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Victor Valcour, M.D.

Geriatrician

Dr. Victor Valcour is an internist and geriatrician at the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF where he cares for seniors with memory disorders. He's particularly experienced in treating aging HIV patients.

Valcour earned a medical degree at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colo., a geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, and a neurobehavioral fellowship at UCSF. He worked as an associate professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Hawaii, Manoa before joining UCSF. In his research in Bangkok and the United States, his main interest is neurocognition in aging HIV patients and potential treatments. He also is examining HIV DNA as a marker for dementia. Valcour is an associate professor of geriatric medicine and neurology at UCSF.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Memory and Aging Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-6880
Fax: (415) 476-4800

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

More about Victor Valcour

Education

University of Vermont School of Medicine 1994

Residencies

Exempla St Joseph Hospital of Denver, 1997

Fellowships

University of Hawaii, 1999

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Kusao I, Shiramizu B, Liang CY, Grove J, Agsalda M, Troelstrup D, Velasco VN, Marshall A, Whitenack N, Shikuma C, Valcour V. Cognitive Performance Related to HIV-1-Infected Monocytes. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012 Dec 1; 24(1):71-80.
  2. Crystal H, Kleyman I, Anastos K, Lazar J, Cohen M, Liu C, Pearce L, Golub E, Valcour V, Ho A, Strickler H, Peters M, Kovacs A, Holman S, Kreek MJ, Manly J. Effects of hepatitis C and HIV on cognition in women: data from the Women's Interagency HIV Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Feb 1; 59(2):149-54.
  3. Shiramizu B, Ananworanich J, Chalermchai T, Siangphoe U, Troelstrup D, Shikuma C, De Grutolla V, Sithinamsuwan P, Praihirunkit P, Rattanamanee S, Valcour V. Failure to clear intra-monocyte HIV infection linked to persistent neuropsychological testing impairment after first-line combined antiretroviral therapy. J Neurovirol. 2012 Feb; 18(1):69-73.
  4. Valcour VG. Evaluating cognitive impairment in the clinical setting: practical screening and assessment tools. Top Antivir Med. 2011 Dec; 19(5):175-80.
  5. Valcour V, Maki P, Bacchetti P, Anastos K, Crystal H, Young M, Mack WJ, Cohen M, Golub ET, Tien PC. Insulin Resistance and Cognition Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Adult Women: The Women's Interagency HIV Study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 May; 28(5):447-53.
  6. Crystal HA, Weedon J, Holman S, Manly J, Valcour V, Cohen M, Anastos K, Liu C, Mack WJ, Golub E, Lazar J, Ho A, Kreek MJ, Kaplan RC. Associations of cardiovascular variables and HAART with cognition in middle-aged HIV-infected and uninfected women. J Neurovirol. 2011 Oct; 17(5):469-76.
  7. Valcour V, Paul R, Chiao S, Wendelken LA, Miller B. Screening for cognitive impairment in human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Oct; 53(8):836-42.
  8. Nakamoto BK, Valcour VG, Kallianpur K, Liang CY, McMurtray A, Chow D, Kappenburg E, Shikuma CM. Impact of cerebrovascular disease on cognitive function in HIV-infected patients. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Jul 1; 57(3):e66-8.
  9. Perissinotto CM, Valcour V. Preventing dementia: is there hope for progress? Am Fam Physician. 2011 May 1; 83(9):1034-5.
  10. Valcour V, Sithinamsuwan P, Letendre S, Ances B. Pathogenesis of HIV in the central nervous system. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2011 Mar; 8(1):54-61.
  11. Valcour V, Paul R, Neuhaus J, Shikuma C. The Effects of Age and HIV on Neuropsychological Performance. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2011 Jan; 17(1):190-5.
  12. Crystal HA, Hamon S, Randesi M, Cook J, Anastos K, Lazar J, Liu C, Pearce L, Golub E, Valcour V, Weber KM, Holman S, Ho A, Kreek MJ. A C17T polymorphism in the mu opiate receptor is associated with quantitative measures of drug use in African American women. Addict Biol. 2012 Jan; 17(1):181-91.
  13. Joska JA, Combrinck M, Valcour VG, Hoare J, Leisegang F, Mahne AC, Myer L, Stein DJ. Association between apolipoprotein E4 genotype and human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia in younger adults starting antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. J Neurovirol. 2010 Oct; 16(5):377-83.
  14. Nakamoto BK, McMurtray A, Davis J, Valcour V, Watters MR, Shiramizu B, Chow DC, Kallianpur K, Shikuma CM. Incident neuropathy in HIV-infected patients on HAART. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Jul; 26(7):759-65.
  15. Valcour VG, Shiramizu BT, Shikuma CM. HIV DNA in circulating monocytes as a mechanism to dementia and other HIV complications. J Leukoc Biol. 2010 Apr; 87(4):621-6.
  16. Pumpradit W, Ananworanich J, Lolak S, Shikuma C, Paul R, Siangphoe U, Chaoniti N, Kaew-On P, Paris R, Ruxrungtham K, Valcour V. Neurocognitive impairment and psychiatric comorbidity in well-controlled human immunodeficiency virus-infected Thais from the 2NN Cohort Study. J Neurovirol. 2010 Feb; 16(1):76-82.
  17. Valcour V. Aging with HIV. Lessons from CROI 2009. Posit Aware. 2009 May-Jun; 20(3):37-9.
  18. Valcour VG, Shiramizu BT, Sithinamsuwan P, Nidhinandana S, Ratto-Kim S, Ananworanich J, Siangphoe U, Kim JH, de Souza M, Degruttola V, Paul RH, Shikuma CM. HIV DNA and cognition in a Thai longitudinal HAART initiation cohort: the SEARCH 001 Cohort Study. Neurology. 2009 Mar 17; 72(11):992-8.
  19. Valcour V, Yeh TM, Bartt R, Clifford D, Gerschenson M, Evans SR, Cohen BA, Ebenezer GJ, Hauer P, Millar L, Gould M, Tran P, Shikuma C, Souza S, McArthur JC. Acetyl-l-carnitine and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-associated neuropathy in HIV infection. HIV Med. 2009 Feb; 10(2):103-10.
  20. Shiramizu B, Williams AE, Shikuma C, Valcour V. Amount of HIV DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is proportional to the severity of HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorders. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009; 21(1):68-74.

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