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Emmanuelle L. Waubant, Ph.D., M.D.

Neurologist

Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant is a neurologist and specialist in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). A native of France, she earned her medical degree at the University of Medicine in Lille, France, and completed her residency and chief residency at Toulouse University Hospital. Waubant completed fellowships in neuroimmunology at UCSF Medical Center and in clinical neuroimmunology at UCSF's Multiple Sclerosis Center at Mount Zion. She then returned to France to head a clinical research center at the Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital. After returning to UCSF, she joined the staff of UCSF's Multiple Sclerosis Center and is an assistant professor in neurology.

Clinics

Multiple Sclerosis Center
1500 Owens St., Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (415) 353-2069
Fax: (415) 353-2633

Hours: Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Additional Languages

French

Education

University of Medicine, Lille, France 1992

Residencies

Purpan University Hospital, Neurology 1992

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Neurology 1999

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Chitnis T, Tardieu M, Amato MP, Banwell B, Bar-Or A, Ghezzi A, Kornberg A, Krupp LB, Pohl D, Rostasy K, Tenembaum S, Waubant E, Wassmer E. International Pediatric MS Study Group Clinical Trials Summit: meeting report. Neurology. 2013 Mar 19; 80(12):1161-8.
  2. Lulu S, Waubant E. Humoral-targeted immunotherapies in multiple sclerosis. Neurotherapeutics. 2013 Jan; 10(1):34-43.
  3. Julian L, Serafin D, Charvet L, Ackerson J, Benedict R, Braaten E, Brown T, O'Donnell E, Parrish J, Preston T, Zaccariello M, Belman A, Chitnis T, Gorman M, Ness J, Patterson M, Rodriguez M, Waubant E, Weinstock-Guttman B, Yeh A, Krupp LB. Cognitive impairment occurs in children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis: results from a United States network. J Child Neurol. 2013 Jan; 28(1):102-7.
  4. Waubant E. Improving outcomes in multiple sclerosis through early diagnosis and effective management. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2012; 14(5).
  5. Zhang J, Waubant E, Cutter G, Wolinsky JS, Glanzman R. EDSS variability before randomization may limit treatment discovery in primary progressive MS. Mult Scler. 2013 May; 19(6):775-81.
  6. Mowry EM, Waubant E, McCulloch CE, Okuda DT, Evangelista AA, Lincoln RR, Gourraud PA, Brenneman D, Owen MC, Qualley P, Bucci M, Hauser SL, Pelletier D. Vitamin D status predicts new brain magnetic resonance imaging activity in multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2012 Aug; 72(2):234-40.
  7. Cross AH, Waubant E. Antibodies to potassium channels in multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jul 12; 367(2):172-4.
  8. Waubant E. Overview of treatment options in multiple sclerosis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Jun; 73(6):e22.
  9. Waubant E. Early recognition and diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Apr; 73(4):e14.
  10. Waubant E, Pelletier D, Mass M, Cohen JA, Kita M, Cross A, Bar-Or A, Vollmer T, Racke M, Stüve O, Schwid S, Goodman A, Kachuck N, Preiningerova J, Weinstock-Guttman B, Calabresi PA, Miller A, Mokhtarani M, Iklé D, Murphy S, Kopetskie H, Ding L, Rosenberg E, Spencer C, Zamvil SS. Randomized controlled trial of atorvastatin in clinically isolated syndrome: the STAyCIS study. Neurology. 2012 Apr 10; 78(15):1171-8.
  11. Giovannoni G, Southam E, Waubant E. Systematic review of disease-modifying therapies to assess unmet needs in multiple sclerosis: tolerability and adherence. Mult Scler. 2012 Jul; 18(7):932-46.
  12. Hosseini H, Mandat T, Waubant E, Agid Y, Lubetzki C, Lyon-Caen O, Stankoff B, Jedynak P, Cesaro P, Palfi S, Nguyen JP. Unilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation for disabling kinetic tremor in multiple sclerosis. Neurosurgery. 2012 Jan; 70(1):66-9.
  13. Fay AJ, Mowry EM, Strober J, Waubant E. Relapse severity and recovery in early pediatric multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2012 Jul; 18(7):1008-12.
  14. Langer-Gould A, Zhang JL, Chung J, Yeung Y, Waubant E, Yao J. Incidence of acquired CNS demyelinating syndromes in a multiethnic cohort of children. Neurology. 2011 Sep 20; 77(12):1143-8.
  15. Teunissen CE, Tumani H, Bennett JL, Berven FS, Brundin L, Comabella M, Franciotta D, Federiksen JL, Fleming JO, Furlan R, Hintzen RQ, Hughes SG, Jimenez CR, Johnson MH, Killestein J, Krasulova E, Kuhle J, Magnone MC, Petzold A, Rajda C, Rejdak K, Schmidt HK, van Pesch V, Waubant E, Wolf C, Deisenhammer F, Giovannoni G, Hemmer B. Consensus Guidelines for CSF and Blood Biobanking for CNS Biomarker Studies. Mult Scler Int. 2011; 2011:246412.
  16. Waubant E, Mowry EM, Krupp L, Chitnis T, Yeh EA, Kuntz N, Ness J, Chabas D, Strober J, McDonald J, Belman A, Milazzo M, Gorman M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Rodriguez M, Oksenberg JR, James JA. Common viruses associated with lower pediatric multiple sclerosis risk. Neurology. 2011 Jun 7; 76(23):1989-95.
  17. Chitnis T, Krupp L, Yeh A, Rubin J, Kuntz N, Strober JB, Chabas D, Weinstock-Guttmann B, Ness J, Rodriguez M, Waubant E. Pediatric multiple sclerosis. Neurol Clin. 2011 May; 29(2):481-505.
  18. Waubant EL. Preface: multiple sclerosis in the 21st century. Neurol Clin. 2011 May; 29(2):xiii-xiv.
  19. Castillo-Trivino T, Mowry EM, Gajofatto A, Chabas D, Crabtree-Hartman E, Cree BA, Goodin DS, Green AJ, Okuda DT, Pelletier D, Zamvil SS, Vittinghoff E, Waubant E. Switching multiple sclerosis patients with breakthrough disease to second-line therapy. PLoS One. 2011; 6(2):e16664.
  20. Polman CH, Reingold SC, Banwell B, Clanet M, Cohen JA, Filippi M, Fujihara K, Havrdova E, Hutchinson M, Kappos L, Lublin FD, Montalban X, O'Connor P, Sandberg-Wollheim M, Thompson AJ, Waubant E, Weinshenker B, Wolinsky JS. Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria. Ann Neurol. 2011 Feb; 69(2):292-302.

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