- Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (Movement Disorders)
- Residency: Indiana University (Neurology)
- Residency: Methodist Hospital (Chief Resident)
- Residency: Methodist Hospital
- Medical Degree: Indiana University
- Bachelor's Degree: Indiana University
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology) (Certification Date: 2012-09-20)
Neurology
- One Stetson Square 4246
- Email pecinaca@ucmail.uc.edu
Clinical Interests
Movement Disorders
Neurology
Parkinson's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
Ataxia
Balance Disorders
Bell's Palsy
Cataplexy
Catatonia
Cerebellar Ataxia
Chorea
Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD)
Dementia
Dyskinesias
Dystonia
Essential Tremor (ET)
Gait Disorders
Hemifacial Spasm
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Huntington's Disease
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Lewy Body Dementia
Lewy Body Disease
Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
Muscle Rigidity
Muscle Spasticity
Myoclonic Seizures
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Orthostatic Hypotension (Postural Hypotension)
Paraparesis
Parkinson's Hypophonia (Bowing/Atrophy)
Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Prion Disease
Psychomotor Disorders
Sensory Ataxia
Serotonin Syndrome
Spasms
Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
Spinocerebellar Degenerations
Stiff-Person Syndrome
Subacute Combined Degeneration
Tauopathies
Tay-Sachs Disease
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Tics and Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome
Tremors
Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
Vascular Cognitive Impairment
Vascular Dementia
Wernicke Encephalopathy
Peer Reviewed Publications
Pecina, Cara Ann 2012. Tick paralysis. Seminars in neurology, 32 5, 531-2
Brownstein M.J.; Simon N.G.; Long J.D.; Yankey J.; Maibach H.T.; Cudkowicz M.; Coffey C.; Conwit R.A.; Lungu C.; Anderson K.E.; Hersch S.M.; Ecklund D.J.; Damiano E.M.; Itzkowitz D.E.; Lu S.; Chase M.K.; Shefner J.M.; McGarry A.; Thornell B.; Gladden C.; Costigan M.; O’suilleabhain P.; Marshall F.J.; Chesire A.M.; Deritis P.; Adams J.L.; Hedera P.; Lowen K.; Diana Rosas H.; Hiller A.L.; Quinn J.; Keith K.; Duker A.P.; Gruenwald C.; Molloy A.; Jacob C.; Factor S.; Sperin E.; Bega D.; Brown Z.R.; Seeberger L.C.; Sung V.W.; Benge M.; Kostyk S.K.; Daley A.M.; Perlman S.; Suski V.; Conlon P.; Barrett M.J.; Lowenhaupt S.; Quigg M.; Perlmutter J.S.; Wright B.A.; Most E.; Schwartz G.J.; Lamb J.; Chuang R.S.; Singer C.; Marder K.; Moran J.A.; Singleton J.R.; Zorn M.; Wall P.V.; Dubinsky R.M.; Gray C.; Drazinic C. 11-01-2020. Safety and tolerability of srx246, a vasopressin 1a antagonist, in irritable huntington’s disease pa Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9 11, 1-14
Obeidat A.Z.; Jacob C.; Zabeti A. 07-01-2017. Concurrent Dawson's Fingers and Area Postrema Lesion in a Mixed Neuroimmune Disorder Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 44 4, 452-454
Wissel B.D.; Dwivedi A.K.; Merola A.; Chin D.; Jacob C.; Duker A.P.; Vaughan J.E.; Lovera L.; LaFaver K.; Levy A.; Lang A.E.; Morgante F.; Nirenberg M.J.; Stephen C.; Sharma N.; Romagnolo A.; Lopiano L.; Balint B.; Yu X.X.; Bhatia K.P.; Espay A.J. 06-01-2018. Functional neurological disorders in Parkinson disease Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 89 6, 566-571
Jacob C.; Espay A.J.; Hagen M.C.; Duker A.P. 05-01-2016. Misleading Imaging and Clinical Features in Pathology-Proven Corticobasal Degeneration Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 3 3, 315-317