Bio
Dr. Kathleen Poston is Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and (by courtesy) Neurosurgery at Stanford University Medical Center. She received her Bachelor's of Science in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, her Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and her MD at Vanderbilt University where she received the Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology. She completed her Neurology residency training at UCSF, where she was Chief Resident. She also completed a fellowship in clinical Movement Disorders under the mentorship of Dr. Stanley Fahn at Columbia University and post-doctoral research training in Functional Neuroimaging with Dr. David Eidelberg at the Feinstein Institute.
Dr. Poston's research focuses on the development of novel neuroimaging biomarkers to improve diagnostic accuracy and monitor the efficacy of investigational treatments for Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders. Her current studies focus on cognitive and memory problems in people with Parkinson’s disease. She has been awarded grant funding by the NIH and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s disease research. She is co-investigator for the Stanford Alzheimer’s disease Center (ADRC), which is funded by the National Institute for Aging and will focus on early cognitive problems in both Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. She is also co-investigator for the NINDS funded Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s disease Research.
Clinical Focus
- Neurology
- Parkinson Disease
- Parkinsonian Disorders
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Palsy, Progressive Supranuclear
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Corticobasal Syndrome
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
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Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Honors & Awards
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Lysia Forno Award for Teaching Excellence, Stanford University (2009-2010)
Professional Education
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Residency:Univ of California San FranciscoCA
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Internship:Univ of California San FranciscoCA
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Fellowship:Columbia University Medical CenterNY
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Medical Education:Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2002) TN
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Board Certification: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2007)
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Post-Doc, Feinstein Institute, Functional Neuroimaging (2009)
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BSE, University of Pennsylvania, Bioengineering
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MS, Vanderbilt University, Bioengineering (1998)