Silvia Russo

Silvia Russo, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

Dr. Silvia Russo is a board-certified neurologist specializing in behavioral neurology. She graduated summa cum laude from San Raffaele University School of Medicine in Milan, Italy, and completed a visiting scholarship at UCSF’s Memory and Aging Center, where she gained valuable experience in neurodegenerative disorders and developed a deeper commitment to caring for aging patients with cognitive decline.

Dr. Russo completed her neurology residency and behavioral neurology fellowship at Stanford School of Medicine, where she participated in the clinical core of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and served as an investigator in clinical trials. Before returning to UCSF’s Memory and Aging Center as faculty, she worked with Providence for three years in Spokane, Washington, as the sole behavioral neurologist in the Inland Northwest region. During this period, she participated in the University of Washington Project ECHO® Dementia, the Dementia Action Collaborative, and collaborated with the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association to expand knowledge and access to quality dementia care across Washington State.

Dr. Russo is passionate about improving access to cognitive care for historically underserved communities and providing excellent care and medical education in the field of memory and cognitive disorders. Her specific interests include the accurate diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies and dementias with early onset.

Publications: 

Rare variants in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis gene MFSD8 are candidate risk factors for frontotemporal dementia.

Acta neuropathologica

Geier EG, Bourdenx M, Storm NJ, Cochran JN, Sirkis DW, Hwang JH, Bonham LW, Ramos EM, Diaz A, Van Berlo V, Dokuru D, Nana AL, Karydas A, Balestra ME, Huang Y, Russo SP, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Myers RM, Miller BL, Coppola G, Lee SE, Cuervo AM, Yokoyama JS

Poly(GP), neurofilament and grey matter deficits in C9orf72 expansion carriers.

Annals of clinical and translational neurology

Meeter LHH, Gendron TF, Sias AC, Jiskoot LC, Russo SP, Donker Kaat L, Papma JM, Panman JL, van der Ende EL, Dopper EG, Franzen S, Graff C, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Sanchez-Valle R, Galimberti D, Pijnenburg YAL, Benussi L, Ghidoni R, Borroni B, Laforce R, Del Campo M, Teunissen CE, van Minkelen R, Rojas JC, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Karydas AM, Öijerstedt L, Scarpini E, Binetti G, Padovani A, Cash DM, Dick KM, Bocchetta M, Miller BL, Rohrer JD, Petrucelli L, van Swieten JC, Lee SE