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Dr. Yuen Tat So MD, Neurologist
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Dr. Yuen Tat So MD

Neurologist | Neurology

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300 Pasteur Dr Stanford CA, 94305
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About

Dr. Yuen So is a distinguished Neurologist in Stanford, CA. Dr. So specializes in diagnosing, treating, and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system. With expertise in handling complex conditions like epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and migraines, Dr. So employs advanced techniques and personalized treatment plans to improve patient outcomes. As a neurologist, Dr. So is committed to staying abreast of the latest developments in neurological research and therapies.

Education and Training

Yale School of Medicine 1982

Board Certification

Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Neuromuscular Medicine

Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 35 years of experience

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Clinical Trials

Awards

  •  2003-2014 Best Doctors, Inc. 
  • Association of American Medical Colleges 2005 AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award 
  •  1999 L. Forno Award for Teaching Excellence, Stanford Department of Neurol 
  •  2004 America s Top Physicians, Consumers Research Council of America 
  •  1997 Elected member, American Neurological Association 

Treatments

  • Nerve Diseases And Disorders (neuropathy), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (als), Myasthenia Gravis And More
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Neuropathy
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (als)
  • Pain
  • Abnormal Gait

Fellowships

  • UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA    1988
  • UCSF Medical Center CA    1988
  • U/CA (SAN FRANCISCO) PROG, SAN FRANCISCO, CA United States,, Neurology    1987

