Stanley B. Prusiner MD
Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Professor
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400 Parnassus Ave Acu 8th floorSan Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-353-2273
Fax+1 415-476-4150
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Summary
- Dr. Stanley Prusiner, MD is a board certified neurologist in San Francisco, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Neurology, 1972 - 1974- University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1968 - 1969
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1968
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1972 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsCryo-EM structure of a novel α-synuclein filament subtype from multiple system atrophy.Nicholas L Yan, Francisco Candido, Eric Tse, Arthur A Melo, Stanley B Prusiner
FEBS Letters. 2025-01-01 - 3 citationsExpanding the Prion Paradigm to Include Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases.Carlo Condello, David Westaway, Stanley B Prusiner
JAMA Neurology. 2024-10-01 - 1 citationsSevere neurodegeneration in brains of transgenic rats producing human tau prions.Jacob Ayers, T Peter Lopez, Ian T Steele, Abby Oehler, Rigo Roman-Albarran
Acta Neuropathologica. 2024-08-20
Press Mentions
Skeptics Question Transmissible Alzheimer's ClaimsJanuary 3rd, 2025- Science Reveals Links Between down Syndrome & Alzheimer'sNovember 22nd, 2022
- A Telltale Protein Spreads Throughout the Brain in Distinct Patterns Based on Patients' Alzheimer's PhenotypeOctober 27th, 2022
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Grant Support
- Degenerative and Dementing Diseases of AgingUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO1997–2025
