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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
NALIN GUPTA, MD, PHD

Dennis Bruce Dettmer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery, UCSF

CONTACT

(415) 353-7500 (appts)
(415) 353-2889 (fax)

Box 0112, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0112

additional websites:

UCSF Physician Referral Directory

EDUCATION

Faculty of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1981-1983, Program in Biology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada, M.D., 1987, Medicine
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada, Internship, 1987-1988, Surgery
Dept. of Surgery, University of Ottawa and University of Toronto, Canada, Residency, 1988-1996, Neurosurgery
University of California, San Francisco, Ph.D., 1996, Biochemistry / Biophysics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1991-1996

Research Fellowship, Brain Tumor Research Center, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

1997 - 1998

Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada

1998 - 2000

Clinical Associate, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago

2000 - present

Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco

2000 - present

Principal Investigator, Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, UCSF

2001 - present

Bruce Dettmer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery, UCSF

2001-present

Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, UCSF

HONORS & AWARDS

1981

J.W. McConnell Scholarship, McGill University

1988

Outstanding Intern, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

1989

Resident Teaching Award, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

1994

Student Travel Award, Radiation Research Society

1995

Junior Scientist Travel Award, International Congress of Radiation Research

1995

T.P. Morley Resident Research Award, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto

1997

Resident Teaching Award, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

1997

Alan Hudson Resident Teaching Award, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

NA Levin, P Brzoska, N Gupta, JD Minna, JW Gray and M Christman: Identification of frequent novel genetic alterations in small cell lung carcinoma. Cancer Res 54:5086-5091, 1994

N Gupta, R Vij, DA Haas-Kogan, MA Israel, DF Deen, and WF Morgan: Cytogenetic damage and the radiation induced G1 phase checkpoint. Radiat Res 145:289-298, 1996

N Gupta, K Lamborn, DF Deen: A statistical approach for analyzing clonogenic survival data. Radiat Res 145:636-640, 1996

N Gupta, L Hu, DF Deen: The effect of paclitaxel (Taxol) on human glioma cells used as a single agent and in combination with ionizing radiation. Int J of Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 37:885-895, 1997

G Gobbel, M Bellinzona, AR Vogt, N Gupta, JR Fike, PH Chan: Response of post-mitotic neurons to X irradiation: implications for the role of DNA damage in neuronal apoptosis. J of Neuroscience 18:147-155, 1998

LM Myles, N Gupta, D Armstrong, JT Rutka: Multiple extradural arachnoid cysts as a cause of cord compression in a child: case report. J of Neurosurg (Spine 1) 91:116, 1999

J Wang, L Hu, N Gupta, T Shamseldin, T Ozawa, J Klem, M Cardell, DF Deen: Induction and characterization of human glioma clones with different radiosensitivities. Neoplasia 1:138-144, 1999

NN Khodarev, SJ Advani, N Gupta, B Roizman, RR Weichselbaum: Accumulation of specific RNAs encoding transcriptional factors and stress response proteins against a background or severe depletion of cellular RNAs in cells infected with herpes simplex virus 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:12062-12067, 1999

CA Pelizzari, NN Khodarev, N Gupta, DP Calvin, RR Weichselbaum: Quantitative analysis of DNA array autoradiographs. Nucleic Acids Res 28:4577-81, 2000

N Gupta, E Nodzenski, NN Khodarev, J Yu, L Khorsani, DW Kufe, RR Weichselbaum: Angiostatin effects on endothelial cells mediated by ceramide and RhoA. EMBO Reports 2:536-540, 2001

NN Khodarev, JO Park, J Yu, N Gupta, E Nodzenski, B Roizman, RR Weichselbaum: Dose-dependent and independent temporal patterns of gene responses to ionizing radiation in normal and tumor cells, and tumor xenografts. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98:12665, 2001

N Gupta, H Wang, TL McLeod, CCG Naus, S Kyurkchiev, S. Advani, J Yu, B Perbal, and RR Weichselbaum: Inhibition of glioma cell growth and tumorigenic potential by CCN3(NOV). Molecular Pathology 54:293, 2001

A Quinones-Hinojosa, M Gulati, R Lyon, N Gupta, C Yingling. Spinal cord mapping as an adjunct for resection of intramedullary tumors: surgical technique with case illustrations. Neurosurgery 51:1251, 2002

N Khodarev, J Yu, E Nodzenski, T Darga, C Brown, H Mauceri, R Yassari, N Gupta, RR Weichselbaum. Tumour¨˘endothelium interactions in co-culture: coordinated changes of gene expression profiles and phenotypic properties of endothelial cells. J of Cell Science 116:1013-1022 , 2003

A Sohn, W Probert, C Glaser, N Gupta, A Bollen, J Wong, E Grace, W MacDonald. Human neurobrucellosis with intracerebral granuloma caused by a marine mammal Brucella spp. Emerg Infect Dis 9:485, 2003

R Du, J Dhoot, MW McDermott, N Gupta. Cystic trochlear nerve schwannoma: case report and review of the literature. Pediatric Neurosurgery 38:167-73, 2003

R Kolen, V Perry, N Gupta. Congenital craniopharyngioma: A role for imaging in the prenatal diagnosis and treatment of this uncommon tumor. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 18:270-274, 2003

DL Farmer, CS von Koch, WJ Peacock, M Danielpour, N Gupta, H Lee, MR Harrison. In utero repair of myelomeningocele: experimental pathophysiology, initial clinical experience and outcomes. Archives of Surgery 138:872-878, 2003

HJ Fullerton, AR Aminoff, DM Ferriero, N Gupta, CF Dowd. Neurodevelopmental outcome after endovascular treatment of vein of galen malformations. Neurology 2003 (in press)

ML Ware, S Cha, N Gupta, V Perry. Radiation induced atypical meningioma with a rapid growth rate in a 13 year old. Case report. J of Neurosurgery 2003 (in press)

12/15/04

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