Sara LaHue, MD
Assistant Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

As a neurohospitalist, she serves on the Neurohospitalist Society Executive Board, the Neurohospitalist Editorial Board, and is an active member of several American Delirium Society committees. She is coauthor of the textbook "Emergency Neurology" (Oxford University Press 2021).

Dr. LaHue's research interests span several areas within neurology, though the majority of her grant-funded work centers on translational investigations of delirium, sleep, and cognitive impairment in hospitalized older adults. She is also passionate about improving the care of women with neurological disorders through educational initiatives and research. Dr. LaHue is both Co-I and Director of Education for Sex and Gender Enriched (SAGE) Neurology R25, as well as an affiliate member of the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Dr. LaHue also directs the emergency neurology simulation curriculum for residents.

Dr. LaHue obtained her medical degree and completed residency in Neurology at UCSF, where she served as chief resident. She also completed her Neurohospitalist Fellowship at UCSF. Dr. LaHue is board certified in Neurology.

(Photo credit: Christopher Michel)

• Associations of Systemic Inflammation and Senescent Cell Biomarkers with Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults with Schizophrenia.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024 Chui MKK, Schneider K, Miclau K, LaHue SC, Furman D, Leutwyler H, Newman JC
• Association of biological aging with frailty and post-transplant outcomes among adults with cirrhosis.
  GeroScience 2024 LaHue SC, Fuentealba M, Roa Diaz S, Seetharaman S, Garcia T, Furman D, Lai JC, Newman JC
• Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Women's Neurology.
  Neurology 2023 Thornton HF, LaHue SC, Bove R, Waters J, O'Neal MA, Bui E
• Clinical Reasoning: A 22-Year-Old Man With Multifocal Brain and Osseous Lesions.
  Neurology 2023 Reddy S, Cha S, LaHue SC
• Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy in postpartum women with neurological conditions.
  Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2023 Anderson A, Rowles W, Poole S, Balan A, Bevan C, Brandstadter R, Ciplea AI, Cooper J, Fabian M, Hale TW, Jacobs D, Kakara M, Krysko KM, Longbrake EE, Marcus J, Repovic P, Riley CS, Romeo AR, …
• Advancing specificity in delirium: The delirium subtyping initiative.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023 Bowman EML, Brummel NE, Caplan GA, Cunningham C, Evered LA, Fiest KM, Girard TD, Jackson TA, LaHue SC, Lindroth HL, Maclullich AMJ, McAuley DF, Oh ES, Oldham MA, Page VJ, Pandharipande PP, Potter KM, …
• Reexamining cholinesterase inhibitors for the prevention and treatment of delirium in high-risk populations.
  Critical care (London, England) 2023 Lieberman OJ, Douglas VC, LaHue SC
• American Delirium Society 2022 Year in Review: Highlighting the Year’s Most Impactful Delirium Research
  Delirium Communications 2023 C. Adrian Austin, Ben J. A. Palanca , Kendall Smith, Benjamin Chapin, Shih-Yin Lin , Sikandar Khan, Heidi Lindroth, Mark Oldham , Kerri Maya, American Delirium Society Committee Members*
• Reviews in Medical Education: Advances in Simulation to Address New Challenges in Neurology
  Neurology Education 2023 Catherine S.W. Albin, J. Palmer Greene, Sara C. LaHue, Prem Kandiah, Arielle M. Kurzweil, Yara Mikhaeil-Demo, Nicholas A. Morris
• Clinical and Radiographic Characteristics of Nocardia vs Non-Nocardia Brain Abscesses.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2023 LaHue SC, Guterman EL, Mikhail M, Li Y, Cha S, Richie MB
• Spinal epidural arteriovenous fistula with nerve root enhancement mimicking myeloradiculitis: a case report.
  BMC neurology 2023 Chiang S, Pet DB, Talbott JF, LaHue SC, Douglas VC, Rosendale N
• Potential for remote vital sign monitoring to improve hospital patient sleep: A feasibility study.
  International journal of medical informatics 2022 Beaman H, Douglas VC, Patel K, John Boscardin W, Youn J, LaHue SC
• Reproductive Rights in Neurology-The Supreme Court's Impact on All of Us.
  JAMA neurology 2022 LaHue SC, Gano D, Bove R
• Opinion and Special Article: The Need for Specialized Training in Women's Neurology.
  Neurology 2022 LaHue SC, Paolini S, Waters JFR, O'Neal MA
• Jugular Foramen Syndrome Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus Infection.
  The Neurohospitalist 2022 Adjepong KO, LaHue SC, Ha D, Holmes BB
• Jugular Foramen Syndrome Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus Infection.
  The Neurohospitalist 2022 Kwame O. Adjepong, Sara C. LaHue, Deborah Ha, Brandon B. Holmes
• Hepatic and renal function impact concentrations of plasma biomarkers of neuropathology.
  Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2022 Berry K, Asken BM, Grab JD, Chan B, Lario Lago A, Wong R, Seetharaman S, LaHue SC, Possin KL, Rojas JC, Kramer JH, Boxer AL, Lai JC, VandeVrede L
• Giant cell myositis associated with metastatic thymoma and granulomatous hypercalcaemia.
  BMJ case reports 2022 Jimenez JC, Lucas CG, LaHue SC, Sharpe BA
