She received her Ph.D. in Molecular and Human Genetics from Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) and her medical degree from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. Following neurology residency at the University of Virginia, she completed a research fellowship in nucleotide repeat disorder biology at the University of Virginia. She has a basic science laboratory where her team conducts research on several nucleotide repeat disorders, including frontotemporal dementia/ALS and myotonic muscular dystrophy. Dr. Foff sees patients with neurodegenerative diseases causing cognitive complaints, and she specializes clinically in early onset dementias, frontotemporal dementia and the primary progressive aphasias. She lives in Charlottesville with her husband and two children. Return to Search