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Winston Chiong, MD, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address675 Nelson Rising Lane
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    University of California, San FranciscoM.D.2006 Medicine
    New York UniversityPh.D.2005Philosophy
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2017Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    New York University2001  - 2005MacCracken Fellowship
    Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation2001  - 2002Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
    American Brain Foundation / Alzheimer's Association2010  - 2012Robert Katzman, MD Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Alzheimer's Research

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    Dr. Winston Chiong is an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology Memory and Aging Center, and is principal investigator of the UCSF Decision Lab (https://decisionlab.ucsf.edu). His clinical practice focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia and other cognitive disorders of aging. His research has two main themes: (1) the neural bases of decision-making in the aging brain, focusing on how brain systems involved in financial and medical decisions are influenced by health and disease; and (2) the ethical and policy implications of alterations to brain function, informed by the experiences of patients with brain diseases and those undergoing new brain-based therapies.

    He is Co-Chair of the UCSF Department of Neurology Diversity Committee and is a member of the UCSF Medical Center Ethics Committee. Nationally, he serves on the Neuroethics Working Group of the National Institutes of Health BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Multi-Council Working Group and the American Academy of Neurology’s Ethics, Law and Humanities Committee.

    His work is informed by his interdisciplinary training in clinical medicine, philosophy and cognitive neuroscience. He received his PhD degree in philosophy from New York University and his MD degree from UCSF. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Stanford University and a residency in neurology at UCSF. He then underwent postdoctoral research training in cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging at UC Berkeley and clinical training in dementia at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

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    Decision-making abilities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: From clinical standards to decision neuroscience
    NIH/NIA R01AG058817Sep 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Decision-making abilities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: From clinical standards to decision neuroscience
    NIH R01AG058817Sep 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Achieving ethical integration in the development of novel neurotechnologies
    NIH R01MH114860Sep 13, 2017 - May 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neuroeconomics of Framing Effects and Risk Attitudes in Early Dementia
    NIH K23AG043553Sep 1, 2013 - May 31, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Decision-Making in Genetic FTD
    NIH R01AG022983Sep 1, 2004 - Aug 31, 2009
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. A Qualitative Analysis of Ethical Perspectives on Recruitment and Consent for Human Intracranial Electrophysiology Studies. AJOB Neurosci. 2021 Jan; 12(1):57-67. Mergenthaler JV, Chiong W, Dohan D, Feler J, Lechner CR, Starr PA, Arias JJ. PMID: 33528320.
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    2. Novel Neurotechnological Interventions for Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Physician Perspectives. J Child Neurol. 2020 Oct 28; 883073820966935. McDonald PJ, Hrincu V, Connolly MB, Harrison MJ, Ibrahim GM, Naftel RP, Chiong W, Udwadia F, Illes J. PMID: 33111593.
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    3. Neurologists' Duties in Planning for Triage of Critical Care Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Neurol. 2020 09; 88(3):431-432. Goss AL, Chiong W, Hemphill JC. PMID: 32686102.
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    4. Understanding Advance Directives as a Component of Advance Care Planning. Am J Bioeth. 2020 08; 20(8):67-69. PMID: 32757912.
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    5. Insiders and Outsiders: Lessons for Neuroethics from the History of Bioethics. AJOB Neurosci. 2020 Jul-Sep; 11(3):155-166. Chiong W. PMID: 32716746.
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    6. Caregiver "objective attitude" toward patients with neurodegenerative disease: Consequences for caregiver strain and relationship closeness. Aging Ment Health. 2020 Jun 09; 1-7. Zahir A, Staffaroni AM, Wickham RE, Quinn CM, Sapozhnikova A, Seidman J, Chiong W. PMID: 32515603.
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    7. Using care navigation to address caregiver burden in dementia: A qualitative case study analysis. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2020; 6(1):e12010. Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Harrison KL, Chiong W, Ong P, Heunis J, Choi J, Walker R, Feuer JE, Lee K, Dohan D, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 32377557.
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    8. Commentary 1: Researcher Integrity and Contrasting Obligations in Interdisciplinary Research. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2019 12; 14(5):487-489. Chiong W, Haeusermann T. PMID: 31779555.
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    9. Amount and delay insensitivity during intertemporal choice in three neurodegenerative diseases reflects dorsomedial prefrontal atrophy. Cortex. 2020 03; 124:54-65. Beagle AJ, Zahir A, Borzello M, Kayser AS, Hsu M, Miller BL, Kramer JH, Chiong W. PMID: 31837518.
