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Movement Disorders and Parkinson's Program
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Northern California's largest center for the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease is located at UCSF. The Movement Disorders Program provides surgical management of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, spasmodic torticollis, spasticity (pediatric and adult), and cerebral palsy. Dr. Philip Starr - a pioneer of deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, is Director of this program. Surgical procedures include implantation of deep brain stimulators for Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and essential tremor, palllidotomy, thalamotomy, selective denervation for torticollis, selective rhizotomy for spasticity, and implantation of baclofen infusion pumps.
 
FAQ for patients: Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease
FAQ for patients: Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia
Guidelines for referring neurologists: Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease
 
Clinical trial: deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
 
 
Associated Faculty - Functional Neurosurgery Programs
Co-Director
Nicholas M. Barbaro MD
 
Co-Director
Philip A. Starr MD, PhD
 
Assistant Chief, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Hospital and Medical Center
Paul S. Larson MD
 
Neurology Practitioners
William Marks, Jr. MD
Jill Ostrem MD
G. Alec Glass MD
 
Pediatric Practitioner
Nalin Gupta MD, PhD
 
Pediatric Consultant
Warwick J. Peacock MD
 
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Monica Volz RN
Robin Taylor RN
Susan Heath RN
Functional Neurosurgery Programs
Epilepsy, Movement Disorders, Pain, Nerve Injury
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco
UCSF Medical Center, A-808
400 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0350
San Francisco, CA 94143-0350
tel 415.353.7500; fax 415.353.2889


 
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