Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
Director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine

Dr. Arnold Kriegstein is currently Director of the Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and a Professor of Neurology at the University of California San Francisco.  Prior to his new assignment, he worked as a professor of Neurology at the College of Physicians & Surgeon at Columbia University, Yale University, and Stanford University from 1981-2001.  Dr. Kriegstein  is known and highly respected in his community for his research in the area of neocortical development, neural differentiation, and development.  He has received several awards such as a Stanford University William M. Hume Faculty Scholar, a Javitts Award from the NIH, and has co-authored and reviewed numerous medical publications in neuroscience.  He received his bachelor’s degree in 1971 from Yale University, and his MD and PhD degrees from New York University.