• COVID-19 severity and age increase the odds of delirium in hospitalized adults with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: a cohort study.
  BMC psychiatry 2022 LaHue SC, Escueta DP, Guterman EL, Patel K, Harrison KL, Boscardin WJ, Douglas VC, Newman JC
• Approach to Altered Mental Status and Inpatient Delirium.
  Neurologic clinics 2022 LaHue SC, Douglas VC
• Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study.
  The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 2021 Pun BT, Badenes R, Heras La Calle G, Orun OM, Chen W, Raman R, Simpson BK, Wilson-Linville S, Hinojal Olmedillo B, Vallejo de la Cueva A, van der Jagt M, Navarro Casado R, Leal Sanz P, Orhun G, Ferrer…
• Emergency Neurology (Oxford University Press)
  Emergency Neurology (Oxford University Press) 2021 LaHue, Sara C & Levin, Morris
• Pregnancy outcomes of refractory epilepsy patients treated with Brain-responsive neurostimulation.
  Epilepsy research 2020 Li Y, Eliashiv D, LaHue SC, Rao VR, Martini ML, Panov F, Oster JM, Yoshii-Contreras J, Skidmore CT, Kalayjian LA, Millett D, Meador KJ
• The One-Two Punch of Delirium and Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.
  Frontiers in neurology 2020 LaHue SC, Douglas VC, Miller BL
• Reply to: Diagnostic Delay in Cervical Dystonia-Dystonia With Antecedent ET?
  Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2020 LaHue SC, Tanner CM
• Transfer of monoclonal antibodies into breastmilk in neurologic and non-neurologic diseases.
  Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation 2020 LaHue SC, Anderson A, Krysko KM, Rutatangwa A, Dorsey MJ, Hale T, Mahadevan U, Rogers EE, Rosenstein MG, Bove R
• A 52-Year-Old Man With Seizures and Progressive Cerebrovascular Lesions.
  The Neurohospitalist 2020 McGraw CM, LaHue SC, Ferris S, Bollen AW, Richie MB
• Cervical dystonia incidence and diagnostic delay in a multiethnic population.
  Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2019 LaHue SC, Albers K, Goldman S, Lo RY, Gu Z, Leimpeter A, Fross R, Comyns K, Marras C, de Kleijn A, Smit R, Katz M, Ozelius LJ, Bressman S, Saunders-Pullman R, Comella C, Klingman J, Nelson LM, Van Den…
• Minimal breast milk transfer of rituximab, a monoclonal antibody used in neurological conditions.
  Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation 2019 Krysko KM, LaHue SC, Anderson A, Rutatangwa A, Rowles W, Schubert RD, Marcus J, Riley CS, Bevan C, Hale TW, Bove R
• Navigating monoclonal antibody use in breastfeeding women: Do no harm or do little good?
  Neurology 2019 LaHue SC, Gelfand AA, Bove RM
• Association between Inpatient Delirium and Hospital Readmission in Patients ≥ 65 Years of Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2019 LaHue SC, Douglas VC, Kuo T, Conell CA, Liu VX, Josephson SA, Angel C, Brooks KB
• Stroke Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Transgender Adults: A Case Series.
  The neurologist 2019 LaHue SC, Torres D, Rosendale N, Singh V
• Abstract TP232: Characteristics of Stroke in Women Vary by Race and Ethnicity.
  Stroke 2019 Sara C LaHue, Richa Gautami, Vineeta Singh
• Abstract WP332: Social Determinants of Access to Stroke Care in Women.
  Stroke 2019 Sara C LaHue, Richa Gautami, Vineeta Singh, Vineeta Singh
• Whole-Genome mRNA Gene Expression Differs Between Patients With and Without Delirium.
  Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2018 Kalantar K, LaHue SC, DeRisi JL, Sample HA, Contag CA, Josephson SA, Wilson MR, Douglas VC
• In search of a there there.
  Neurology 2018 Sara Catherine LaHue
• Frequency and characteristics associated with inherited thrombophilia in patients with intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2018 LaHue SC, Kim H, Pawlikowska L, Nelson J, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Singh V
• Parkinson's disease patient preference and experience with various methods of DBS lead placement.
  Parkinsonism & related disorders 2017 LaHue SC, Ostrem JL, Galifianakis NB, San Luciano M, Ziman N, Wang S, Racine CA, Starr PA, Larson PS, Katz M
• The best medicine? The influence of physical activity and inactivity on Parkinson's disease.
  Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2016 LaHue SC, Comella CL, Tanner CM
• Alpha phase dynamics predict age-related visual working memory decline.
  NeuroImage 2016 Tran TT, Hoffner NC, LaHue SC, Tseng L, Voytek B
• Loud and Clear: Sensory Impairment, Delirium, and Functional Recovery in Critical Illness.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2016 LaHue SC, Liu VX
• Resting state magnetoencephalography functional connectivity in traumatic brain injury.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2013 Tarapore PE, Findlay AM, Lahue SC, Lee H, Honma SM, Mizuiri D, Luks TL, Manley GT, Nagarajan SS, Mukherjee P
• Independent component analysis of DTI reveals multivariate microstructural correlations of white matter in the human brain.
  Human brain mapping 2011 Li YO, Yang FG, Nguyen CT, Cooper SR, LaHue SC, Venugopal S, Mukherjee P
• Microstructural correlations of white matter tracts in the human brain.
  NeuroImage 2010 Wahl M, Li YO, Ng J, Lahue SC, Cooper SR, Sherr EH, Mukherjee P