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Bruce L. Miller, MD
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Dr. Miller is the clinical director of the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF.
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We used to think dementias hit the brain diffusely. We now realize that if one part of the brain is compromised, another part can remodel and become stronger.
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Dr. Miller is Professor of Neurology at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) where he holds the A.W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Chair. Dr. Miller is the clinical director of the Memory and Aging Center (MAC) at UCSF, which is funded through the State of California, the Koret Foundation and the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation.
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The busy UCSF dementia center links comprehensive patient evaluations to basic research in neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, neuroimaging and genetics. Dr. Miller's goal is the delivery of model care to all of the patients who enter the clinical and research programs at the MAC.
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Dr. Miller is a behavioral neurologist with a special interest in brain and behavior relationships and has focused his work in the area of dementia. He has many years of experience directing pharmaceutical trials for patients with Alzheimer's disease and directed the UCSF treatment trial for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with quinacrine in conjunction with Drs. Stanley Prusiner and Michael Geschwind.
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At UCSF, Dr. Miller directs an NIH-funded program project on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) called <a href="/ftd/research/clinical/ppg/multiple" title="Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images and Emotions"><i>Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images and Emotions</i></a>. His work with FTD has emphasized both the behavioral and emotional deficits that characterize these patients, while simultaneously noting the visual creativity that can emerge in the setting of FTD. The recognition that dementia patients have many strengths is a guiding principle of the Memory and Aging Center.
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Dr. Miller is author of the book <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=hBcPYvqE19QC&dq=The+Human+Frontal+Lobes&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP1,M1" title="The Human Frontal Lobes by Bruce L. Miller" target="_blank"><i>The Human Frontal Lobes</i></a> and has extensive publications regarding dementia diagnosis and treatment. For nearly two decades, Dr. Miller has been the scientific director for the philanthropic organization The John Douglas French Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease. He is actively involved in patient care at the UCSF clinics and hospital and teaches extensively in the medical school. Dr. Miller runs the Behavioral Neurology Fellowship at UCSF.
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Dr. Miller was recently featured on <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec08/dementia_11-12.html" title="The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" target="_blank"><i>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</i></a>.
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