University of California San Francisco

Doris Wang, MD, PhD

Doris Wang MD large
Doris Wang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery

Address

521 Parnassus Avenue, #6308
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Email: [email protected]

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California, San Francisco Fellowship Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2018
University of California, San Francisco Residency Neurological Surgery 2017
University of California, San Francisco M.D. Medicine 2011
University of California, San Francisco Ph.D. Graduate Division (Neuroscience) 2009
Yale University BS MCDB, Neuroscience 2004

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Inquiry Long-Term Mentor Award UCSF 2025/2026
Chen Scholar Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute 2024/2029
Weill Pilot Award for Junior Investigators in the Neurosciences UCSF 2020/2021
The Muriel Steele Society Influential Women in Surgery Honor Roll UCSF Muriel Steel Society 2020
Career Award for Medical Scientists Burroughs-Wellcome Fund 2019/2024
K12 Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program NIH NINDS 2019/2021
Marcus Program in Precision Medicine Innovation: Seeding Bold Ideas UCSF 2018/2020
Journal of Neuro-oncology Award American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2017
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Resident Award Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2015

Clinical Trials

  1. Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation to Improve Motor and Gait Functions in Parkinson's Disease (NCT04675398)
    Related Conditions: Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation| Start Date: | End Date:
  2. Movement State-dependent Adaptive DBS for PD (NCT07424508)
    Related Conditions: Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation| Start Date: | End Date:
  3. Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease (NCT06819020)
    Related Conditions: Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation| Start Date: | End Date:

Grants and Funding

  • Using adaptive neurostimulation to understand and enhance motor skill learning in Parkinson’s Disease | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | 2019-09-01 - 2028-08-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Cortical Basal Ganglia Network Dynamics in Human Gait Control | NIH/NINDS | 2023-01-15 - 2027-12-31 | Role: PI
  • Cortical basal ganglia network dynamics during human gait control | NIH | 2023-01-15 - 2027-12-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • MULTIMODAL MRI TO PREDICT DBS MOTOR AND COGNITIVE OUTCOMES IN PARKINSON?S DISEASE | NIH | 2022-09-19 - 2027-08-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
  • Using adaptive deep brain stimulation for gait re-training in Parkinson's Disease | Michael J Fox Foundation | 2020-09-01 - 2025-08-31 | Role: PI
  • Defining the role of corticostriatal network activity in human motor learning | NIH/NINDS | 2019-01-11 - 2021-12-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Development of neural biomarkers of gait in Parkinson’s disease for adaptive deep brain stimulation therapy | UCSF Catalyst Program | 2020-08-01 - 2021-08-01 | Role: PI
  • Discovering biomarkers of lower limb movement and locomotion through human spinal cord recording | UCSF Catalyst Program | 2020-08-01 - 2021-08-01 | Role: co-PI
  • Decoding the neural signatures of gait in Parkinson’s disease | Weill Institute of Neurosciences | 2020-02-01 - 2021-07-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Using chronic brain implants to understand and enhance motor learning in Parkinson’s disease | Marcus Program in Precision Medicine | 2018-09-01 - 2019-08-31 | Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 10
  1. Neural signatures of real-world turning during naturalistic locomotion in Parkinson's Disease.
    Ramesh R, Balakid J, Marks JH, Louie KH, Song S, Shukla P, Fekri Azgomi H, Wang DD| | PubMed
  2. Proceedings of the 13th annual deep brain stimulation think tank: the evolving landscape.
    Fleeting CR, Moraud EM, Ugurbil K, Wang DD, Neumann WJ, Kühn AA, Voon V, Pikov V, Welter ML, Fox MD, Rolston JD, Malekmohammadi M, Pathak YJ, Himes LM, Greene D, Holt-Becker AS, Lázaro-Muñoz G, Charney AW, Merner AR, Figee M, Scangos KW, Denison T, Leyde K, Gunduz A, Bronte-Stewart HM, Beck JC, Vanegas-Arroyave N, Luciano MS, Brüggemann N, Foote KD, Okun MS, Wong JK| | PubMed
  3. Hip exoskeleton assistance with machine-learning-based state estimation improves gait kinematics of people with Parkinson's disease.
    Scherpereel KL, Bath JE, Roumiantseva A, Marks J, Wang DD, Franks PW| | PubMed
  4. Test-retest reliability of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging during deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
    Deutsch S, Mehta J, Reid LB, Fuentes A, Wang S, Kornak J, Starr PA, Ostrem JL, Wang DD, Bledsoe IO, Morrison MA| | PubMed
  5. At-home movement state classification using totally implantable cortical-basal ganglia neural interface.
    Ramesh R, Azgomi HF, Louie KH, Balakid JP, Marks JH, Wang DD| | PubMed
  6. Feasibility of Basal Ganglia Microelectrode Recordings under General Anesthesia with Combined Nitrous Oxide and Sevoflurane: A Retrospective Single-Center Experience.
    Alhourani A, Abramovich I, Marks JH, Porter JV, Lee C, Wang DD| | PubMed
  7. Cortico-Pallidal Beta Dynamics Underlie Impaired Turning in Parkinson's Disease.
    Shukla PD, Bath JE, Louie KH, Azgomi HF, Patelaki E, Marks J, Balakid J, Wang DD| | PubMed
  8. Characterizing Deep Brain Stimulation Dual Device Beat Frequency Artifacts.
    Diab N, Presbrey K, Cernera S, Rajesh S, Bechtold R, Giridharan N, Banks G, Storch EA, Wang DD, Starr PA, Goodman WK, Herron JA, Sheth SA, Provenza NR| | PubMed
  9. Harnessing neuronal plasticity for sustained symptom relief with DBS.
    Wang DD, de Hemptinne C| | PubMed
  10. ID# 1907185 Long-term Sensorimotor Cortex Sensing Using Implanted Subgaleal Leads During Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease.
    Stephanie Sandoval-Pistorius, Rodrigo A. Fernandez-Gajardo, Stephanie Cernera, Sarah S. Wang, Doris D. Wang, Simon Little, Philip A. Starr| | UCSF Research Profile