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Michael Wilson, MD, Neurology, San Francisco, CA, UCSF Medical Center

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Neurology San Francisco, CA

Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis

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  • Office

    1651 4th St
    Floor 2, South Care Center, Suite 252
    San Francisco, CA 94158
    Phone+1 414-353-2069
    Fax+1 415-353-2633
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Education & Training

  • University of California at San Francisco
    University of California at San FranciscoMAS, Clinical Research, 2014 - 2016
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Metagenomics, 2013 - 2016
  • Boston University
    Boston UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Neurovirology, 2011 - 2013
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Neuro-Infectious Diseases, 2011 - 2012
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2008 - 2011
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2008
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2009 - 2014
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Mid-Career Award in Clinical Neuroimmunology International Society of Neuroimmunology, 2023
  • Award for Clinical and Scientific Excellence (Mid-Career) American Neurological Association, 2023
  • Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, 2020
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Integrating Host Response and Unbiased Microbe Detection for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Diagnosis in Critically Ill Adults  
    Charles 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 Sequencing  
    Jonathan H Blum, Luke 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, W..., JAMA

Press Mentions

  • A “Brain-Eating” Amoeba That Was Beaten with an Old European Drug
    A “Brain-Eating” Amoeba That Was Beaten with an Old European DrugFebruary 13th, 2023
  • “Brain-Eating” Amoeba Beaten by Old European Drug
    “Brain-Eating” Amoeba Beaten by Old European DrugFebruary 10th, 2023
  • Polio-like Illness Paralyzing Children May Be a Viral Infection, Study Says
    Polio-like Illness Paralyzing Children May Be a Viral Infection, Study SaysOctober 22nd, 2019
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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

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