UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Photo of Andrew W. Bollen, DVM, MD  Andrew W. Bollen, DVM, MD

Professor, Department of Pathology, UCSF

Contact

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(415) 476-5236 (voice)
(415) 476-7963 (fax) (fax)

Box 0511, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0511

Education

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, A.B., 1975, Biology
University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, D.V.M., 1980, Veterinary Medicine
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, M.D., 1985, Medicine

Professional Experience

  • 1980-1981
    Resident, Veterinary Pathology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
  • 1985-1987
    Resident, Anatomic Pathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 1987-1988
    Chief Resident, Anatomic Pathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 1988-1989
    Fellow, Neuropathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 1989-1990
    Clinical Instructor, Surgical Pathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 1990-1991
    Resident, Clinical Pathology (Lab Medicine), UC, San Francisco
  • 1991-1997
    Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 1997-
    Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 1998
    Member, UCSF Cancer Center, Neuro-Oncology Program
  • 1999
    Co-director Neuropathology Unit, UCSF
  • 2000-2001
    Professor of Pathology, UC, San Francisco
  • 2000-2001
    Director of Neuropathology, UC, San Francisco

Selected Publications

  • Wyrick BJ; Ozawa T; Lamborn KR; Bollen AW; Deen DF. Effects of Matrigel on the SF-767 malignant glioma athymic mouse tumor model. Anticancer Research 17(4A):2419-25, 1997.
  • Franks LM; Bollen A; Seeger RC; Stram DO; Matthay KK. Neuroblastoma in adults and adolescents: an indolent course with poor survival. Cancer 79(10): 2028-35, 1997.
  • Vexler ZS: Roberts TP; Bollen AW; Derugin N Arief AI. Transient cerebral ischemia. Association of apoplosis induction with hypoperfusion. Journal of Clinical Investigation 99(6):1453-9, 1997.
  • George TI, Manley G, Koehler JE, Hung VS, McDermott M, Bollen A. Detection of Bartonella henselae by polymerase chain reaction in brain tissue of an immunocompromised patient with multiple enhancing lesions. Journal of Neurosurgery 89:640-644, 1998.
  • Hashimoto K, Sakura S, Bollen AW, Ciriales R, Drasner K. Comparative toxicity of glucose and lidocaine administered intrathecally in the rat. Reg Anesth Pain Med 23:444-45, 1998.
  • Mohapatra G, Bollen AW, Kim DH, Lamborn K, Moore DH, Prados MD, Feuerstein BG. Genetic analysis of glioblastoma multiforme provides evidence for subgroups within the grade. Genes, Chromosomes, and Cancer 21:195-206 (1998).
  • Patel A; van Meyel DJ; Mohapatra G; Bollen A; Wrensch M; Cairncross JG; Feuerstein BG. Gliomas in families: chromosomal analysis by comparative genomic hybridization. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 100(1):77-83, 1998.
  • Huhn SL, Mohapatra G, Bollen A, Lamborn K, Prados MD, Feuerstein BG: Chromosomal abnormalities in glioblastoma multiforme by comparative genomic hybridization: correlation with radiation treatment outcome. Clinical Cancer Research 5:1435-1443, 1999.
  • Vigneron D, Bollen A, McDermott M, Wald L, Day M, Moyher-Noworolski S, Henry R, Chang S, Berger M, Dillon W, Nelson S : Three dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of histologically confirmed brain tumors. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 19,89-101, 2001.
  • Dowling C, Bollen AW, Noworrolski, SM, McDermott MW, Barbaro NM, Day MR, Henry RG, Chang SM, Dillon WP, Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB : Preoperative proton mr spectroscopic imaging of brain tumors: correlation with histopathologic analysis of resection specimens. America Journal of Neuroradiology 22:604-612, April 2001

Updated: September 21, 2010