Stefan M. Pulst

Stefan M. Pulst, MD, Dr med

Languages spoken: English, German, Spanish, French

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  • Clinical Neurosciences Center

    801-585-7575

  • Stefan-M. Pulst, MD, Dr med is Professor and Chair of Neurology. His clinical and research interests focus on inherited diseases of the nervous system with an emphasis on spinocerebellar ataxias and Parkinson´s disease.



    He received his medical school training at Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover (Germany) and at Harvard Medical School, Boston. After beginning neurology residency in Hannover, he moved to Boston and was senior and chief resident in the Longwood Neurology Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He then moved to San Francisco and did basic research on brain tumors at the UCSF brain tumor research center and in neurobiology in the Department of Physiology. Prior to joining the faculty at the U. of Utah, he was Professor of Medicine, Neurology, and Neurobiology at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles.

    Specialties

    • Ataxia
    • Movement Disorders
    • Neurogenetics
    • Neurology
    • Parkinson's Disease

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurology - Primary
    Human Genetics - Adjunct

  • Stefan-M. Pulst, MD, Dr med is Professor and Chair of Neurology. His clinical and research interests focus on inherited diseases of the nervous system with an emphasis on spinocerebellar ataxias and Parkinson´s disease.



    He received his medical school training at Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover (Germany) and at Harvard Medical School, Boston. After beginning neurology residency in Hannover, he moved to Boston and was senior and chief resident in the Longwood Neurology Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He then moved to San Francisco and did basic research on brain tumors at the UCSF brain tumor research center and in neurobiology in the Department of Physiology. Prior to joining the faculty at the U. of Utah, he was Professor of Medicine, Neurology, and Neurobiology at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurology -Primary
    Human Genetics -Adjunct

    Research interests

    • Neurogenetics
    • Spinocerebellar Ataxias
    • Parkinson's Disease
    • Animal Model Development
    • Neural Stem Cells
    • RNA, Antisense
    • Genomic and Personalized Medicine
    • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    • Epidemiologic Factors
    • Translational Research

    Education history

    Postdoctoral Fellowship Neurobiology - University of California - San Francisco Postdoctoral Fellow
    Visiting Research Neurologist, Brain Tumor Research Center - University of California, San Francisco
    Chief Resident Harvard Medical School Chief Resident
    Longwood Area Neurological Program and Clinical Fellow in Neurology - Harvard Medical School Resident
    Residency Neurology - Medizinische Hochschule Hanover Resident
    Neurology - Medizinische Hochschule Hanover Intern
    Other Training Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Studies
    Medicine - Medizinische Hochschule Hanover M.D.

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