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Aimee W. Kao, MD, PhD

Neurology • Memory and Cognitive Disorders Neurology
Memory & Aging Mission Bay
415-353-2057
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Aimee W. Kao, MD, PhD

Neurology • Memory and Cognitive Disorders Neurology
Memory & Aging Mission Bay
415-353-2057

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About me

Dr. Aimee Kao is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of age-related cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Kao's research uses model organisms such as the roundworm C. elegans to understand the basic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.

Kao's research is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Kao received her bachelor of science degree from Brown University and her medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She completed her internship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and her neurology residency at UCSF, where she was chief resident. She has fellowship training in behavioral neurology and molecular genetics. Kao joined the UCSF faculty in 2007.

Education & training

Board certification

  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Fellowship

  • Behavioral Neurology, UCSF Graduate Medical Education

Residency

  • Neurology, UCSF Graduate Medical Education

Internship

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center GME

Degree

  • MD, University of Iowa

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