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Lilyana Amezcua, MD
Lilyana Amezcua, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology;Program Director, Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship;Director, Keck Huntington Beach Multiple Sclerosis Infusion Program
Neurology
GNH Eeg 4aye114 Off Campus Los Angeles
+1 323 409 3439
Dr. Amezcua is a multiple sclerosis specialist trained under the direction of USC’s Dr. Leslie P. Weiner. She completed a residency in neurology and was chief resident. She was awarded a Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Her research is focused on collaborating with basic researchers in the field of immunology, employing new imaging techniques to access disease progression, as well as defining racial disparities that may exist within the multiple sclerosis population. She is active within her community and lectures both in English and Spanish. Dr. Amezcua currently serves as co-investigator to several clinical trials within the MS department.

Efficacy and Safety of Alemtuzumab in Patients of African Descent with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: 8-Year Follow-up of CARE-MS I and II (TOPAZ Study) Neurol Ther. 2019 Dec; 8(2):367-381. . View in PubMed

Collaborative International Research in Clinical and Longitudinal Experience Study in NMOSD Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 Sep; 6(5):e583. . View in PubMed

The genetic diversity of multiple sclerosis risk among Hispanic and African American populations living in the United States Mult Scler. 2019 Aug 01; 1352458519863764. . View in PubMed

Signal Hyperintensity on Unenhanced T1-Weighted Brain and Cervical Spinal Cord MR Images after Multiple Doses of Linear Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 Aug; 40(8):1274-1281. . View in PubMed

Women's Health: Contemporary Management of MS in Pregnancy and Post-Partum Biomedicines. 2019 Apr 19; 7(2). . View in PubMed

Rituximab during pregnancy in neuromyelitis optica: A case report Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 Mar; 6(2):e542. . View in PubMed

Native ancestry is associated with optic neuritis and age of onset in hispanics with multiple sclerosis Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Nov; 5(11):1362-1371. . View in PubMed

Vitamin D and disability in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in patients with a Mexican background Acta Neurol Belg. 2018 Mar; 118(1):47-52. . View in PubMed

Ethnic Considerations and Multiple Sclerosis Disease Variability in the United States Neurol Clin. 2018 Feb; 36(1):151-162. . View in PubMed

Multiple Sclerosis Mortality by Race/Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Time Period in the United States, 1999-2015 Neuroepidemiology. 2018; 50(1-2):35-40. . View in PubMed

Ethical Considerations of Patient-Funded Research for Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics Neurotherapeutics. 2017 Oct; 14(4):945-951. . View in PubMed

Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and multiple sclerosis susceptibility: A multiethnic study Neurology. 2017 Sep 26; 89(13):1330-1337. . View in PubMed

FOD Restoration for Enhanced Mapping of White Matter Lesion Connectivity Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2017 Sep; 10433:584-592. . View in PubMed

MS in self-identified Hispanic/Latino individuals living in the US Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2017 Jul-Sep; 3(3):2055217317725103. . View in PubMed

Perceptions of Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanic Americans: Need for Targeted Messaging Int J MS Care. 2017 May-Jun; 19(3):131-139. . View in PubMed

Adrenocorticotropic hormone versus methylprednisolone added to interferon ß in patients with multiple sclerosis experiencing breakthrough disease: a randomized, rater-blinded trial Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2017 Jan; 10(1):3-17. . View in PubMed

Headaches in multiple sclerosis: Cross-sectional study of a multiethnic population Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 143:71-5. . View in PubMed

Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric-Onset and Adult-Onset Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanic Americans J Child Neurol. 2016 07; 31(8):1068-73. . View in PubMed

Design and development of an ethnically-diverse imaging informatics-based eFolder system for multiple sclerosis patients Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2015 Dec; 46 Pt 2:257-68. . View in PubMed

Multiple sclerosis: review of eye movement disorders and update of disease-modifying therapies Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov; 26(6):534-9. . View in PubMed

Multiple sclerosis in US minority populations: Clinical practice insights Neurol Clin Pract. 2015 Apr; 5(2):132-142. . View in PubMed

Pregnancy and fetal outcomes following natalizumab exposure in pregnancyA prospective, controlled observational study. Mult Scler. 2015 Feb; 21(2):198-205. . View in PubMed

Blood-brain barrier breakdown in the aging human hippocampus Neuron. 2015 Jan 21; 85(2):296-302. . View in PubMed

Place of birth,age of immigration,and disability in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2015 Jan; 4(1):25-30. . View in PubMed

Spinal cord lesions and disability in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis J Neurol. 2013 Nov; 260(11):2770-6. . View in PubMed

Prevalence of neurobehavioral, social, and emotional dysfunction in patients treated for childhood craniopharyngioma: a systematic literature review PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e76562. . View in PubMed

Vitamin D levels in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis J Neurol. 2012 Dec; 259(12):2565-70. . View in PubMed

Multiple sclerosis in Hispanics: a study of clinical disease expression Mult Scler. 2011 Aug; 17(8):1010-6. . View in PubMed

Compressive neuropathies complicating normal childbirth: case report and literature review Birth. 2007 Jun; 34(2):173-5. . View in PubMed

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