MichaelD.GeschwindMDPhD, FAAN, FANA
Neurology • San Francisco, CAProfessor of neurology and holds the Michael J. Homer Chair in Neurology in the UCSF School of Medicine
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Office
1651 4th Street, Suite 212
San Francisco, CA 94158Phone+1 415-353-2057Fax+1 415-353-8292- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Michael Geschwind is a neurologist in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has been in practice 20 years. He is experienced in prion diseases, spinocerebellar ataxia, dementia, autoimmune neurology, and huntington's disesae.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1997 - 2000
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1997
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2000 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2018- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Clinical Trials
- Neurobiological Predictors of Huntington's Disease (PREDICT-HD) Start of enrollment: 2002 Aug 01
- TREND-HD - A Trial of Ethyl-EPA (Miraxion™) in Treating Mild to Moderate Huntington's Disease Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
- CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Quinacrine Study Start of enrollment: 2005 Apr 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Fatigue Impacts Quality of Life in People with Spinocerebellar Ataxias.Ruo-Yah Lai, Christian Rummey, Christian J Amlang, Chi-Ying R Lin, Tiffany X Chen, Susan Perlman, George Wilmot, Christopher M Gomez, Jeremy D Schmahmann, Henry Paulso...> ;Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2024 Feb 29
- Altered Iron and Microstructure in Huntington's Disease Subcortical Nuclei: Insight From 7T MRI.Yao, J., Morrison, M., Jakary, A., Avadiappan, S., Rowley, P., Glueck, J., Driscoll, T., Possin, K., Xu, D., Lupo, J., Geschwind, M., Nelson, A., Hess, C.> ;Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2024 Jan 11
- The Cerebellar Cognitive Affective/Schmahmann Syndrome Scale in Spinocerebellar Ataxias.Selvadurai, L., Perlman, S., Ashizawa, T., Wilmot, G., Onyike, C., Rosenthal, L., Shakkottai, V., Paulson, H., Subramony, S., Bushara, K., Kuo, S., Dietiker, C., Gesch...> ;Cerebellum. 2024 Jan 2
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Press Mentions
146th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association to Focus on Research and Development of Neurologic Disease TherapeuticsOctober 5th, 2021
Police Have Investigated Five Cases in Five Years of Dementia Sufferers Causing Fatal Injuries to OthersMay 24th, 2019
The Eyes Have ItNovember 20th, 2018- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Predicting progression of human prion diseaseNIA2013–2018
- Early Diagnosis Of Human Prion DiseaseNational Institute On Aging2008–2011
- New Clinical Approaches To Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseNational Institute On Aging2003–2007
Hospital Affiliations
UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, California
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma CenterSan Francisco, California
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