John Engstrom, MD
Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

Engstrom earned a bachelor's degree in genetics at the University of California, Davis, followed by a medical degree at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed a medical residency in neurology at UCSF, where he served as chief resident, before joining the UCSF in 1988.

Engstrom has received numerous awards, including the Betty Anker Fife Distinguished Chair in Neurology from UCSF, Visiting Professor of Neurologic Education at the Mayo Clinic and Outstanding Clinical Teacher for Neurology Residents from UCSF. He was also awarded the Distinguished Neurology Teacher of the Year Award by the American Neurological Association, and in 2021 he was honored with the AB Baker Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education, given by the American Academy of Neurology. In 2024, he received the "Parker J Palmer Courage to Teach" award from the ACGME. He currently serves as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Neurology at UCSF.

• Author response.
  Neurology 2014 Dhand A, Engstrom J, Dhaliwal G
• International electives in neurology training: a survey of US and Canadian program directors.
  Neurology 2013 Lyons JL, Coleman ME, Engstrom JW, Mateen FJ
• How experienced community neurologists make diagnoses during clinical encounters.
  Neurology 2013 Dhand A, Engstrom J, Dhaliwal G
• Dual reinnervation of biceps muscle after side-to-side anastomosis of an intact median nerve and a damaged musculocutaneous nerve.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2013 Cage TA, Simon NG, Bourque S, Noss R, Engstrom JW, Ralph JW, Kliot M
• Education research: neurology training reassessed. The 2011 American Academy of Neurology Resident Survey results.
  Neurology 2012 Johnson NE, Maas MB, Coleman M, Jozefowicz R, Engstrom J
• Residency training: developing a program of quality and safety to train resident neurologists for the future.
  Neurology 2012 Josephson SA, Engstrom JW
• Diagnosing ulnar neuropathy at the elbow using magnetic resonance neurography.
  Skeletal radiology 2011 Keen NN, Chin CT, Engstrom JW, Saloner D, Steinbach LS
• Teaching video NeuroImages: the breathing arm: respiratory brachial synkinesis.
  Neurology 2010 Lam L, Engstrom J
• Magnetic resonance neurography for the evaluation of peripheral nerve, brachial plexus, and nerve root disorders.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2010 Du R, Auguste KI, Chin CT, Engstrom JW, Weinstein PR
• Neurologic abnormalities in HTLV-I- and HTLV-II-infected individuals without overt myelopathy.
  Neurology 2009 Biswas HH, Engstrom JW, Kaidarova Z, Garratty G, Gibble JW, Newman BH, Smith JW, Ziman A, Fridey JL, Sacher RA, Murphy EL
• T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder following mycophenolate treatment for myasthenia gravis.
  Muscle & nerve 2009 Dubal DB, Mueller S, Ruben BS, Engstrom JW, Josephson SA
• Neurohospitalists: an emerging model for inpatient neurological care.
  Annals of neurology 2008 Josephson SA, Engstrom JW, Wachter RM
• Toward implementation of a flexible neurology residency: position of the Neurology Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
  Annals of neurology 2007 Engstrom JW, Neurology Residency Review Committee
• Magnetic resonance neurography in extraspinal sciatica.
  Archives of neurology 2006 Lewis AM, Layzer R, Engstrom JW, Barbaro NM, Chin CT
• Myasthenia gravis: diagnostic mimics.
  Seminars in neurology 2004 Engstrom JW
• Liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric assay for the simultaneous determination of didanosine and stavudine in human plasma, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, alveolar cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, seminal plasma, cerebrospinal fluid and tonsil tissue.
  Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences 2004 Huang Y, Zurlinden E, Lin E, Li X, Tokumoto J, Golden J, Murr A, Engstrom J, Conte J
• Prevalence and clinical features of HTLV neurologic disease in the HTLV Outcomes Study.
  Neurology 2003 Orland JR, Engstrom J, Fridey J, Sacher RA, Smith JW, Nass C, Garratty G, Newman B, Smith D, Wang B, Loughlin K, Murphy EL, HTLV Outcomes Study
• Isolated brachialis wasting: an unusual presentation of neuralgic amyotrophy.
  Muscle & nerve 2001 Watson BV, Rose-Innes A, Engstrom JW, Brown JD
• Statistical motor unit number estimation: reproducibility and sources of error in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  Muscle & nerve 2000 Olney RK, Yuen EC, Engstrom JW
• Low back pain: an algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management.
  Geriatrics 1998 Rose-Innes AP, Engstrom JW
• Evaluation and treatment of orthostatic hypotension.
  American family physician 1997 Engstrom JW, Aminoff MJ
• Comparison of transthecal and subcutaneous single-injection digital block techniques.
  The Journal of hand surgery 1997 Low CK, Vartany A, Engstrom JW, Poncelet A, Diao E
• HTLV-associated myelopathy in a cohort of HTLV-I and HTLV-II-infected blood donors. The REDS investigators.
  Neurology 1997 Murphy EL, Fridey J, Smith JW, Engstrom J, Sacher RA, Miller K, Gibble J, Stevens J, Thomson R, Hansma D, Kaplan J, Khabbaz R, Nemo G
• Future role of neurologists.
  The Western journal of medicine 1994 Engstrom JW, Hauser SL
• HTLV-II associated myelopathy in 43-year-old woman. REDS Investigators.
  Lancet (London, England) 1993 Murphy EL, Engstrom JW, Miller K, Sacher RA, Busch MP, Hollingsworth CG
• Idiopathic, progressive mononeuropathy in young people.
  Archives of neurology 1993 Engstrom JW, Layzer RB, Olney RK, Edwards MB
• Quantitative motor unit analysis: the effect of sample size.
  Muscle & nerve 1992 Engstrom JW, Olney RK
• Trigeminal neuropathy: Gd-DTPA enhanced MR imaging.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 1991 Sevick RJ, Dillon WP, Engstrom J, Bergman WG, Harnsberger HR
• Cerebral infarctions and transient neurologic deficits associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
  The American journal of medicine 1989 Engstrom JW, Lowenstein DH, Bredesen DE
• Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema after charcoal hemoperfusion.
  Southern medical journal 1985 Engstrom JW, Young J, Rennie WA, Kennedy TP