Professor of Neurosurgery; Dolores Cakebread Chair in Neurological Surgery; Surgical Director, Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education And Care Center (PADRECC), San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center

Education & Training:

• Graduated from Princeton University with a bachelors in Chemistry, 1983
• Received MD from Harvard University, 1989
• Received PhD in neurobiology from Harvard University, 1989
• Internship in general surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1989-1990
• Residency in neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital, 1990-1995
• Chief resident in neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital, 1992-1993
• Chief resident at C.H.U.V., Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995
• Clinical fellowship in movement disorders, Emory University, 1996-1997

Special Interests

• Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
• Microelectrode-guided neurosurgery
• Basal ganglia physiology
• Deep brain stimulation
• Parkinson’s disease
• Dystonia
• Tremor
• Cluster headache
• Interventional MRI
• Therapy of degenerative brain disease

Curriculum Vitae