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1651 4th StFloor 2, South Care Center, Suite 252San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone+1 414-353-2069
Fax+1 415-353-2633
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Education & Training
University of California at San FranciscoMAS, Clinical Research, 2014 - 2016
University of California San Francisco School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2013 - 2016- Boston UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2011 - 2013
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Neuro-Infectious Diseases, 2011 - 2012
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2008 - 2011- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2008
- University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2007
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2009 - 2014
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2025
- Elected Member Association of American Physicians, 2025
- Award for Clinical and Scientific Excellence (Mid-Career) American Neurological Association, 2023
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Complement Factor I Deficiency With Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis and Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report.Tiffany Hu, Javier Rodriguez, Lara L Zimmermann, Ryan Martin, Krupa Savalia
Neurology(R) Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 2025-11-01 - Myelin injury precedes axonal injury and symptomatic onset in multiple sclerosis.Ahmed Abdelhak, Gabriel Cerono, Fahime Sheikhzadeh, Adil Harroud, Kiarra Ning
Nature Medicine. 2025-10-20 - High-Dose Pulse Glucocorticoid Treatment Prevents White Matter Spinal Cord Pseudoatrophy in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis.Simone Sacco, Nico Papinutto, Vinicius A Schoeps, Shuiting Cheng, William A Stern
Annals of Neurology. 2025-10-01
Journal Articles
- Integrating Host Response and Unbiased Microbe Detection for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Diagnosis in Critically Ill AdultsCharles Langelier, Farzad Moazed, Stephanie Christenson, Alejandra Jauregui, Michael R. Wilson, Charles Y. Chiu, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Chronic Meningitis Investigated via Metagenomic Next-Generation SequencingLuke Strnad, Leonard H Calabrese, John P Betjemann, Maulik P Shah, Felicia C Chow, Mark P Gorman, John E Greenlee, Michael R Wilson, Megan B Richie, Whitney Harrington..., JAMA
Press Mentions
Scientists Detect Hidden Brain Damage Years Before MS SymptomsOctober 21st, 2025- How Multiple Sclerosis Harms a Brain Long Before Symptoms AppearOctober 20th, 2025
- Molecular Zip Code Draws Killer T Cells to Brain TumorsDecember 5th, 2024
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Grant Support
- Autoimmune Encephalitis - Ataxia and Psychiatric Disease: Identifying and Characterizing Novel Antibody TargetsNIH/NIMH2020–2025
- Redefining Tuberculosis Meningitis with Metagenomics and Host TranscriptomicsNIH/NIAID2019–2024
- Next-Generation Diagnostics for Acute EncephalitisNIH/NINDS2016–2021
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- American Neurological AssociationFellow
External Links
- Wilson Labhttp://wilsonlab.ucsf.edu
- UCSF Profilehttp://profiles.ucsf.edu/michael.r.wilson
- UCSF Center for Encephalitis and Meningitishttps://encephalitis.ucsf.edu
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