Ari Green, MD
Assistant Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center
Director, Neurodiagnostics Center

Dr. Green has helped to advance our understanding of the pathology of the inner retina and anterior visual pathway in multiple sclerosis (MS). He is developing improved methods for tracking MS and predicting its course, and he is using new technology to understand neurodegeneration in MS.  His laboratory provides visual assessments, retinal imaging and visual electrophysiology to patients at the UCSF MS Center. 

Daniel Pelletier, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology

Dr. Pelletier uses state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods to reveal the intricate mechanisms of MS, with the goal of using this understanding to track the efficacy of medications and improve outcomes. He has been the principal investigator on several important clinical trials at UCSF, and he received the prestigious Harry Weaver Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Introducing the Kenneth Rainin Chairs

Made possible by a generous gift from Kenneth Rainin, this endowment will ensure that novel areas of clinical research interest can be pursued even in times of challenging extramural grant funding. It will advance our understanding of the mechanisms of injury and optimal treatments for hemorrhagic stroke and head trauma. It will also support comprehensive and expert care for children with vascular diseases of the central nervous system and adults with stroke, brain injuries and intracranial hemorrhage.

Founder of the UCSF Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Center, Dr. Fullerton has been selected for the Kenneth Rainin Chair in Pediatric Stroke Care.  She is one of only a few child neurologists in the country with additional board certification in vascular neurology. While directing the pediatric stroke service locally, Dr. Fullerton is leading an international study of arteriopathies (blood vessel disease) in childhood stroke.

J. Claude Hemphill III, MD, MAS
Director, San Francisco General Hospital Neurocritical Care Service

Dr. Hemphill has been selected for the Kenneth Rainin Chair in Neurocritical Care.  A neurointensivist who is expert in the care of patients with stroke and intracranial hemorrhage, Dr. Hemphill directs the San Francisco County trauma center where patients with significant neurotrama or neurological emergencies are treated. He is the primary investigator of the San Francisco site of the Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials network (NETT).