Michael Geschwind
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Michael D. Geschwind is a professor of neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center (MAC), specializing in neurodegenerative disorders.[1]
Michael D. Geschwind | |
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Education | Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.D., Ph.D.) UCLA Medical Center (internship) |
Occupation | Professor of Neurology |
Medical career | |
Profession | Professor |
Field | Neurology |
Institutions | UCSF Memory and Aging Center |
Research | Neurodegenerative disorders |
Geschwind has published highly cited papers on rapidly progressive dementias,[2][3] prion diseases[4][5] (including Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome),[6][7][8] Alzheimer disease,[9][10] and limbic and autoimmune encephalitis.[11][12] He has served as the principal investigator on studies on human prion disease and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.[13][1] He was guest editor for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Continuum Dementia edition, and was on the AAN committee for dementia criteria.[1] He has also published highly cited papers on cognitive dysfunction in movement disorders,[14][15] and serves as the director of the MAC Huntington's Disease center.[16]