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Neuro-Oncology
Neurological Surgery

acoustic neuroma
brain surgery
brain tumors
cranial nerve disorder
epilepsy
seizures
skull basse tumors
stereotactic surgery

Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital Midtown

1990

Medical School
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1981

Internship
University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa 1982

Residency
University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa 1987

Fellowship
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1990

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

American College of Surgeons

Cancer Committee, Emory University Hospital

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Georgia Neurosurgical Society

Neuro-Oncology Working Group, WCI

PET Center Committee

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

Research Society of Neurosurgery

Society of Surgical Oncology

Stroke Council of the American Heart Association



Awards

Young Investigator Award - AANS


Major or Recent Publications

A Phase I Open-Label, Dose-Escalation, Multi-Institutional Trial of Injection with an E1B-Attenuated Adenovirus, ONYX-015, into the Peritumoral Region of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas, in the Adjuvant Setting. Molecular Therapeutics,10(5):958-66.

Cancer therapy with a replicating oncolytic adenovirus targeting the hypoxic microenvironment of tumors. Clinical Cancer Research,10(24): 8603-8612.

Correlation of the response of recurrent malignant gliomas treated with interferon with tumor interferon  gene content. International Journal of Oncology,25: 419-427.

Identification of a novel small molecule inhibitor of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) pathway. Cancer Research,65(2): 605-612.

Protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR1) in human brain: localization and functional expression in astrocytes. Experimental Neurology ,188: 94-103.