William Mobley, MD, PhD

William Mobley, MD, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences at UC San Diego. He is a board-certified neurologist with a special interest in diagnosing and guiding care for patients who have Down syndrome and signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions. He is an acknowledged expert on the neurobiology of Down syndrome and is director of the Down Syndrome Center for Research and Treatment at UC San Diego. Since 2019, Dr. Mobley has served as Interim Director and then Founding Director of the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion wherein he directs a team of talented scientists and staff to address the importance of research into the neurobiology of empathy and compassion and the creation of curricula and programs to support the ability of medical students and clinicians to sustain these qualities of mind.