faculty

Dr. Zachary Miller is a neurologist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, where he specializes in the diagnosis and care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and primary progressive aphasia. His work bridges clinical care and research to enhance understanding, facilitate early detection, and improve treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

Suzee Lee, MD, is a professor of neurology and a behavioral neurologist at the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center within the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. She serves as the director of the Dementia Imaging Genetics Lab and the Visiting Scholars Program. In these roles, she advances research on neurodegenerative diseases and mentors emerging leaders in the field.

Winston Chiong, MD, PhD, is the Mary Oakley Foundation Professor of Neuroethics in the UCSF Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences, where he is based at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center. He is the principal investigator of the UCSF Decision Lab, and his clinical practice focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and other cognitive disorders of aging.

Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD, is a professor of neurology at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and a clinician-researcher at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Geschwind specializes in the evaluation, management, and treatment of rapidly progressive dementias, movement disorders, and neurogenetic conditions.

Christa Pereira, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychology and learning differences. She is an assistant professor at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and the UCSF Dyslexia Center. Dr. Pereira is dedicated to helping individuals and families gain a deeper understanding of their learning challenges and strengths, offering personalized neuropsychological assessments and practical recommendations to enhance educational and daily outcomes.

Virginia Sturm, PhD, is the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professor at UCSF. She is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and she is the director of the Clinical Affective Neuroscience (CAN) Laboratory that is located in the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and affiliated with the UCSF Center for Psychophysiology and Behavior (CPB).

Dr. Seeley attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, where he first encountered patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 1999, during a research elective with Dr. Bruce Miller. He completed a neurology residency at Harvard Medical School, training at the Massachusetts General and Brigham & Women's Hospitals. Returning to UCSF for a Behavioral Neurology fellowship, Dr.

Dr. Valcour is a Professor of Medicine with a shared appointment in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Department of Neurology. His work crosses disciplines to research and care for cognitive disorders in aging populations and to understand brain injury in the setting of HIV among all ages, including funded pediatric HIV studies. His clinical work involves consultations for patients with cognitive disorders at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

Dr. Rosen is a behavioral neurologist and holds the Dorothy Kirsten French Foundation Endowed Professorship for Parkinsonian and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, trained in internal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and subsequently completed a neurology residency at UCSF. After residency, Dr. Rosen pursued fellowship training in brain imaging at the Washington University School of Medicine, and then returned to UCSF to join the team at the Memory and Aging Center (MAC) in 1999.

Dr. Kramer is a Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology, the Director of the Memory and Aging Center Neuropsychology program, and the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professor at UCSF. He earned his doctorate in psychology at Baylor University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the Martinez VA hospital. Dr. Kramer is board certified in clinical neuropsychology.