University of California, San Francisco
Department of Neurological Surgery
505 Parnassus Avenue, rm. M-779
San Francisco, CA 94143-0112
Tel: (415) 353-3489
Fax: (415) 353-3907
Email: [email protected]
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
