Joanna Hellmuth, MD, MHS
Dr. Joanna Hellmuth is a neurologist with sub-specialty training in cognitive and behavioral neurology. She practices at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, where she evaluates and manages patients with mild cognitive impairment; neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia; and patients with HIV-related cognitive changes. Dr. Hellmuth completed her bachelor's degree at the Johns Hopkins University, a master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She completed her neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco and later joined the Memory and Aging Center for fellowship training in neurodegenerative disorders prior to joining the faculty in the Department of Neurology. Dr. Hellmuth's research interests are unraveling the neuroimmunologic mechanisms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) to develop effective treatments and interventions.
Featured Publication:
Joanna Hellmuth MD. Can We Trust The End of Alzheimer's? Lancet Neurol. 2020;19(5):389-390. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30113-7.