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    10. Ethical Challenges of Risk, Informed Consent, and Posttrial Responsibilities in Human Research With Neural Devices: A Review. JAMA Neurol. 2019 Oct 17. Hendriks S, Grady C, Ramos KM, Chiong W, Fins JJ, Ford P, Goering S, Greely HT, Hutchison K, Kelly ML, Kim SYH, Klein E, Lisanby SH, Mayberg H, Maslen H, Miller FG, Rommelfanger K, Sheth SA, Wexler A. PMID: 31621797.
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    11. Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use: The Care Ecosystem Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Sep 30. Possin KL, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Bonasera SJ, Chiong W, Lee K, Hooper SM, Allen IE, Braley T, Bernstein A, Rosa TD, Harrison K, Begert-Hellings H, Kornak J, Kahn JG, Naasan G, Lanata S, Clark AM, Chodos A, Gearhart R, Ritchie C, Miller BL. PMID: 31566651.
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    12. Proceedings of the Sixth Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank Modulation of Brain Networks and Application of Advanced Neuroimaging, Neurophysiology, and Optogenetics. Front Neurosci. 2019; 13:936. Ramirez-Zamora A, Giordano J, Boyden ES, Gradinaru V, Gunduz A, Starr PA, Sheth SA, McIntyre CC, Fox MD, Vitek J, Vedam-Mai V, Akbar U, Almeida L, Bronte-Stewart HM, Mayberg HS, Pouratian N, Gittis AH, Singer AC, Creed MC, Lazaro-Munoz G, Richardson M, Rossi MA, Cendejas-Zaragoza L, D'Haese PF, Chiong W, Gilron R, Chizeck H, Ko A, Baker KB, Wagenaar J, Harel N, Deeb W, Foote KD, Okun MS. PMID: 31572109.
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    13. Variations in Costs of a Collaborative Care Model for Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 12; 67(12):2628-2633. Rosa TD, Possin KL, Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Matuoka J, Lee KP, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Harrison KL, Kahn JG. PMID: 31317539.
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    14. Association Between Caregiver Depression and Emergency Department Use Among Patients With Dementia. JAMA Neurol. 2019 Jul 08. Guterman EL, Allen IE, Josephson SA, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Chiong W, Lee K, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 31282955.
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    15. The costs of dementia subtypes to California Medicare fee-for-service, 2015. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 07; 15(7):899-906. Chen Y, Wilson L, Kornak J, Dudley RA, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Byrne CM, Lee K, Chiong W, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 31175026.
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    16. Individual differences in level of wisdom are associated with brain activation during a moral decision-making task. Brain Behav. 2019 06; 9(6):e01302. Thomas ML, Martin AS, Eyler L, Lee EE, Macagno E, Devereaux M, Chiong W, Jeste DV. PMID: 31044549.
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    17. Dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) polymorphisms with reduced functional potency intensify atrophy in syndrome-specific sites of frontotemporal dementia. Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 23:101822. Butler PM, Chiong W, Perry DC, Miller ZA, Gennatas ED, Brown JA, Pasquini L, Karydas A, Dokuru D, Coppola G, Sturm VE, Boxer AL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Seeley WW. PMID: 31003069.
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    18. The NIH BRAIN Initiative: Integrating Neuroethics and Neuroscience. Neuron. 2019 02 06; 101(3):394-398. Ramos KM, Grady C, Greely HT, Chiong W, Eberwine J, Farahany NA, Johnson LSM, Hyman BT, Hyman SE, Rommelfanger KS, Serrano EE, Churchill JD, Gordon JA, Koroshetz WJ. PMID: 30731065.
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    19. The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019; 71(1):45-55. Bernstein A, Harrison KL, Dulaney S, Merrilees J, Bowhay A, Heunis J, Choi J, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Chiong W, Lee K, Braley TL, Bonasera SJ, Ritchie CS, Dohan D, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 31322558.
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    20. Neurodegenerative disorders of the human frontal lobes. Handb Clin Neurol. 2019; 163:391-410. Butler PM, Chiong W. PMID: 31590743.
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    21. Neuroethics Guiding Principles for the NIH BRAIN Initiative. J Neurosci. 2018 12 12; 38(50):10586-10588. Greely HT, Grady C, Ramos KM, Chiong W, Eberwine J, Farahany NA, Johnson LSM, Hyman BT, Hyman SE, Rommelfanger KS, Serrano EE. PMID: 30541767.
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    22. The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers. Dementia (London). 2020 Aug; 19(6):1955-1973. Merrilees JJ, Bernstein A, Dulaney S, Heunis J, Walker R, Rah E, Choi J, Gawlas K, Carroll S, Ong P, Feuer J, Braley T, Clark AM, Lee K, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 30497302.
