Felicia Chow, MD

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  • Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Felicia Chow is a board-certified neurologist and neuro-infectious diseases physician who specializes in caring for patients with a wide range of neurological infections, including brain abscesses, neurocysticercosis, neurosyphilis, neurological complications of HIV and infectious causes of meningitis, encephalitis and myelitis. She directs the UCSF Neuro-Infectious Diseases Clinic on the Parnassus campus and also sees patients at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Chow has an active clinical research program focused on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of neurological complications of infections (e.g., cerebrovascular disease in HIV), with the goal of developing and implementing diagnostic tools and interventions to improve the outcomes of patients with neuro-infectious diseases worldwide. In addition, she is involved in global health education and mentorship for neurology trainees interested in the field of global health, coordinating international experiences for residents and supporting the development of their scholarly projects.

Dr. Chow earned her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital followed by a residency in neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was selected to serve as chief resident. She completed fellowship training in neuro-infectious diseases and HIV neurology and earned an MAS in clinical research from UCSF. Dr. Chow is an Associate Professor of Neurology and has a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association.

Awards

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  1. Harding BN, Avoundjian T, Heckbert SR, Whitney BM, Nance RM, Ruderman SA, Kalani R, Tirschwell DL, Ho EL, Becker KJ, Zunt J, Chow F, Huffer A, Mathews WC, Eron J, Moore RD, Marra CM, Burkholder G, Saag MS, Kitahata MM, Crane HM, Delaney JC. HIV Viremia and Risk of Stroke Among People Living with HIV Who Are Using Antiretroviral Therapy. Epidemiology. 2021 05 01; 32(3):457-464. View on Pubmed
  2. Crane HM, Nance RM, Avoundjian T, Harding BN, Whitney BM, Chow FC, Becker KJ, Marra CM, Zunt JR, Ho EL, Kalani R, Huffer A, Burkholder GA, Willig AL, Moore RD, Mathews WC, Eron JJ, Napravnik S, Lober WB, Barnes GS, McReynolds J, Feinstein MJ, Heckbert SR, Saag MS, Kitahata MM, Delaney JAC, Tirschwell DL. Types of Stroke Among People Living With HIV in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Apr 15; 86(5):568-578. View on Pubmed
  3. Riley ED, Chow FC, Josephson SA, Dilworth SE, Lynch KL, Wade AN, Braun C, Hess CP. Cocaine Use and White Matter Hyperintensities in Homeless and Unstably Housed Women. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 May; 30(5):105675. View on Pubmed
  4. Chow FC, Ma Y, Manion M, Rupert A, Lambert-Messerlian G, Bushnell CD, Cedars MI, Sereti I, Sorond FA, Hsue PY, Tien PC. Factors associated with worse cerebrovascular function in aging women with and at risk for HIV. AIDS. 2021 02 02; 35(2):257-266. View on Pubmed
  5. Hellmuth J, Barnett TA, Asken BM, Kelly JD, Torres L, Stephens ML, Greenhouse B, Martin JN, Chow FC, Deeks SG, Greene M, Miller BL, Annan W, Henrich TJ, Peluso MJ. Persistent COVID-19-associated neurocognitive symptoms in non-hospitalized patients. J Neurovirol. 2021 02; 27(1):191-195. View on Pubmed
  6. Chow FC, Lyass A, Mahoney TF, Massaro JM, Triant VA, Wu K, Berzins B, Robertson K, Ellis RJ, Tassiopoulos K, Taiwo B, D'Agostino RB. Baseline 10-Year Cardiovascular Risk Scores Predict Cognitive Function in Older Persons, and Particularly Women, Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 12 15; 71(12):3079-3085. View on Pubmed
  7. Donovan J, Cresswell FV, Thuong NTT, Boulware DR, Thwaites GE, Bahr NC, Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium . Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis: A Small Step Forward. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 11 05; 71(8):2002-2005. View on Pubmed
