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Maria L. Gorno-Tempini, M.D.

Neurologist

Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini is a neurologist at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Her main research interest is progressive aphasia. Gorno-Tempini's goal is to use state-of the-art cognitive and imaging techniques to diagnose and treat neurological disorders, with a particular emphasis on dementia and neurodegenerative disorders.

Gorno-Tempini completed her medical degree and clinical specialty training in neurology in Italy, with a main focus in behavioral neurology. She worked for three years in the Function Imaging Laboratory at University College London, where she also obtained a doctorate in imaging neuroscience.

Clinics

Memory and Aging Center
1500 Owens St., Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (415) 476-6880
Fax: (415) 476-4800

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Additional Languages

French
Italian

Education

University of Brescia School of Medicine 1993

Residencies

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Neurology 1998

Fellowships

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 2001

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Gorno-Tempini ML, Hillis AE, Weintraub S, Kertesz A, Mendez M, Cappa SF, Ogar JM, Rohrer JD, Black S, Boeve BF, Manes F, Dronkers NF, Vandenberghe R, Rascovsky K, Patterson K, Miller BL, Knopman DS, Hodges JR, Mesulam MM, Grossman M. Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants. Neurology. 2011 Mar 15; 76(11):1006-14.
  2. Greenberg DL, Ogar JM, Viskontas IV, Gorno Tempini ML, Miller B, Knowlton BJ. Multimodal cuing of autobiographical memory in semantic dementia. Neuropsychology. 2011 Jan; 25(1):98-104.
  3. Gorno-Tempini ML, Brambati SM, Ginex V, Ogar J, Dronkers NF, Marcone A, Perani D, Garibotto V, Cappa SF, Miller BL. The logopenic/phonological variant of primary progressive aphasia. Neurology. 2008 Oct 14; 71(16):1227-34.
  4. Gorno-Tempini ML, Ogar JM, Brambati SM, Wang P, Jeong JH, Rankin KP, Dronkers NF, Miller BL. Anatomical correlates of early mutism in progressive nonfluent aphasia. Neurology. 2006 Nov 28; 67(10):1849-51.

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