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1. Name: Cheryl A. Jay, M.D.  
2. Title: Director of the San Francisco General Hospital Neurology Clinic
Clinical Professor of Neurology, U.C. San Francisco
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 No statement found to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

No statement found. (2006)
5. Credibility
Ranking:

 Key Experts
Physicians [We believe physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.].

6. Involvement:
  • Present - Ad hoc reviewer: Journal of the American Medical Association, Neurocase, Journal of NeuroAIDS, Clinical Drug Investigation
  • 2005-Present - Clinical Professor, Neurology, U.C. San Francisco
  • 2000-Present - Director, San Francisco General Hospital Neurology Clinic
  • 1999-2005 - Associate Clinical Professor, Neurology, U.C. San Francisco
  • 1995-Present - Attending Neurologist, S.F. General Hospital
  • 1996-1999 - Clinical Director, Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Human Genetics Program
  • 1995-1996 - Member, UCSF NeuroAIDS Study Group
  • 1995-1999 - Asst. Clinical Professor, Neurology, U.C. San Francisco
  • 1992-1995 - Co-Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, U.C. Irvine
  • 1992-1995 - Asst. Clinical Professor, Neurology, U.C. Irvine
  • 1990-1992 - Neurologist, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
  • 1990-1992 - Fellow, NeuroHIV, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
  • 1987-1990 - Resident, Neurology, Columbia University, New York
7. Education:
  • 1986 - M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • 1982 - B.S., Biochemistry, U.C. Los Angeles
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Member, Association of California Neurologists
  • Member, American Academy of Neurology
  • 1997 - Robert B. Layzer "Golden Toe" Award for Neurology Resident Teaching, UCSF
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (415) 206-3215 Fax: (415) 476-5582
E-Mail:   cjay@sfgh.ucsf.edu
Web Site: www.ucsf.edu
10. Other: Clinical interests: neurologic infections & neuroAIDS.
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