  8. Callen AL, Dupont SM, Pyne J, Talbott J, Tien P, Calabrese E, Saloner D, Chow FC, Narvid J. The regional pattern of abnormal cerebrovascular reactivity in HIV-infected, virally suppressed women. J Neurovirol. 2020 10; 26(5):734-742. View on Pubmed
  9. Rohlwink UK, Chow FC, Wasserman S, Dian S, Lai RP, Chaidir L, Hamers RL, Wilkinson RJ, Boulware DR, Cresswell FV, van Laarhoven A, Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium . Standardized approaches for clinical sampling and endpoint ascertainment in tuberculous meningitis studies. Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:204. View on Pubmed
  10. Magid-Bernstein J, Guo CY, Chow FC, Thakur KT. A rare case of HIV CNS escape in a patient previously considered a viral controller. Int J STD AIDS. 2020 06; 31(7):694-698. View on Pubmed
  11. Barbara Harding, Tigran Avoundjian, Susan R Heckbert, Bridget M Whitney, Robin M Nance, David L Tirschwell, Rizwan Kalani, Emily L Ho, Kyra J Becker, Joseph Zunt, Felicia Chow, Andrew Huffer, W C Mathews, Joseph Eron, Richard Moore, Christina M Marra, Greer Burkholder, Michael Saag, Mari M Kitahata, Heidi Crane, Joseph C Delaney. Abstract WMP55: HIV Viral Load and Stroke Risk. Stroke. 2020 Feb 1; 51(Suppl_1). View on Pubmed
  12. Nguyen I, Kim AS, Chow FC. Prevention of stroke in people living with HIV. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 Mar - Apr; 63(2):160-169. View on Pubmed
  13. Seddon JA, Thwaites GE, Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium . Tuberculous meningitis: new tools and new approaches required. Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:181. View on Pubmed
  14. Davis AG, Nightingale S, Springer PE, Solomons R, Arenivas A, Wilkinson RJ, Anderson ST, Chow FC, Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium . Neurocognitive and functional impairment in adult and paediatric tuberculous meningitis. Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:178. View on Pubmed
  15. Marais S, Van Toorn R, Chow FC, Manesh A, Siddiqi OK, Figaji A, Schoeman JF, Meintjes G, Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium . Management of intracranial tuberculous mass lesions: how long should we treat for? Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:158. View on Pubmed
  16. Crane HM, Nance RM, Heckbert SR, Ritchings C, Rosenblatt L, Budoff M, Wood BR, Tirschwell DL, Kim HN, Mathews WC, Geng E, Moore RD, Hunt PW, Eron JJ, Burkholder GA, Drozd DR, Chow FC, Becker KJ, Zunt JR, Ho EL, Kalani R, Huffer A, Whitney BM, Saag MS, Kitahata MM, Delaney JAC. Association Between Bilirubin, Atazanavir, and Cardiovascular Disease Events Among People Living With HIV Across the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 08 15; 81(5):e141-e147. View on Pubmed
  17. Venkatesan A, Chow FC, Aksamit A, Bartt R, Bleck TP, Jay C, Pastula DM, Roos KL, Rumbaugh J, Saylor D, Cho TA. Building a neuroinfectious disease consensus curriculum. Neurology. 2019 07 30; 93(5):208-216. View on Pubmed
  18. Wilson MR, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Arevalo S, Yu G, Neuhaus J, Federman S, Stryke D, Briggs B, Langelier C, Berger A, Douglas V, Josephson SA, Chow FC, Fulton BD, DeRisi JL, Gelfand JM, Naccache SN, Bender J, Dien Bard J, Murkey J, Carlson M, Vespa PM, Vijayan T, Allyn PR, Campeau S, Humphries RM, Klausner JD, Ganzon CD, Memar F, Ocampo NA, Zimmermann LL, Cohen SH, Polage CR, DeBiasi RL, Haller B, Dallas R, Maron G, Hayden R, Messacar K, Dominguez SR, Miller S, Chiu CY. Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis. N Engl J Med. 2019 06 13; 380(24):2327-2340. View on Pubmed
  19. Chow FC, Makanjuola A, Wu K, Berzins B, Kim KA, Ogunniyi A, Ellis RJ, Robertson K, Tassiopoulos K, Taiwo BO. Physical Activity Is Associated With Lower Odds of Cognitive Impairment in Women but Not Men Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. J Infect Dis. 2019 01 07; 219(2):264-274. View on Pubmed
  20. Bogorodskaya M, Chow FC, Triant VA. Stroke in HIV. Can J Cardiol. 2019 03; 35(3):280-287. View on Pubmed
