJ. [Imagination: its definition, purposes and neurobiology]. Rev Neurol. 2007 Sep 16-30; 45(6):353-8.
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  40. Whitwell JL, Jack CR Jr, Kantarci K, Weigand SD, Boeve BF, Knopman DS, Drubach DA, Tang-Wai DF, Petersen RC, Josephs KA. Imaging correlates of posterior cortical atrophy. Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Jul; 28 (7):1051-61 Epub 2006 June 23
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  41. Josephs KA, Whitwell JL, Boeve BF, Knopman DS, Tang-Wai DF, Drubach DA, Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC. Visual hallucinations in posterior cortical atrophy. Arch Neurol. 2006 Oct; 63 (10):1427-32
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  42. Castillo P, Woodruff B, Caselli R, Vernino S, Lucchinetti C, Swanson J, Noseworthy J, Aksamit A, Carter J, Sirven J, Hunder G, Fatourechi V, Mokri B, Drubach D, Pittock S, Lennon V, Boeve B. Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. Arch Neurol. 2006 Feb; 63(2):197-202.
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  43. Kumar N, Drubach DA, Black DF. Expanding the spectrum of acquired cerebral hemiatrophy. J Neuroimaging. 2005 Apr; 15(2):200-2.
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  44. Drubach DA, Makley M, Dodd ML. Manipulation of central nervous system plasticity: a new dimension in the care of neurologically impaired patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Jun; 79(6):796-800.
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  45. Drubach DA. Judaism, brain plasticity, and the making of the self. Journal of Religion and Health. 2002; 41:4.
  46. Kelly MP, Johnson CT, Knoller N, Drubach DA, Winslow MM. Substance abuse, traumatic brain injury and neuropsychological outcome. Brain Inj. 1997 Jun; 11(6):391-402.
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  47. Drubach DA, Kelly MP, Peralta LM. Community based rehabilitation planning: a program for the 90s. Journal of Rehabilitation Administration. 1996; 20:37-46.
  48. Zeilig G, Katz-Seilig M, Celnik P, Drubach DA. Metastatic and traumatic spinal cord injury: acute rehabilitation outcome, post-discharge placement, and one year survival. Journal of Neurologic Rehabilitation. 1996; 10:59-63.
  49. Zeilig G, Karatinis J, Drubach DA. Pathological laughter and crying in patients with closed traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj. 1996; 1996:591-7.
  50. Drubach DA, Zeilig G, Perez JC, Makley M. Treatment of abulia with carbidopa/levodopa compound. Journal of Neurologic Rehabilitation. 1995; 9:151-5.
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  51. Drubach DA, McAlaster R, Hartman P. A psychoanalytic framework in the rehabilitation of patients with traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 1994; 54:255-63.
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  52. Drubach DA, Kelly MP, Dolif C. Traumatic injury in patients with neurologic and psychiatric disease. Critical Care Clinics of North America. 1994; 10:635-41.
  53. Drubach DA, Carmona S, Sostre S, Peralta L. Brain SPECT in a case of cortical blindness. Stroke. 1994; 25:1061-4.
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  54. Drubach DA, Kelly MP. The role of substance abuse in the outcome of traumatic brain injury. Maryland Medical Journal. 1993; 42:989-93.
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  55. Drubach DA, Kelly MP. Panic disorder associated with a right paralimbic lesion. Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology. 1989; 2:282-9.
  56. Drubach DA, Panitch H, Johnson KP. Viral and immune-mediated factors in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disease. Hillside Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1987; 9:163-83.
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