Leo Sugrue, MD, PhD

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Dr. Leo Sugrue is a neuroscientist and neuroradiologist who researches the brain circuits that control complex thought and behavior and their involvement in mental illness. He has a joint appointment in Psychiatry and works closely with colleagues at the Dolby Center for Mood Disorders and the Weill Institute for Neurosciences to develop novel circuit-based approaches to image and treat neuropsychiatric conditions using closed-loop brain stimulation and brain-directed focused ultrasound. 

Sugrue directs the Laboratory for Precision Neuroimaging at UCSF, which emphasizes integrating brain imaging with genetic, health, and behavioral data to better understand, diagnose, and treat brain disease. He is a co-investigator for the National Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study (ABCD), and his group works to leverage “big data” from studies like ABCD to better understand neuropsychiatric disorders and improve their diagnosis and treatment in individual patients.

Sugrue completed his undergraduate education and PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford University and received his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in Neuroradiology at UCSF before joining the faculty in 2014. He co-founded the Fucused Ultrasound in Neuroscience program (FUN) at UCSF, a multidisciplinary effort to use brain-directed focused ultrasound to treat movement disorders like Essential Tremor and to develop it as a tool to modulate brain activity with high spatial and temporal precision. Leo grew up in Dublin and visits Ireland regularly, in his spare time he enjoys cooking, gardening, and tinkering with old motorcycles.

Honors and Awards
Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2019
ARRS/ASNR Research Scholar Award: Imaging Biomarkers of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, ARRS/ASNR, 2016
Siemens AUR Radiology Resident Academic Development (SARRAD) Program, Association of University Radiologists, 2011

Publications

Radiogenomics of C9orf72 Expansion Carriers Reveals Global Transposable Element Derepression and Enables Prediction of Thalamic Atrophy and Clinical Impairment.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Bonham LW, Geier EG, Sirkis DW, Leong JK, Ramos EM, Wang Q, Karydas A, Lee SE, Sturm VE, Sawyer RP, Friedberg A, Ichida JK, Gitler AD, Sugrue L, Cordingley M, Bee W, Weber E, Kramer JH, Rankin KP, Rosen HJ, Boxer AL, Seeley WW, Ravits J, Miller BL, Yokoyama JS

Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children.

JAMA neurology

Li Y, Thompson WK, Reuter C, Nillo R, Jernigan T, Dale A, Sugrue LP, ABCD Consortium, Brown J, Dougherty RF, Rauschecker A, Rudie J, Barch DM, Calhoun V, Hagler D, Hatton S, Tanabe J, Marshall A, Sher KJ, Heeringa S, Hermosillo R, Banich MT, Squeglia L, Bjork J, Zucker R, Neale M, Herting M, Sheth C, Huber R, Reeves G, Hettema JM, Howlett KD, Cloak C, Baskin-Sommers A, Rapuano K, Gonzalez R, Karcher N, Laird A, Baker F, James R, Sowell E, Dick A, Hawes S, Sutherland M, Bagot K, Bodurka J, Breslin F, Morris A, Paulus M, Gray K, Hoffman E, Weiss S, Rajapakse N, Glantz M, Nagel B, Ewing SF, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Prouty D, Rosenberg M, Bookheimer S, Tapert S, Infante M, Jacobus J, Giedd J, Shilling P, Wade N, Uban K, Haist F, Heyser C, Palmer C, Kuperman J, Hewitt J, Cottler L, Isaiah A, Chang L, Edwards S, Ernst T, Heitzeg M, Puttler L, Sripada C, Iacono W, Luciana M, Clark D, Luna B, Schirda C, Foxe J, Freedman E, Mason M, McGlade E, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D, Albaugh M, Allgaier N, Chaarani B, Potter A, Ivanova M, Lisdahl K, Do E, Maes H, Bogdan R, Anokhin A, Dosenbach N, Glaser P, Heath A, Casey BJ, Gee D, Garavan HP, Dowling G, Brown S

Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

NeuroImage

Hagler DJ, Hatton S, Cornejo MD, Makowski C, Fair DA, Dick AS, Sutherland MT, Casey BJ, Barch DM, Harms MP, Watts R, Bjork JM, Garavan HP, Hilmer L, Pung CJ, Sicat CS, Kuperman J, Bartsch H, Xue F, Heitzeg MM, Laird AR, Trinh TT, Gonzalez R, Tapert SF, Riedel MC, Squeglia LM, Hyde LW, Rosenberg MD, Earl EA, Howlett KD, Baker FC, Soules M, Diaz J, de Leon OR, Thompson WK, Neale MC, Herting M, Sowell ER, Alvarez RP, Hawes SW, Sanchez M, Bodurka J, Breslin FJ, Morris AS, Paulus MP, Simmons WK, Polimeni JR, van der Kouwe A, Nencka AS, Gray KM, Pierpaoli C, Matochik JA, Noronha A, Aklin WM, Conway K, Glantz M, Hoffman E, Little R, Lopez M, Pariyadath V, Weiss SR, Wolff-Hughes DL, DelCarmen-Wiggins R, Feldstein Ewing SW, Miranda-Dominguez O, Nagel BJ, Perrone AJ, Sturgeon DT, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Pohl KM, Prouty D, Uban K, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, Galvan A, Bagot K, Giedd J, Infante MA, Jacobus J, Patrick K, Shilling PD, Desikan R, Li Y, Sugrue L, Banich MT, Friedman N, Hewitt JK, Hopfer C, Sakai J, Tanabe J, Cottler LB, Nixon SJ, Chang L, Cloak C, Ernst T, Reeves G, Kennedy DN, Heeringa S, Peltier S, Schulenberg J, Sripada C, Zucker RA, Iacono WG, Luciana M, Calabro FJ, Clark DB, Lewis DA, Luna B, Schirda C, Brima T, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Mruzek DW, Mason MJ, Huber R, McGlade E, Prescot A, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Allgaier NA, Dumas JA, Ivanova M, Potter A, Florsheim P, Larson C, Lisdahl K, Charness ME, Fuemmeler B, Hettema JM, Maes HH, Steinberg J, Anokhin AP, Glaser P, Heath AC, Madden PA, Baskin-Sommers A, Constable RT, Grant SJ, Dowling GJ, Brown SA, Jernigan TL, Dale AM

Polygenic hazard score, amyloid deposition and Alzheimer's neurodegeneration.

Brain : a journal of neurology

Tan CH, Bonham LW, Fan CC, Mormino EC, Sugrue LP, Broce IJ, Hess CP, Yokoyama JS, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Yaffe K, Schellenberg GD, Kauppi K, Holland D, McEvoy LK, Kukull WA, Tosun D, Weiner MW, Sperling RA, Bennett DA, Hyman BT, Andreassen OA, Dale AM, Desikan RS, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Dissecting the genetic relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease.

Acta neuropathologica

Broce IJ, Tan CH, Fan CC, Jansen I, Savage JE, Witoelar A, Wen N, Hess CP, Dillon WP, Glastonbury CM, Glymour M, Yokoyama JS, Elahi FM, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Mormino EC, Sperling RA, Bennett DA, McEvoy LK, Brewer JB, Feldman HH, Hyman BT, Pericak-Vance M, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Mayeux R, Schellenberg GD, Yaffe K, Sugrue LP, Dale AM, Posthuma D, Andreassen OA, Karch CM, Desikan RS

CXCR4 involvement in neurodegenerative diseases.

Translational psychiatry

Bonham LW, Karch CM, Fan CC, Tan C, Geier EG, Wang Y, Wen N, Broce IJ, Li Y, Barkovich MJ, Ferrari R, Hardy J, Momeni P, Höglinger G, Müller U, Hess CP, Sugrue LP, Dillon WP, Schellenberg GD, Miller BL, Andreassen OA, Dale AM, Barkovich AJ, Yokoyama JS, Desikan RS, International FTD-Genomics Consortium (IFGC), International Parkinson’s Disease Genetics Consortium (IPDGC), International Genomics of Alzheimer’s Project (IGAP)

Shared genetic risk between corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, and frontotemporal dementia.

Acta neuropathologica

Yokoyama JS, Karch CM, Fan CC, Bonham LW, Kouri N, Ross OA, Rademakers R, Kim J, Wang Y, Höglinger GU, Müller U, Ferrari R, Hardy J, International FTD-Genomics Consortium (IFGC), Momeni P, Sugrue LP, Hess CP, James Barkovich A, Boxer AL, Seeley WW, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Schmansky NJ, Fischl B, Hyman BT, Dickson DW, Schellenberg GD, Andreassen OA, Dale AM, Desikan RS

Genetic architecture of sporadic frontotemporal dementia and overlap with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

Ferrari R, Wang Y, Vandrovcova J, Guelfi S, Witeolar A, Karch CM, Schork AJ, Fan CC, Brewer JB, International FTD-Genomics Consortium (IFGC),, International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC),, International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP),, Momeni P, Schellenberg GD, Dillon WP, Sugrue LP, Hess CP, Yokoyama JS, Bonham LW, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Andreassen OA, Dale AM, Hardy J, Desikan RS