Tara Carlisle, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

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Medical School:
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (2007)
Graduate School :
  • PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (2007)
Undergraduate School:
  • BA/BS, University of Colorado - Boulder (CO) (2002)
Internship:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2016)
Residency:
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program, Neurology (2017)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Neurology (2020)
Department: Neurology

Professional Titles

  • Assistant Professor

Research Interests

My research explores personalized risk assessment, lifestyle recommendations, and potential disease-altering approaches for those most likely to benefit. I have a passion for preventing dementia. I have an interest in cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease focusing on modifiable and/or treatable risk factors. I am also interested in sex differences in Alzheimer's disease. I am also interested in the real-world response to anti-amyloid therapies - and other potentially disease-modifying therapies that will be available in the future - in populations not well-represented in the original clinical trials.

Teaching

  • Assistant Professor (2022)
    School of Medicine, Neurology
    Cognition across the lifespan, cognitive decline, and neurodegenerative disorders.

Publications

  • Carlisle TC, Medina LD, Holden SK. Original research: initial development of a pragmatic tool to estimate cognitive decline risk focusing on potentially modifiable factors in Parkinson's disease. Front Neurosci. 2023;17:1278817. PubMed PMID: 37942138
  • Carlisle TC, Fought AJ, Olson KE, Lopez-Esquibel N, Simpson A, Medina LD, Holden SK. Original research: longitudinal evaluation of cognitively demanding daily function using performance-based functional assessment highlights heterogeneous trajectories in cognitive and functional abilities in people with Parkinson's disease. Front Neurosci. 2023;17:1200347. PubMed PMID: 37434765
  • Carlisle, T.C., Olson, K.E., Carlson, N.E., Bettcher, B., Holden, S.K. Developing a Preliminary Parkinson’s Disease Risk Estimator for Decline In Cognition Tool (pPREDICT) as a Practical and Pragmatic Tool to Estimate Risk of Cognitive Decline. Abstract for Virtual Poster Presentation. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2022.
  • Carlisle, T.C., Olson, K.E., Carlson, N.E., Bettcher, B., Holden, S.K. Variable Cognitive Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease. Abstract for Virtual Poster Presentation. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, March 2022.
  • Macchi ZA, Carlisle TC, Filley CM. Prognosis in substance abuse-related acute toxic leukoencephalopathy: A scoping review. J Neurol Sci. 2022 Nov 15;442:120420. PubMed PMID: 36156344
  • Carlisle TC, Birlea M, Restrepo D, Filley CM. Headache-Associated Phantosmia as a Harbinger of Lewy Body Dementia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2022 Aug 22;:appineuropsych21110265. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35989571
  • Macchi ZA, Carlisle TC, Filley CM. Prognosis in substance abuse-related acute toxic leukoencephalopathy: A scoping review. J Neurol Sci. 2022 Nov 15;442:120420. PubMed PMID: 36156344
  • Carlisle TC, Stanley MPH, Singhal AB, Caplan DN. Clinical Reasoning: An 81-Year-Old Woman Who Insisted the Hospital Was Her Home. Neurology. 2021 Oct 19;97(16):e1632-e1636. PubMed PMID: 34144999
  • Carlisle, T.C., Fought, A., Medina, L.D., Olson, K., Lopez-Esquibel, N., Simpson, A.E., and Holden, S.K. Longitudinal validity of UCSD performance-based skills assessment in Parkinson’s disease. Poster Presentation. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2021.
  • Holden, S.K., Fought, A., Olson, K., Lopez-Esquibel, N., Carlisle, T.C., and Medina, L.D. Initial longitudinal analyses of objectively assessed cognitive functional abilities in a cohort with Parkinson’s disease. Poster Presentation. Movement Disorders Society Congress, September 2021.
  • Carlisle TC, Stanley MPH, Singhal AB, Caplan DN. Clinical Reasoning: An 81-Year-Old Woman Who Insisted the Hospital Was Her Home. Neurology. 2021 Oct 19;97(16):e1632-e1636. PubMed PMID: 34144999
  • Carlisle TC, Galetta KM, McGinnis SM, Bockow Kaplan T. Clinical Reasoning: A 58-year-old woman presents with progressive memory deficits, odd behavior, and falls. Neurology. 2020 Feb 4;94(5):e557-e561. PubMed PMID: 31959711
  • Carlisle TC, Galetta KM, McGinnis SM, Bockow Kaplan T. Clinical Reasoning: A 58-year-old woman presents with progressive memory deficits, odd behavior, and falls. Neurology. 2020 Feb 4;94(5):e557-e561. PubMed PMID: 31959711
  • Carlisle TC, Ribera AB. Connexin 35b expression in the spinal cord of Danio rerio embryos and larvae. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Mar;522(4):861-75. PubMed PMID: 23939687
  • Carlisle TC, Ribera AB. Connexin 35b expression in the spinal cord of Danio rerio embryos and larvae. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Mar;522(4):861-75. PubMed PMID: 23939687
  • Martin, T.C. and Ribera, A.B. (2013). Lessons from Zebrafish: Ion Channels Guide Neuronal Development. In Cellular Migration and Formation of Neuronal Connections: Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience (Rakic, P., Rubenstein, J.L.R. eds.) Chapter 42: 791-809. San Diego: Elsevier.
  • Martin (Carlisle), T.C. and Ribera, A.B. (2013). Lessons from Zebrafish: Ion Channels Guide Neuronal Development. In Cellular Migration and Formation of Neuronal Connections: Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience (Rakic, P., Rubenstein, J.L.R. eds.) Chapter 42: 791-809. San Diego: Elsevier.
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Professional Memberships

  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Member
  • American Academy of Neurology, Member
  • American Neuropsychiatric Association, Member

Practice Locations

CU Memory Disorders Clinic - Central Park
3055 Roslyn Street
Suite 120
Denver, CO 80238
720-848-2080

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Neurology, Board Certification (2020)
  • Behavioral Neurology
Conditions & Treatments
  • Brain and Nervous System - Alzheimer's Disease
  • Brain and Nervous System
  • Brain and Nervous System - Cognitive Changes
  • Brain and Nervous System - Dementia with Lewy Bodies
  • Brain and Nervous System - Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Brain and Nervous System - Hydrocephalus
  • Brain and Nervous System - Lewy Body Dementia
  • Brain and Nervous System - Memory disorders
  • Brain and Nervous System - Memory Loss
  • Brain and Nervous System - Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Brain and Nervous System - Parkinson's Disease Dementia
  • Brain and Nervous System - Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Care Philosophy
I strive to provide the best care for my patients. I believe in treating the person as a whole, taking every aspect of brain health into consideration during diagnosis and treatment.

Public Speaking
Yes
Neurodegenerative disorders, healthy aging

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (2007)
Graduate Schools:
  • PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (2007)
Undergraduate Schools:
  • BA/BS, University of Colorado - Boulder (CO) (2002)
Internships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2016)
Residency Programs:
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program, Neurology (2017)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Neurology (2020)
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Department: Neurology
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