Penn Medicine Provider
Neurology
Rebecca Lynn Williamson, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Williamson is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Liu B, Lee BW, Nakanishi K, Villasante A, Williamson R, Metz J, Kim J, Kanai M, Bi L, Brown K4, Di Paolo G, Homma S, Sims PA, Topkara VK, Vunjak-Novakovic G. Cardiac recovery via extended cell-free delivery of extracellular vesicles secreted by cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. , Nature Biomedical Engineering., 2: 2018


Williamson RL, Laulagnier K, Miranda AM, Fernandez MA, Wolfe MS, Sadoul R, Di Paolo G. Disruption of APP ubiquitination leads to a selective increase in Aβ40 by presenilin 2 cleavage. , Journal of Biological Chemistry., 292: 2017


Wu YC, Williamson R, Li Z, Vicario A, Xu J, Kasai M, Chern Y, Tongiorgi E, Baraban JM. Dendritic trafficking of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA: regulation by translin-dependent and -independent mechanisms. , Journal of Neurochemistry., 116: 2016


Agarwal S, Kim H, Chan RB, Agarwal S, Williamson R, Cho W, Di Paolo G, Satchell KJ. Autophagy and endosomal trafficking inhibition by Vibrio cholerae MARTX toxin phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate-specific phospholipase A1 activity. , Nature Communications., 6: 2015


Morel E, Chamoun Z, Lasiecka ZM, Chan RB, Williamson RL, Vetanovetz C, Dall’Armi C, Simoes S, Point Du Jour K, McCabe BD, Small SA, Di Paolo G. Phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate regulates sorting and processing of amyloid precursor protein through the endosomal system. , Nature Communications., 4: 2013


Klein AB, Williamson R, Santini MA, Clemmensen C, Ettrup A, Rios M, Knudsen GM, Aznar S. Blood BDNF concentrations reflect brain-tissue BDNF levels across species. , The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 14: 2011