Publications

  • Jourl of neurovirologyPredictors of CNS injury as measured by proton magnetic resonce spectroscopy2014
  • JOURL OF NEUROVIROLOGYProgressive cerebral injury in the setting of chronic HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy2013
  • Jourl of clinical sleep medicineEffects of noninvasive ventilation on sleep outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.2013
  • NeurologyEvidence-based guideline: IV immunoglobulin in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders2012
  • NEUROLOGYEvidence-based guideline2012
  • Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.)Immune-mediated neuropathies.2012
  • ANLS OF NEUROLOGYNew insights into small fiber neuropathy2012
  • NEUROLOGYCost comparison between the atraumatic and cutting lumbar puncture needles2012
  • MUSCLE & NERVEALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS DIAPHRAGM ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGL2011
  • NEUROLOGYEvidence-based guideline update2011
  • JOURL OF CHILD NEUROLOGYEnd-Stage Cardiac Disease as an Initial Presentation of Systemic Myopathies2010
  • QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCHChemotherapy-related polyneuropathy may deteriorate quality of life in patients with B2010
  • MUSCLE & NERVEUTILITY OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTING IN EVALUATING PATIENTS WITH LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY2010
  • JOURL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCESUtility of the cutaneous silent period in patients with diabetes mellitus2010
  • MUSCLE & NERVEDRIVING WITH POLYNEUROPATHY2010
  • NEUROLOGYAssessment: Symptomatic treatment for muscle cramps (an evidence2010
  • NEUROLOGYASSESSMENT: BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF SPASTICITY (AN EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEW)2009
  • MUSCLE & NERVETHE VALUE OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY: TOWARD AN EVIDENCE-BASED USE OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTING2009
  • SEMIRS IN NEUROLOGYDisorders of the Trigemil System2009
  • NeurologyAssessment: botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of spasticity (an evidence-based review).2009
  • MUSCLE & NERVEAmerican Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine evidenced-based review2008
  • NEUROLOGYAssessment: Botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of spasticity (an evidence2008
  • NEUROLOGYAssessment: Botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of movement disorders (an evidence2008
  • NEUROLOGYAssessment: Botulinum neurotoxin in the treatment of autonomic disorders and pain (an evidence2008
  • TURE MEDICINEClassification and prediction of clinical Alzheimer's diagnosis based on plasma sigling proteins2007
  • CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERYAction at a distance: A lumbar spine tumor presenting as trigemil neuralgia2006
  • NEUROLOGYPractice advisory: Utility of surgical decompression for treatment of diabetic neuropathy2006
  • NEUROLOGYHIV neuropathy tural history cohort study - Assessment measures and risk factors2006
  • HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICSGene targeting of GAN in mouse causes a toxic accumulation of microtubule-associated protein 82006
  • MUSCLE & NERVEHigh-dose cyclophosphamide in refractory myasthenia gravis with MuSK antibodies2006
  • HEADACHERofecoxib in the acute treatment of migraine: A randomized controlled clinical trial2006
  • NEUROLOGYBilateral isolated phrenic neuropathy causing painless bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis2005
  • NEUROLOGYUse of serum prolactin in diagnosing epileptic seizures - Report of the therapeutics2005
  • MUSCLE & NERVEClinical utility of electrodiagnostic consultation in suspected polyneuropathy2004
  • MUSCLE & NERVEPhenotypic variability associated with Arg26Gln mutation in caveolin32004
  • NEUROLOGYLamotrigine for HIV-associated painful sensory neuropathies - A placebo-controlled trial2003
  • NEUROLOGYQuantitative sensory testing - Report of the therapeutics2003
  • WESTERN JOURL OF MEDICINEAn approach to critically ill patients in coma2002
  • MUSCLE & NERVERippling muscle disease: Evidence for phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity2001
  • MUSCLE & NERVESensory nerve conduction study of the mental nerve2000
  • NEUROLOGYElectrodiagnostic features of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies2000
  • NEUROLOGIC CLINICSSciatic neuropathy1999
  • JOURL OF OCCUPATIOL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINEEffect of keyboard keyswitch design on hand pain1999
  • Muscle & nerve. SupplementGuidelines in electrodiagnostic medicine1999
  • NEUROLOGYtural killer cell leukemia as a cause of peripheral neuropathy and meningitis: Case report1998
  • JOURL OF OCCUPATIOL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINEModeling the acute neurotoxicity of styrene1998
  • jourl of hand surgeryEffects of forearm protion/supition on carpal tunnel pressure.1998
  • NEUROLOGYPeptide T in the treatment of painful distal neuropathy associated with AIDS1996
  • JOURL OF RHEUMATOLOGYThe association of systemic lupus erythematosus and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome1996
  • jourl of hand surgeryTemperature effects on vibrotactile sensitivity threshold measurements1996
  • JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEPOSITION OF THE WRIST ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWEST CARPAL-TUNNEL PRESSURE1995
  • MUSCLE & NERVETHE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES OF SCIATIC NEUROPATHY IN 100 PATIENTS1995
  • JOURL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES AND HUMAN RETROVIROLOGYINCIDENCE PROPORTION OF AND RISK-FACTORS FOR AIDS PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV DEMENTIA1995
  • NEUROLOGYSCIATIC NEUROPATHY - CLINICAL AND PROGNOSTIC FEATURES IN 73 PATIENTS1994
  • NEUROSCIENCEDEEP PREPIRIFORM CORTEX MODULATES KAITE-INDUCED HIPPOCAMPAL INJURY1994
  • ANLS OF NEUROLOGYACUTE LUMBOSACRAL POLYRADICULOPATHY IN ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY1994
  • MUSCLE & NERVELITERATURE-REVIEW OF THE USEFULNESS OF NERVE1993
  • NEUROLOGYPRACTICE PARAMETER FOR ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC STUDIES IN CARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME1993
  • NEUROLOGYCLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN DISSEMITED TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BRAIN1993
  • JOURL OF OCCUPATIOL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINETHE P300 EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL - THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP-DEPRIVATION1992
  • NEUROSCIENCE LETTERSDISTRIBUTION OF HSP72 INDUCTION AND NEUROL DEATH FOLLOWING LIMBIC SEIZURES1992
  • MUSCLE & NERVEACUTE PARALYTIC POLIOMYELITIS1991
  • Lowenstein, D. H., Shimosaka, S., So, Y. T., Simon, R. P.THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTROGRAPHIC SEIZURE ACTIVITY AND NEUROL INJURY1991
  • NEUROLOGYCLINICAL AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF X-LINKED RECESSIVE BULBOSPIL NEURONOPATHY1991
  • BRITISH JOURL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINENEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF METHYLENE-CHLORIDE - ARE THEY LONG LASTING IN HUMANS1991
  • MUSCLE & NERVEA COMPARISON OF THERMOGRAPHY AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY1990
  • MUSCLE & NERVEA COMPARISON OF MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION OF PERIPHERAL-NERVES1990
  • NEUROLOGYACUTE FEMORAL NEUROPATHY AND ILIOPSOAS INFARCTION IN INTRAVENOUS DRUG-ABUSERS1990
  • OCCUPATIOL MEDICINE-STATE OF THE ART REVIEWSMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE FOR NEUROLOGIC END-POINTS1990
  • SEMIRS IN NEUROLOGYTHERMOGRAPHY AND THE EVALUATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS1990
  • NEUROLOGYTHE ROLE OF THERMOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY1989
  • AMERICAN JOURL OF MEDICINENEW-ONSET SEIZURES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS1989
  • NEUROLOGYEVALUATION OF THERMOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SELECTED ENTRAPMENT NEUROPATHIES1989
  • ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGYPERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME - PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL1988
  • ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGYSUBACUTE STRUCTURAL MYOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-INFECTION1988
  • ANLS OF NEUROLOGYPRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS-SYSTEM LYMPHOMAS IN PATIENTS WITH AIDS1988
  • NEUROLOGYMILIARY METASTASIS TO THE BRAIN - CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGIC FEATURES1987
  • ANLS OF NEUROLOGYPRIMARY CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM LYMPHOMA IN ACQUIRED-IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY-SYNDROME1986
  • ARCHIVES OF INTERL MEDICINEEOSINOPHILIC VASCULITIS LEADING TO AMAUROSIS FUGAX IN A PATIENT WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY1986
  • JOURL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGYSPATIAL TUNING OF CELLS IN AND AROUND LATERAL GENICULATE-NUCLEUS OF THE CAT1981
  • EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCHIS THERE AN EFFECT OF MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION ON THE PROPORTIONS OF X-CELLS AND Y1980
  • EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCHSPATIAL PROPERTIES OF X-CELLS AND Y1979
  • JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDONEFFECTS OF DARK-ADAPTATION ON SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PROPERTIES OF RECEPTIVE1979

Experience & Accolades

  • Director 1999 - 2010Residency Program, Department of Neurology
  • Director1999 - 2014 Neurology Clinics, Department of Neurology

Dr. Yuen Tat So MD's Practice location

Practice At 300 Pasteur Dr

300 Pasteur Dr -
Stanford, CA 94305
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