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Alex Fay

Alex Fay

MD, PHD

Pediatric neurologist
Pediatric neuromuscular specialist
Neuromuscular gene explorer and audiobook enthusiast

Dr. Alex Fay is a pediatric neurologist with special training in neuromuscular diseases, including such disorders as muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and myasthenia gravis. He collaborates with specialists in other disciplines to provide comprehensive care, with the goal of helping children with these disorders stay healthy and achieve their best.

In research, Fay investigates the genetics of childhood-onset neuromuscular disorders.

A Bay Area native, Fay earned a doctoral degree in biophysics and his medical degree from UCSF. He completed a residency in pediatric neurology and a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Fay is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Child Neurology Society. In 2016, he received a Child Neurologist Career Development K-12 Award from the National Institutes of Health.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology w/ Special Qualification in Child Neurology - General

  • Fellowships

    Washington University School of Medicine, Neurology

  • Residencies

    Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Neurology

  • Internship

    Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Pediatrics

  • Degree

    MD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

  • Languages

    French

    Polish

My goal is to reach as precise a diagnosis as possible, so that each child can receive the best current and emerging treatments.

Where I see patients (5)

    Selected research

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    Fetal surgery firsts

    The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.

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