Aaron Berkowitz, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology

To improve access to neurologic care worldwide, we need to train more neurologists, improve neurology education for front-line providers, and develop strategies to diagnose and treat neurologic diseases in resource-limited settings.

Current Work

Aaron is a Professor of Neurology at UCSF where he sees patients and works with neurology residents at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital. Through collaborations with Partners In Health and Doctors Without Borders, he has worked to improve access to neurology care and education in resource-limited settings.
 

Personal Hero

Paul Farmer

Words of Strength

Counter failures of imagination (quoting Paul Farmer)

Vision

To improve access to neurologic care worldwide, we need to train more neurologists, improve neurology education for front-line providers, and develop strategies to diagnose and treat neurologic diseases in resource-limited settings.
 

Strategy

Aaron is a neurohospitalist, general neurologist, and clinician-educator, working with residents to care for patients at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital. In addition to GBHI, Aaron works with Partners In Health and Doctors Without Borders to expand access to neurologic care and education.

Motivation

Aaron is collaborating with GBHI and the Atlantic Fellows to expand neurology education in resource-limited settings so as to improve diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disease.