  21. Abdallah A, Chang JL, O'Carroll CB, Okello S, Olum S, Acan M, Aden AA, Chow FC, Siedner MJ. Validation of the Intracerebral Hemorrhage Score in Uganda. Stroke. 2018 12; 49(12):3063-3066. View on Pubmed
  22. Chow FC, Wang H, Li Y, Mehta N, Hu Y, Han Y, Xie J, Lu W, Xu W, Li T. Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by the Breath-Holding Challenge Correlates With Performance on a Cognitive Screening Test in Persons Living With Treated HIV Infection in China. . 2018 11 01; 79(3):e101-e104. View on Pubmed
  23. Chow F. Brain and Spinal Epidural Abscess. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2018 10; 24(5, Neuroinfectious Disease):1327-1348. View on Pubmed
  24. Myint T, Chow FC, Bloch KC, Raymond-Guillen L, Davis TE, Wright PW, Woc-Colburn L, Khairy RN, Street AC, Yamamoto T, Albers A, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Detection of (1,3)-ß-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 10; 56(10). View on Pubmed
  25. Narvid J, Callen A, Talbott J, Uzelac A, Dupont SM, Chow F, Price RW, Rehani B. Brain MRI Features of CSF Human Immunodeficiency Virus Escape. J Neuroimaging. 2018 11; 28(6):601-607. View on Pubmed
  26. Wilson MR, O'Donovan BD, Gelfand JM, Sample HA, Chow FC, Betjemann JP, Shah MP, Richie MB, Gorman MP, Hajj-Ali RA, Calabrese LH, Zorn KC, Chow ED, Greenlee JE, Blum JH, Green G, Khan LM, Banerji D, Langelier C, Bryson-Cahn C, Harrington W, Lingappa JR, Shanbhag NM, Green AJ, Brew BJ, Soldatos A, Strnad L, Doernberg SB, Jay CA, Douglas V, Josephson SA, DeRisi JL. Chronic Meningitis Investigated via Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing. JAMA Neurol. 2018 08 01; 75(8):947-955. View on Pubmed
  27. Felicia C. Chow, Michael R. Wilson, Kunling Wu, Ronald J. Ellis, Ronald J. Bosch, Benjamin P. Linas. Stroke incidence is highest in women and non-Hispanic blacks living with HIV in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Longitudinal Linked Randomized Trials cohort. AIDS. 2018 Jun 1; 32(9):1125-1135. View on Pubmed
  28. Abdallah A, Chang JL, O'Carroll CB, Musubire A, Chow FC, Wilson AL, Siedner MJ. Stroke in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Systematic Review. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Jul; 27(7):1828-1836. View on Pubmed
  29. Bloch KC, Myint T, Raymond-Guillen L, Hage CA, Davis TE, Wright PW, Chow FC, Woc-Colburn L, Khairy RN, Street AC, Yamamoto T, Albers A, Wheat LJ. Improvement in Diagnosis of Histoplasma Meningitis by Combined Testing for Histoplasma Antigen and Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Anti-Histoplasma Antibody in Cerebrospinal Fluid. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 01 06; 66(1):89-94. View on Pubmed
  30. Chow FC, Regan S, Zanni MV, Looby SE, Bushnell CD, Meigs JB, Grinspoon SK, Feske SK, Triant VA. Elevated ischemic stroke risk among women living with HIV infection. AIDS. 2018 Jan 02; 32(1):59-67. View on Pubmed
  31. Baud MO, Vitt JR, Robbins NM, Wabl R, Wilson MR, Chow FC, Gelfand JM, Josephson SA, Miller S. Pleocytosis is not fully responsible for low CSF glucose in meningitis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2018 Jan; 5(1):e425. View on Pubmed
  32. Chow FC. Sex Matters in Neuroinfectious Diseases. Semin Neurol. 2017 12; 37(6):694-704. View on Pubmed
  33. Bradshaw MJ, Cho TA, Chow FC. Central Nervous System Infections Associated with Immunosuppressive Therapy for Rheumatic Disease. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2017 11; 43(4):607-619. View on Pubmed
  34. Chow FC, Price RW, Hsue PY, Kim AS. Greater Risk of Stroke of Undetermined Etiology in a Contemporary HIV-Infected Cohort Compared with Uninfected Individuals. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 May; 26(5):1154-1160. View on Pubmed
  35. Chow FC, Li Y, Hu Y, Chan J, Wang H, Xu W, Price RW, Sorond FA, Li T. Relationship Between HIV Infection, Antiretroviral Therapy, Inflammatory Markers, and Cerebrovascular Endothelial Function Among Adults in Urban China. . 2017 03 01; 74(3):339-346. View on Pubmed
