Cameron Dietiker, MD
Associate Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine
Cameron Dietiker, M.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology where she treats people with movement disorders in the Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Center at the Mt. Zion campus as well as the Memory and Aging Center at the Mission Bay campus.
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She is a graduate of UCSD where she obtained a degree in psychology and a minor in organic chemistry. Following this, she spent two years doing research for the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) under the Veterans Medical Research Foundation. She then acquired her medical degree from NYMC and completed both her neurology residency training and a movement disorders fellowship at UCSF.
As a movement disorders specialist, Dr. Dietiker's clinical practice encompasses Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ataxia, tremor, and dystonia, among other various disorders. She is knowledgeable in the administration of botulinum toxin as well as deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming for the treatment of movement disorders. Her current research endeavors include clinic trials in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and essential tremor.
Awards
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- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, New York Medical College, 2011
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, New York Medical College, 2010
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 06/2021
- Fellowship Movement Disorders University of California, San Francisco 06/2017
- Residency Neurology University of California, San Francisco 06/2015
- MD Medicine New York Medical College 06/2011
- BS Psychology University of California, San Diego 06/2005
Interests
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- Botulinum toxin injections
- Atypical parkinsonism
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Essential Tremor
- Ataxia
- Huntington's disease
- Dystonia
- Parkinson's disease
Websites
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- Memory and Aging Center (memory.ucsf.edu)
- Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Center (surgicalmovementdisorders.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences (weill.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Department of Neurology (neurology.ucsf.edu)
Publications (2)
Top publication keywords:
NeurologistsAlcoholismRural PopulationVideoconferencingTransportation of PatientsCell PhoneStrokeAlcohol DrinkingTelemedicinePersonality InventoryVirginiaComputers, HandheldUrban PopulationRegression AnalysisSelf Disclosure
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A low-cost, tablet-based option for prehospital neurologic assessment: The iTREAT Study.
Neurology 2016 Chapman Smith SN, Govindarajan P, Padrick MM, Lippman JM, McMurry TL, Resler BL, Keenan K, Gunnell BS, Mehndiratta P, Chee CY, Cahill EA, Dietiker C, Cattell-Gordon DC, Smith WS, Perina DG, Solenski … -
The ability of the Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol (SRE) Scale to predict alcohol-related outcomes five years later.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2007 Schuckit MA, Smith TL, Danko GP, Pierson J, Hesselbrock V, Bucholz KK, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Dietiker C, Brandon R, Chan G