UCSF Division of Neuroinflammation and Glial Biology

Where discovery
meets care.

Advancing the understanding and treatment of multiple sclerosis and related neurological conditions through exceptional care, collaborative science, and training.

Explore clinical care, research, and education below.

UCSF Mission Bay Weill Neurosciences Building

Leadership & vision

Four perspectives.
One shared mission.

Clinical care, research, and education are not separate efforts here. They are connected by a common goal: improving life for people affected by multiple sclerosis and related neurological conditions.

One connected division

Ari Green, MD

Division Chief

The success of our clinic is grounded in a culture of leadership that unites clinical care, research, and education with a shared sense of purpose. By fostering mentorship, collaboration, and innovation, we create an environment where faculty, staff, and trainees are empowered to grow and contribute. This commitment to leadership ensures that we continue advancing care, strengthening our community, and preparing future physicians and scientists to meet the evolving challenges of neuroinflammatory disease.

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Clinical care

Jeffrey Gelfand, MD

Vice Chief for Clinical Affairs

Our clinic provides outstanding, unparalleled, world-class, patient-centered care for people with a wide range of conditions. The individualized, evidence-based, and compassionate care our team provides is sustained by a culture of innovation, creativity, and quality and systems improvement. The clinic team also aims to provide patients with seamless access to transformative scientific discoveries and opportunities for interested patients to participate in discovery and contribute to the translation of knowledge.

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Research

Jonah Chan, PhD

Vice Chief for Research

The research in the division is tasked with translating foundational scientific discoveries into patient care. We are a dedicated group of scientists and clinicians that are passionate about contributing to the understanding of the pathophysiology of neuroinflammatory disorders, the role of immune and glial cells that reside and/or infiltrate into the nervous system and the potential treatments that can only be achieved through innovative approaches and a collaborative spirit.

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Education & training

Joanne Guo, MD

Vice Chief for Education and Training

The UCSF Division of Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology has a premier training program that offers clinical and post-doctoral fellows the opportunity to further hone their expertise in the scientific and clinical tools needed to better understand and treat multiple sclerosis and a broad range of neuroinflammatory conditions. Graduates of our program help to shape the future of our field locally and globally, and our goal is to continue training excellent and compassionate physicians and scientists for many years to come.

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Across the division

Division highlights

Faculty, research, and community stories from across Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology.

Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD — NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship

On this page Clinical Care

For patients & families

MS & Neuroinflammation Clinical Care

A calm, task-based starting point for appointments, first-visit preparation, clinic contacts, and trusted resources.

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Before your first visitWhat to bring and how to prepare

Contact your care teamMyChart, phone numbers, and response guidance

Locations & directionsMission Bay, SFGH, parking, and transit

Medications & therapiesClinic-approved handouts and guidance

Support resourcesTrusted community and caregiver organizations

On this page Research

Collaborative science

Many teams.
One shared mission.

Scientists and clinicians across the division share ideas, methods, and discoveries—connecting foundational biology with clinical investigation and better care.

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Research community

Explore our collaborating labs and programs

Each link opens the team’s current website, where you can learn about its people, questions, methods, and latest work.

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Together, these teams span immune and glial biology, genetics, imaging, biomarkers, neural repair, digital health, and clinical research—creating more opportunities for discoveries to move between laboratories and patient care.

On this page Education & Training

Learn here. Lead anywhere.

Training the next generation of MS & Neuroinflammation specialists and scientists.

One destination for the MS & Neuroinflammation Fellowship, postdoctoral opportunities, program expectations, and the people who make training possible.

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MS & Neuroinflammation FellowshipCurriculum, application, and program resources

Meet the MS & Neuroinflammation fellowsCurrent fellows, interests, and spotlights

Postdoctoral opportunitiesFind a lab and connect with faculty mentors

On this page About / People

Our division

Meet the people
behind the work.

Cards distinguish division role from professional focus so visitors can immediately see who provides care, leads research, or does both.

Meet our division

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MS & Neuroinflammation fellow spotlight

Meet Kylie McConville and Julio Gonzalez Maya.

Meet two physicians in the division’s advanced clinical training community.

Our community

Life across the division

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Faculty

Clinicians, clinician-scientists, and research faculty

MS & Neuroinflammation fellows

Current clinical fellows and fellow spotlights

Postdoctoral Scholars

Researchers training across division laboratories

Staff & Administration

Program, research, and administrative contacts

Contact & directions

Get to the right place.

Clinical, academic, research, and administrative questions are separated so each visitor knows exactly what to do next.

Contact & directions

Appointments & referralsUCSF Health ↗ Current patientsUse MyChart ↗ MS & Neuroinflammation Clinic415-353-2069 Academic inquiriesFind the right program →

Philanthropy

Help move discovery forward.

Support patient care, bold research, and the next generation of leaders in neuroimmunology and glial biology.

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Where discoverymeets care.

Four perspectives.One shared mission.

Ari Green, MD

Jeffrey Gelfand, MD

Jonah Chan, PhD

Joanne Guo, MD

Division highlights

MS & Neuroinflammation Clinical Care

Prepare for your visit

Many teams.One shared mission.

Explore our collaborating labs and programs

UCSF Center for Encephalitis and Meningitis

EPIC Origins

Green Lab

Chan Lab

Bove Lab

Wilson Lab

Henry Lab

Baranzini Lab

Pleasure Lab

Hollenbach Lab

Waubant Lab

Zamvil Lab

Fancy Lab

Abdelhak Lab

Sabatino Lab

Gerdts Lab

Training the next generation of MS & Neuroinflammation specialists and scientists.

Meet the peoplebehind the work.

Meet Kylie McConville and Julio Gonzalez Maya.

Life across the division

Faculty

MS & Neuroinflammation fellows

Postdoctoral Scholars

Staff & Administration

Get to the right place.

Help move discovery forward.

Where discovery
meets care.

Four perspectives.
One shared mission.

Many teams.
One shared mission.

Meet the people
behind the work.