  36. Bhatia NS, Chow FC. Neurologic Complications in Treated HIV-1 Infection. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2016 07; 16(7):62. View on Pubmed
  37. Hessler C, Kauffman CA, Chow FC. The Upside of Bias: A Case of Chronic Meningitis Due to Sporothrix Schenckii in an Immunocompetent Host. Neurohospitalist. 2017 Jan; 7(1):30-34. View on Pubmed
  38. Chow FC, Boscardin WJ, Mills C, Ko N, Carroll C, Price RW, Deeks S, Sorond FA, Hsue PY. Cerebral vasoreactivity is impaired in treated, virally suppressed HIV-infected individuals. AIDS. 2016 Jan 02; 30(1):45-55. View on Pubmed
  39. Zhang C, Chow FC, Han Y, Xie J, Qiu Z, Guo F, Li Y, Wang H, Li T. Multicenter cohort study of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in HIV-infected patients in China. . 2015 Mar 01; 68(3):298-303. View on Pubmed
  40. Chow FC, Glaser CA, Sheriff H, Xia D, Messenger S, Whitley R, Venkatesan A. Use of clinical and neuroimaging characteristics to distinguish temporal lobe herpes simplex encephalitis from its mimics. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 01; 60(9):1377-83. View on Pubmed
  41. Chow FC, Schwartz BS, Josephson SA. Opinion and special articles: An interdisciplinary neuroinfectious diseases clinic to improve patient care and training. Neurology. 2015 Jan 06; 84(1):e1-4. View on Pubmed
  42. Chow FC, Bacchetti P, Kim AS, Price RW, Hsue PY. Effect of CD4+ cell count and viral suppression on risk of ischemic stroke in HIV infection. AIDS. 2014 Nov 13; 28(17):2573-7. View on Pubmed
  43. Chow FC, He W, Bacchetti P, Regan S, Feske SK, Meigs JB, Grinspoon SK, Triant VA. Elevated rates of intracerebral hemorrhage in individuals from a US clinical care HIV cohort. Neurology. 2014 Nov 04; 83(19):1705-11. View on Pubmed
  44. Chow FC, Glaser CA. Emerging and reemerging neurologic infections. Neurohospitalist. 2014 Oct; 4(4):173-84. View on Pubmed
  45. Marcus JL, Leyden WA, Chao CR, Chow FC, Horberg MA, Hurley LB, Klein DB, Quesenberry CP, Towner WJ, Silverberg MJ. HIV infection and incidence of ischemic stroke. AIDS. 2014 Aug 24; 28(13):1911-9. View on Pubmed
  46. Chow FC. HIV infection, vascular disease, and stroke. Semin Neurol. 2014 Feb; 34(1):35-46. View on Pubmed
  47. Chow FC, Marson A, Liu C. Successful medical management of a Nocardia farcinica multiloculated pontine abscess. BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Dec 05; 2013. View on Pubmed
  48. Chow FC, Regan S, Feske S, Meigs JB, Grinspoon SK, Triant VA. Comparison of ischemic stroke incidence in HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected patients in a US health care system. . 2012 Aug 01; 60(4):351-8. View on Pubmed
  49. Felicia C Chow, Susan Regan, Steven Feske, James B Meigs, Steven K Grinspoon, Virginia A Triant. Abstract 057: Increased Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in HIV-Infected Women in a Clinical Care Cohort. Circulation. 2012 Mar 13; 125(suppl_10). View on Pubmed
  50. Chow FC, Marra CM, Cho TA. Cerebrovascular disease in central nervous system infections. Semin Neurol. 2011 Jul; 31(3):286-306. View on Pubmed
  51. Chow FC, Edlow BL, Frosch MP, Copen WA, Greer DM. Outcome in patients with H1N1 influenza and cerebrovascular injury treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Neurocrit Care. 2011 Aug; 15(1):156-60. View on Pubmed
  52. Verani JR, Lorick SA, Yoder JS, Beach MJ, Braden CR, Roberts JM, Conover CS, Chen S, McConnell KA, Chang DC, Park BJ, Jones DB, Visvesvara GS, Roy SL, AcanthamoebaKeratitis Investigation Team . National outbreak of Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with use of a contact lens solution, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug; 15(8):1236-42.
  53. Tan K, Patel S, Gandhi N, Chow F, Rumbaugh J, Nath A. Burden of neuroinfectious diseases on the neurology service in a tertiary care center. Neurology. 2008 Oct 07; 71(15):1160-6.
  54. Chow F, Espiritu N, Gilman RH, Gutierrez R, Lopez S, Escombe AR, Evans CA, Moore DA. La cuerda dulce--a tolerability and acceptability study of a novel approach to specimen collection for diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 04; 6:67.