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    Julian C. Motzkin, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Dr. Julian Chase Motzkin, M.D., Ph.D., is a neurologist and interventional pain management specialist at UCSF. He completed his MD and PhD training at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, followed by a residency in neurology and fellowship in pain medicine at UCSF. He then completed an NINDS R25 research fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Allan Basbaum before joining UCSF as an assistant professor of Neurology and Anesthesia. At UCSF, he leads efforts to develop non-invasive brain stimulation therapies for pain. Dr. Motzkin’s research employs functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and computational neuroscience methods to explore neural circuit mechanisms of pain and relief in patients suffering with chronic pain. Current work in his laboratory aims to develop new precision medicine tools for personalized therapeutic brain stimulation. Dr. Motzkin is Principal Investigator of a clinical trial of TMS for chronic neuropathic pain at UCSF.

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