Professional Experience

2007 - present, Assistant Professor, Section head of malignant brain tumor program, Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA

Research Experience

2004 - present, PhD Thesis: Downregulation of the Wilms Tumor 1 gene enhances glioma chemosensitivity, Dr. William Broaddus, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 

1997 - 2000, Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Macromolecules, Nanospheres and Viruses, Edward H. Oldfield, M.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

1992 - 1994, M.S. Thesis:  The effect of partial weight bearing on the biomechanics of gait, Edmund Y. Chao, M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD      

1991, Forces generated on the human body during airplane crashes, Angus Wallace, M.D., Queens Medical Center, Nottingham, England

Education and Training

2000 - 2006, Medical College of Virginia, Neurosurgery Residency, Ph.D., Anatomy and Neurobiology

1997 - 2000, Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Surgical Neurology Branch

1996 - 1997, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internship in Surgery

1992 - 1994, Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Biomedical Engineering

1988 - 1996, Pennsylvania State University, B.S., Thomas Jefferson University, M.D.- 6 year combined B.S., M.D. program

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 07/08.

Honors and Awards

2007, NIH K 12 Grant for $500,000.  The effect of stat3 inhibitors distributed using convenction-enhanced delivery on cell death and chemoreistance in metastatic melanomas of the murine brain.
 

2003, Crutchfield, Gage and Thomson award for best resident presentation at the annual meeting of the Neurosurgical society of the Virginias

1999, Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health

Professional Memberships

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

The Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association

International Brain Mapping and Intra-operative Surgical Planning Society: Board of Directors