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    23. Informed Consent for the Human Research Subject with a Neurologic Disorder. Semin Neurol. 2018 10; 38(5):539-547. Vaishnav NH, Chiong W. PMID: 30321892.
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    24. Neurosurgical Patients as Human Research Subjects: Ethical Considerations in Intracranial Electrophysiology Research. Neurosurgery. 2018 07 01; 83(1):29-37. Chiong W, Leonard MK, Chang EF. PMID: 28973530.
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    25. Challenges in Communicating and Understanding Predictive Biomarker Imaging for Alzheimer Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2018 01 01; 75(1):18-19. Chiong W. PMID: 29059264.
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    26. Head Positioning in Acute Stroke. N Engl J Med. 2017 09 14; 377(11):1101-2. Feldman WB, Chiong W, Kim SYH. PMID: 28905616.
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    27. Response by Feldman et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Trends in Recruitment Rates for Acute Stroke Trials, 1990-2014". Stroke. 2017 06; 48(6):e145. PMID: 28473632.
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    28. Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem. PLoS Med. 2017 03; 14(3):e1002260. PMID: 28323819.
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    29. Trends in Recruitment Rates for Acute Stroke Trials, 1990-2014. Stroke. 2017 03; 48(3):799-801. PMID: 28104835.
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    30. Distinct Subtypes of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Based on Patterns of Network Degeneration. JAMA Neurol. 2016 Sep 01; 73(9):1078-88. PMID: 27429218.
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    31. Failures to discuss and document preferences: Preventable medical errors in stroke care. Neurology. 2016 05 31; 86(22):2032-3. PMID: 27060164.
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    32. Effect of waivers of consent on recruitment in acute stroke trials: A systematic review. Neurology. 2016 04 19; 86(16):1543-51. PMID: 27009262.
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    33. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Advance Directive Possession: Role of Demographic Factors, Religious Affiliation, and Personal Health Values in a National Survey of Older Adults. J Palliat Med. 2016 Feb; 19(2):149-56. PMID: 26840850.
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    34. Neuroeconomic dissociation of semantic dementia and behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Brain. 2016 Feb; 139(Pt 2):578-87. PMID: 26667277.
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    35. Inability to consent does not diminish the desirability of stroke thrombolysis. Ann Neurol. 2014 Aug; 76(2):296-304. PMID: 24980651.
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    36. Testing the presumption of consent to emergency treatment for acute ischemic stroke. JAMA. 2014 Apr 23-30; 311(16):1689-91. PMID: 24756520.
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    37. The salience network causally influences default mode network activity during moral reasoning. Brain. 2013 Jun; 136(Pt 6):1929-41. PMID: 23576128.
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    38. Financial errors in dementia: testing a neuroeconomic conceptual framework. Neurocase. 2014 Aug; 20(4):389-96. PMID: 23550884.
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    39. Dementia and personal identity: implications for decision-making. Handb Clin Neurol. 2013; 118:409-18. PMID: 24182394.
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    40. The self: from philosophy to cognitive neuroscience. Neurocase. 2011 Jun; 17(3):190-200. Chiong W. PMID: 21506043.
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    41. Equipoise and the dilemma of randomized clinical trials. N Engl J Med. 2011 05 26; 364(21):2077; author reply 2077. Chiong W. PMID: 21612496.
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    42. Therapeutic misconceptions and moral conflict in clinical research. Ann Neurol. 2010 Apr; 67(4):419-21. Chiong W. PMID: 20437575.
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    43. Justifying patient risks associated with medical education. JAMA. 2007 Sep 05; 298(9):1046-8. Chiong W. PMID: 17785649.
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    44. The real problem with equipoise. Am J Bioeth. 2006 Jul-Aug; 6(4):37-47. Chiong W. PMID: 16885104.
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    45. Brain death without definitions. Hastings Cent Rep. 2005 Nov-Dec; 35(6):20-30. Chiong W. PMID: 16396202.
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    46. Industry-to-physician marketing and the cost of prescription drugs. Am J Bioeth. 2003; 3(3):W28-W29. Chiong W. PMID: 14594480.
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    47. MSJAMA: diagnosing and defining disease. JAMA. 2001 Jan 03; 285(1):89-90. Chiong W. PMID: 11150118.
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    48. PHOG, a candidate gene for involvement in the short stature of Turner syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 1997 Aug; 6(8):1341-7. Ellison JW, Wardak Z, Young MF, Gehron Robey P, Laig-Webster M, Chiong W. PMID: 9259282.
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