Education/CredentialsFellowship: University of Cincinnati (Movement Disorders)Residency: Indiana University (Neurology)Residency: Methodist Hospital (Chief Resident)Residency: Methodist HospitalMedical Degree: Indiana University Bachelor's Degree: Indiana University Board Certifications & LicensesAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology) (Certification Date: 2012-09-20) SpecialtiesNeurology Contact Information One Stetson Square 4246 Office 513-558-4050 Email pecinaca@ucmail.uc.edu Clinical Interests Movement DisordersNeurologyParkinson's DiseaseAlzheimer's DiseaseAtaxiaBalance DisordersBell's PalsyCataplexyCatatoniaCerebellar AtaxiaChoreaCorticobasal Degeneration (CBD)DementiaDyskinesiasDystoniaEssential Tremor (ET)Gait DisordersHemifacial SpasmHereditary Spastic ParaplegiaHuntington's DiseaseHyperkalemic Periodic ParalysisHypokalemic Periodic ParalysisLewy Body DementiaLewy Body DiseaseMultiple System Atrophy (MSA)Muscle RigidityMuscle SpasticityMyoclonic SeizuresNormal Pressure HydrocephalusOrthostatic Hypotension (Postural Hypotension)ParaparesisParkinson's Hypophonia (Bowing/Atrophy)Posterior Cortical AtrophyPrion DiseasePsychomotor DisordersSensory AtaxiaSerotonin SyndromeSpasmsSpinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)Spinocerebellar DegenerationsStiff-Person SyndromeSubacute Combined DegenerationTauopathiesTay-Sachs DiseaseTDP-43 ProteinopathiesTics and Tourette SyndromeTourette SyndromeTremorsTropical Spastic ParaparesisVascular Cognitive ImpairmentVascular DementiaWernicke 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
Clinical Interests Movement DisordersNeurologyParkinson's DiseaseAlzheimer's DiseaseAtaxiaBalance DisordersBell's PalsyCataplexyCatatoniaCerebellar AtaxiaChoreaCorticobasal Degeneration (CBD)DementiaDyskinesiasDystoniaEssential Tremor (ET)Gait DisordersHemifacial SpasmHereditary Spastic ParaplegiaHuntington's DiseaseHyperkalemic Periodic ParalysisHypokalemic Periodic ParalysisLewy Body DementiaLewy Body DiseaseMultiple System Atrophy (MSA)Muscle RigidityMuscle SpasticityMyoclonic SeizuresNormal Pressure HydrocephalusOrthostatic Hypotension (Postural Hypotension)ParaparesisParkinson's Hypophonia (Bowing/Atrophy)Posterior Cortical AtrophyPrion DiseasePsychomotor DisordersSensory AtaxiaSerotonin SyndromeSpasmsSpinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)Spinocerebellar DegenerationsStiff-Person SyndromeSubacute Combined DegenerationTauopathiesTay-Sachs DiseaseTDP-43 ProteinopathiesTics and Tourette SyndromeTourette SyndromeTremorsTropical Spastic ParaparesisVascular Cognitive ImpairmentVascular DementiaWernicke 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
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