Frank Longo

Dr. Longo is the George E. and Lucy Becker Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University. He received his MD and PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Following an internship in medicine at New York University, he trained as a resident in neurology at UC San Francisco, joined the faculty and eventually served as professor and vice chair of UCSF’s Department of Neurology. Before joining Stanford in 2006, Dr. Longo was the H. Houston Merritt Professor and Chair of Neurology at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. At Stanford, he served as the Chair of the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences from 2006 to 2023. He is also a faculty member of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford. His research interests include elucidation of mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases and translational research targeting such mechanisms. Dr. Longo is the 2015 recipient of the inaugural Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Alz