S Andrew Josephson, MD

PARC Advisory Board Member
Professor and Chair
+1 415 353-8897

Dr. S. Andrew Josephson specializes in neurovascular and other neurologic disorders, caring for general neurology and stroke patients in the hospital as well as in clinic. He is the founder of UCSF's Neurohospitalist Program and specializes in difficult to diagnose inpatient neurologic conditions. He serves as Chair of the Department of Neurology and is the Carmen Castro Franceschi and Gladyne K. Mitchell Neurohospitalist Distinguished Professor.

After graduating from Stanford University, Dr. Josephson earned his medical degree at Washington University in Saint Louis. He completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in neurology at UCSF, where he was chief resident. He also completed fellowships in neurovascular neurology (stroke) and behavioral neurology at UCSF and is board certified in both vascular neurology and neurocritical care.

Dr. Josephson is known nationally for his pioneering work launching the neurohospitalist model of care and his leadership of its society. His research interests include improving models of inpatient neurologic care delivery, quality and safety in hospitalized patients, neurologic education, delirium, and the contribution of stroke to dementia. He serves as the Editor-In-Chief of JAMA Neurology, a leading journal in the field.

Dr. Josephson has won numerous teaching awards from medical students and residents at UCSF including being selected to present the keynote address for the School of Medicine Commencement; the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching; the Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, and the Robert Layzer Golden Toe Award for resident teaching.

Publications

Equity and the JAMA Network.

JAMA

Fontanarosa PB, Flanagin A, Ayanian JZ, Bonow RO, Bressler NM, Christakis D, Disis ML, Josephson SA, Kibbe MR, Öngür D, Piccirillo JF, Redberg RF, Rivara FP, Shinkai K, Yancy CW

Equity and the JAMA Network.

JAMA Health Forum

Fontanarosa PB, Flanagin A, Ayanian JZ, Bonow RO, Bressler NM, Christakis D, Disis ML, Josephson SA, Kibbe MR, Öngür D, Piccirillo JF, Redberg RF, Rivara FP, Shinkai K, Yancy CW

Consensus-based perioperative protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine

Mummaneni PV, Burke JF, Chan AK, Sosa JA, Lobo EP, Mummaneni VP, Antrum S, Berven SH, Conte MS, Doernberg SB, Goldberg AN, Hess CP, Hetts SW, Josephson SA, Kohi MP, Ma CB, Mahadevan VS, Molinaro AM, Murr AH, Narayana S, Roberts JP, Stoller ML, Theodosopoulos PV, Vail TP, Wienholz S, Gropper MA, Green A, Berger MS

Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis.

The New England journal of medicine

Wilson MR, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Arevalo S, Yu G, Neuhaus J, Federman S, Stryke D, Briggs B, Langelier C, Berger A, Douglas V, Josephson SA, Chow FC, Fulton BD, DeRisi JL, Gelfand JM, Naccache SN, Bender J, Dien Bard J, Murkey J, Carlson M, Vespa PM, Vijayan T, Allyn PR, Campeau S, Humphries RM, Klausner JD, Ganzon CD, Memar F, Ocampo NA, Zimmermann LL, Cohen SH, Polage CR, DeBiasi RL, Haller B, Dallas R, Maron G, Hayden R, Messacar K, Dominguez SR, Miller S, Chiu CY

Chronic Meningitis Investigated via Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing.

JAMA neurology

Wilson MR, O'Donovan BD, Gelfand JM, Sample HA, Chow FC, Betjemann JP, Shah MP, Richie MB, Gorman MP, Hajj-Ali RA, Calabrese LH, Zorn KC, Chow ED, Greenlee JE, Blum JH, Green G, Khan LM, Banerji D, Langelier C, Bryson-Cahn C, Harrington W, Lingappa JR, Shanbhag NM, Green AJ, Brew BJ, Soldatos A, Strnad L, Doernberg SB, Jay CA, Douglas V, Josephson SA, DeRisi JL

Rendered Speechless.

Journal of hospital medicine

Cowdell JC, Burton MC, Harris D, Holmes-Maybank K, Harte BJ, Josephson SA

Unnerving.

Journal of hospital medicine

Stewart EP, Baudendistel TE, Josephson SA

Fighting decision fatigue.

Annals of neurology

Stewart AF, Ferriero DM, Josephson SA, Lowenstein DH, Messing RO, Oksenberg JR, Johnston SC, Hauser SL

Plate section.

Neurohospitalist Medicine

S. Andrew Josephson, W. David Freeman, David J. Likosky

Preface.

Neurohospitalist Medicine

S. Andrew Josephson, William David Freeman, David Likosky

Thanks to Our Authors, Reviewers and Publisher.

Annals of neurology

Stephen L. Hauser, S. Claiborne Johnston, Donna M. Ferriero, S. Andrew Josephson, Daniel H. Lowenstein, Robert O. Messing, Jorge R. Oksenberg, Cascade E. Wilhelm, Adam F. Stewart

Delirium.

Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Douglas VC, Josephson SA

Book review.

Annals of neurology

Stephen L. Hauser, S. Andrew Josephson

Reply.

Annals of neurology

S. Andrew Josephson, John W. Engstrom, Robert M. Wachter