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Vanja Douglas, MD

Neurohospitalist • Neurology
General Neurology Parnassus
415-353-2273
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Vanja Douglas, MD

Neurohospitalist • Neurology
General Neurology Parnassus
415-353-2273

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About me

Dr. Vanja Douglas is a neurohospitalist, a specialist in caring for hospitalized patients with neurological diseases. His expertise includes stroke, Guillain-Barre syndrome, multiple sclerosis, seizures, meningitis and delirium, as well as less common conditions such as acute transverse myelitis (inflammation in the spinal cord), refractory status epilepticus (continuous seizures that don't respond to treatment), infectious encephalitis and autoimmune encephalitis.

Douglas earned his medical degree from UCSF, where he then completed a residency in neurology, serving as chief resident. He also completed a neurohospitalist fellowship at UCSF. He has been a faculty member in UCSF's neurohospitalist program since 2009.

Education & training

Board certification

  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Fellowship

  • Neurohospitalist, University of CA at San Francisco - Neurology GME

Residency

  • Neurology, UCSF Graduate Medical Education

Internship

  • Transitional, UCSF Graduate Medical Education

Degree

  • MD, UCSF School of Medicine

My expertise

Locations

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