Philip A Starr MD
Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery, Dolores Cakebread Endowed Chair Co-Director, Functional Neurosurgery Program Surgical Director, Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Care Center (PADRECC) at San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
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400 Parnassus AveSan Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-353-7500
Fax+1 415-353-2889
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Education & Training
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1996 - 1997
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1989 - 1996- Brigham and Womens HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1998 - 2026
GA State Medical License 1996 - 1999
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Use of Interventional MRI for Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulator Electrodes Start of enrollment: 2003 Jul 01
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Start of enrollment: 2013 May 17
- Chronic Effects of DBS in Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Boundary complexity of cortical and subcortical areas predicts deep brain stimulation outcomes in Parkinson's disease.Devin Schoen, Skyler Deutsch, Juhi Mehta, Sarah Wang, John Kornak
Nature Communications. 2025-07-01 - 2 citationsMovement-responsive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease using a remotely optimized neural decoder.Tanner C Dixon, Gabrielle Strandquist, Alicia Zeng, Tomasz Frączek, Raphael Bechtold
Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2025-06-27 - Modeling and optimizing deep brain stimulation to enhance gait in Parkinson's disease: personalized treatment with neurophysiological insights.Hamid Fekri Azgomi, Kenneth H Louie, Jessica E Bath, Kara N Presbrey, Jannine P Balakid
NPJ Parkinson's Disease. 2025-06-18
Journal Articles
- Cortical Potentials Evoked by Subthalamic Stimulation Demonstrate a Short Latency Hyperdirect Pathway in HumansJon T Willie, Philip A Starr, Jill L Ostrem, Svjetlana Miocinovic, The Journal of Neuroscience
Press Mentions
Tailored Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Walking in Parkinson's DiseaseJuly 22nd, 2025- Reading Your Brain Waves to Treat a Debilitating DiseaseMay 6th, 2025
- This New Treatment Can Adjust to Parkinson’s Symptoms in Real TimeFebruary 24th, 2025
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Grant Support
- Cortical And Basal Ganglia Local Field Potentials In Human Movement DisordersNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2010–2012
- Pallidal Physiology In Human And Primate DystoniaNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000–2005
- Porcine Fetal Neuronal Cells For Transplant Into Parkinson'S DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources1998–1999
- Porcine Fetal Neuronal Cells For Transplant Into Huntingtons DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources1997
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