Riley M. Bove

MD

Neurologist

Dr. Riley Bove is a neurologist who provides comprehensive care for patients with multiple sclerosis, including women who are pregnant or going through menopause.

Bove's research is dedicated to finding new ways to promote neurological recovery in people with MS, including through emerging technologies and hormonal modulation. She has written more than 25 articles on the role that hormones, such as estrogens and testosterone, play in regulating the course of MS and other neurological disorders. She has also written and lectured on the importance of comprehensively targeting the health needs of men with MS.

Bove also studies how technologies such as telemedicine can improve the abilities of people with MS to obtain medical care, regain function and participate in research.

Bove received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She then completed a residency in the joint neurology program of Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals, followed by a clinical research fellowship at the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center. Bove also earned a master's degree through Harvard Medical School's clinical investigation program.

After graduating from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in anthropology, Bove took several years to travel the world on a Fulbright grant, learning from patients and families through ethnographic study and film work.

Bove is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. She speaks French, Spanish and some Portuguese.

  • Education

    Harvard School of Medicine, 2007

  • Residencies

    Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurology , 2011

  • Fellowships

    Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Clinical Research , 2015

  • Academic Title

    Associate Professor

  • Languages

    French

    Portuguese

    Spanish

I am committed to improving the lives of patients with neurological conditions in California and abroad.

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    My reviews

    4.9

    Overall Experience
    64 Ratings
    About our process
    Sep 17, 2024
    I'm very fortunate to have Dr. Bove.
    Aug 13, 2024
    Dr. Bove is amazing! Brilliant, kind and empathetic. So grateful for her expertise.
    Jun 11, 2024
    Dr Bove always takes the time to hear me and answer all questions. I feel so lucky to have her as my physician!
    May 21, 2024
    Dr. Bove is excellent!
    Apr 05, 2024
    Dr Bove is a true professional who care about patients! I appreciated her empathy and careful listening. She also made sure that All of my questions were answered. She took the appropriate amount of time to ask questions and review my case. I would recommend Dr. Bove and UCSF to anyone.
    Mar 20, 2024
    Dr Bove is excellent! She is the ideal doctor, she's responsive, caring, knowledgeable, communicative, etc. I am so happy she's my doctor.
    Nov 15, 2023
    Love Dr. Bove. I am so grateful to and for her.
    Sep 21, 2023
    Dr. Bove was head and shoulders above my former Neurologist experience at UCSF. She actually listened, took In the whole picture and provided solutions that fit my needs and lifestyle. Intelligent and caring. I would definitely recommend her to anyone with MS.
    Sep 19, 2023
    Dr. Bove is attentive, listens to my concerns and spends an appropriate amount of time talking with me.
    Aug 31, 2023
    I am incredibly fortunate to have Dr. Bove on my team.
    Jul 06, 2023
    Dr. Bove is very caring, compassionate and knowable. I am very thankful that she is my doctor.
    May 09, 2023
    Dr. Bove has been exceptional
    Mar 28, 2023
    Dr. Bove takes her time listening to my concerns and tries to remedy any issues I may have.
    Feb 19, 2023
    I am incredibly fortunate to have Dr. Bove for my care.
    Jan 30, 2023
    I feel like I'm doctoring myself at times. I'm the one asking my doctor about follow up labs and MRIs. Late to the scheduled appointment multiple times. No physical assessment done. She mentioned a rare brain infection that she wanted to test me for, left me wondering why I'd never been tested for this before. In the AVS it mentioned to follow up with a skin check, however that was never discussed in our appointment. Dr. Bove mentioned "I'll keep the appointment brief, coded as 10 minute appointment." All I could think was, I paid my copay and it's the same price regardless of the time spent at my appointment.
    Dec 15, 2022
    Dr. Bove is the best!

    Selected research

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    Decorative Caduceus

    Development of Digital Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis: Validation Study 2

    Spearman correlation coefficients higher than 0.4 (lower bound of 95% confidence interval) are considered relevant. All scheduled pairs of measurements collected during the study will be used. As the yearly observations of a patie...

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    VIRtual Versus UsuAL In-office Care for Multiple Sclerosis (VIRTUAL-MS)

    The primary outcome will be disability worsening in one of the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite components at 24 months. Worsening is defined as 20% worsening in Timed 25 foot walking speed (T25FW), 20% worsening in the 9 h...

    Recruiting

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    Emgality for Migraine in Breastmilk

    Levels of galcanezumab (μg/mL) in the breastmilk of women at the selected timepoints before and after each treatment (24H pre, 24H post, 7D post, 28D post). For the third treatment, only 7D post will be collected. This outcome wil...

    Recruiting

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    Multiple Sclerosis Falls Insight Track

    This will be measured by calculating the percentage of patients who use the tool during the initial month of the study, and by the percentage of patient-clinical dyads who use the tool during the clinical visit

    Recruiting

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    Concentration of Ofatumumab in the Breast Milk of Lactating Women With Relapsing Forms of Multi...

    Quantification of ofatumumab concentration in breast milk of lactating women with RMS who have initiated or re-initiated ofatumumab treatment post-partum.

    Recruiting

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    Bazedoxifene Acetate as a Remyelinating Agent in Multiple Sclerosis

    The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of BZA relative to placebo for increasing MWF on MRI within normal appearing white matter of the corpus callosum, between baseline and 90 days in a double-blinded trial (1st 90 day...

    Recruiting

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    A Closed Loop, Doctor to Patient, Mobile Application for Depression in People With Multiple Scl...

    Clinician screening of depression as documented in the electronic health record (EHR)

    Recruiting

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