William Zhu, MD

Education

  • Neurology Residency: Stanford Health Care (2021 - 2024)
  • Preliminary Intern Year: Stanford Health Care (2020 - 2021)
  • MD: University of Michigan Medical School (2020)
  • Undergraduate: Dartmouth College (2015)

 

Clinical & Research Interests

  • Clinical research in digital biomarkers, wearables, and telemedicine
  • Quality improvement

 

Select Presentations & Publications

Korn, R.E., Shukla, A.W., Katz, M., Keenan, H.T., Goldenthal, S., Auinger, P., Zhu, W., Dodge, M., Rizer, K., Achey, M.A. and Byrd, E., 2017. Virtual visits for Parkinson disease: a multicenter noncontrolled cohort. Neurology: Clinical Practice, 7(4), pp.283-295.

J. L. Adams, K. Dinesh, M. Xiong, C.G. Tarolli, S. Sharma, N. Sheth, A.J. Aranyosi, W. Zhu, S. Goldenthal, K. M. Biglan, E. R. Dorsey, G. Sharma. “ Multiple wearable sensors in Parkinson and Huntington Disease individuals: a pilot study in clinic and in home.” Digital biomarkers, 2017.

Christopher A. Beck, Denise B. Beran, Kevin M. Biglan, Cynthia M.Boyd, E. Ray Dorsey, Peter N. Schmidt, Richard Simone, Allison W.Willis, Nicholas B. Galifianakis, Maya Katz, Caroline M. Tanner, KristenDodenhoff, Jason Aldred, Julie Carter, Andrew Fraser, Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, Christine Hunter, Meredith Spindler, Suzanne Reichwein, Zoltan Mari, Becky Dunlop, John C. Morgan, Dedi McLane, PatrickHickey, Lisa Gauger, Irene Hegeman Richard, Nicte I. Mejia, GraceBwala, Martha Nance, Ludy C. Shih, Carlos Singer, Silvia Vargas-Parra, Cindy Zadikoff, Natalia Okon, Andrew Feigin, Jean Ayan, Christina Vaughan, Rajesh Pahwa, Rohit Dhall, Anhar Hassan, StevenDeMello, Sara S. Riggare, Paul Wicks, Meredith A. Achey, Molly J.Elson, Steven Goldenthal, H. Tait Keenan, Ryan Korn, Heidi Schwarz, Saloni Sharma, E. Anna Stevenson, William Zhu "National randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls forParkinson disease." Neurology 89.11 (2017): 1152-1161.

E. R. Dorsey, F. P. Vlaanderen, L. Engelen, K. Kieburtz, W. Zhu, K. M. Biglan, M. J. Faber, B. R. Bloem. “Moving Parkinson Care to the Home.” Movement Disorders, 2016.

J. Murphy, E. M. Goldner, C. H. Goldsmith, P. T. Oanh, W. Zhu, K. K. Corbett, & V. C. Nguyen. “Selectionof depression measures for use among Vietnamese populations in primary care settings: a scoping review.” International journal of mental health systems. 2016

Sylvia Li, William Zhu, Charles Katzman, Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, Harnek Neelam, Anita V. Shelgikar MD, MHPE. “Evaluating the Efficacy of Sleep Protocol in Improving Inpatient Sleep Opportunity.” AMA EXPO. San Diego, CA. 2019.

Zhu, W. Swihart, B. Feldman, E. Goutman, S. “Epidemiology and Risk Factors of ALS.” Poster Presentation. Summer Biomedical Research Program. Ann Arbor, MI. October 2017

R. Korn, H.T. Keenan, T. Felong, S. Goldenthal, S. Kanchana, H. Schwarz, S. Sharma, K. Andrzejewski, E.A. Stevenson, R. Barbano, G. Kang, K. Rizer, A. Shukla, M.J. Dodge, C. Tanner, M. Katz, R. Rodriguez, N. Galifianakis, W. Zhu. “A national case study of virtual care visits for Parkinson’s disease (RACEPD): Interim assessment of participant and investigator experiences [abstract].” Presentation at the Movement Disorder Society International Congress in Berlin, Germany. 2016.

I. Pretzer-Aboff, W. Zhu, J. Hughes, S. Cross-Skinner, C. Haines, T. Heggans, J. Lowell, R. Dorsey. “Nurse-managed telehealth clinic for Parkinson disease: a case series [abstract].” Presentation at the World Parkinson Congress in Portland, Oregon. 2016.

 

Honors & Awards

  • Institution of Population, Health, & Development Global Health Scholar, 2013
  • James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, 2013
  • U. S. Department of Education Presidential Scholar, 2011

 

Hobbies

  • Squash
  • Snowboarding
  • Board Games
  • Road Trips
  • Video Games