Jeffrey W Ralph Author

Dr. Michael J. Aminoff is an internationally recognized neurologist and expert in diagnosing and treating Parkinson's disease. His work focuses on treating Parkinson's disease, particularly issues involving movement and cognition, such as memory disturbances, perception and judgment. He is the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Cliincal Neurophysiology at UCSF. He also directs the UCSF Parkinson's Disease Clinic and Research Center, a Parkinson's Foundation center of excellence. Aminoff is the author of more than 225 published scientific articles, as well as the author or editor of some 29 books. His published contributions led to the award of an advanced doctor of science degree by the University of London in 2000. He is one of two editors-in-chief of the 2014 four-volume Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Second Edition, as well as one of the series editors of the multivolume Handbook of Clinical Neurology. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Muscle & Nerve from 1998 to 2007 and serves on numerous other editorial boards. He was a director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for eight years and served as board chair in 2011. In 2006, Aminoff received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He received the A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurological Education from the American Academy of Neurology in 2007. Dr. Jeffrey W. Ralph directs the neuromuscular medicine fellowship program at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He completed a neurology residency as well as fellowship training in neuromuscular medicine and clinical neurophysiology at UCSF. Dr. Ralph is an expert in the electrodiagnosis of neuromuscular diseases and in the clinical management of these diseases, especially peripheral neuropathies, and since 2004 has directed the Neuropathy Center at UCSF Medical Center. His research has addressed treatments for neuropathy caused by HIV/AIDS and muscle channelopathies.