Joel Kramer, PsyD
Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

415-476-5572

Joel Kramer is a neuropsychologist, a specialist in the relationship between the central nervous system and behaviors. He directs the neuropsychology program at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, where he helps to diagnose and care for patients with a wide range of memory disorders.

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In his research, Kramer studies the effects of neurodegenerative disease on intellectual abilities and behavior, behavioral markers of Alzheimer's disease before clear symptoms appear, and cognitive changes associated with typical aging.

Kramer earned his doctorate in psychology at Baylor University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System. He is board certified in clinical neuropsychology.

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  • Residency Neuropsychology Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System 1983
  • PhD Baylor University School of Medicine 1982

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DementiaCognitive DysfunctionCognitionAgingMemory, EpisodicAtrophyExecutive FunctionFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationCognition DisordersFrontotemporal DementiaAlzheimer DiseaseAphasia, Primary ProgressiveNeurodegenerative Diseasestau ProteinsNeuropsychological Tests

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