Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, and Director, Brain Tumor Research Center, UCSF
Kathleen M. Plant Distinguished Professor, UCSF
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Education
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, A.B., 1975, Social Psychology
University of Miami, Miami, FL, M.D., 1979, Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, CA (UCSF), Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Brain Tumor Research Center (BTRC) Research Fellow 1983 - 1984 Neurosurgery
UCSF, BTRC, Neuro-Oncology Service, Clinical Fellow, 7/85 - 12/85, Neurosurgery
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, 1/86 - 6/86, Neurosurgery
Professional Experience
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1980 - 1982
Residency, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA (UCSF)
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1986 - 1992
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1990 - 1992
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1995 - 1992
American Cancer Society Prof. of Clinical Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1996 - 1992
Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1997 - present
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
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1997 - present
Director, Brain Tumor Research Center, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Honors & Awards
- 1997-Present
Joint Section on Tumors Advisory Council, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons - 1997-1999
Vice-President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons; President, Society for Neuro-Oncology - 2002-Present
America’s Top Doctors, peer-nominated referral index from Castle Connolly - 2006
Tumor Section, 2006 Ronald L. Bittner Lecturer; 2006 Farber Award Winner - 2007–Present
Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons - 2007–Present
Member of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons - 2010
Vice-President, American Association of Neurological Surgeons - 2011
President Elect, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Selected Publications
- Safaee M, Clark AJ, Oh MC, Ivan ME, Bloch O, Kaur G, Sun MZ, Kim JM, Oh T, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Overexpression of CD97 Confers an Invasive Phenotype in Glioblastoma Cells and Is Associated with Decreased Survival of Glioblastoma Patients. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e62765.
View on PubMed - Shchors K, Persson AI, Rostker F, Tihan T, Lyubynska N, Li N, Swigart LB, Berger MS, Hanahan D, Weiss WA, Evan GI. Using a preclinical mouse model of high-grade astrocytoma to optimize p53 restoration therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 16; 110(16):E1480-9.
View on PubMed - Safaee M, Clark AJ, Bloch O, Oh MC, Singh A, Auguste KI, Gupta N, McDermott MW, Aghi MK, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Surgical outcomes in choroid plexus papillomas: an institutional experience. J Neurooncol. 2013 May; 113(1):117-25.
View on PubMed - Potts MB, Berger MS. Response. J Neurosurg. 2013 Mar; 118(3):704.
View on PubMed - Rice T, Zheng S, Decker PA, Walsh KM, Bracci P, Xiao Y, McCoy LS, Smirnov I, Patoka JS, Hansen HM, Hsuang G, Wiemels JL, Tihan T, Pico AR, Prados MD, Chang SM, Berger MS, Caron A, Fink S, Kollmeyer T, Rynearson A, Voss J, Kosel ML, Fridley BL, Lachance DH, Eckel-Passow JE, Sicotte H, O'Neill BP, Giannini C, Wiencke JK, Jenkins RB, Wrensch MR. Inherited variant on chromosome 11q23 increases susceptibility to IDH-mutated but not IDH-normal gliomas regardless of grade or histology. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Feb 7.
View on PubMed - Berger MS, Carter BS. Introduction. Neurosurg Focus. 2013 Feb; 34(2):Introduction.
View on PubMed - Chen PY, Ozawa T, Drummond DC, Kalra A, Fitzgerald JB, Kirpotin DB, Wei KC, Butowski N, Prados MD, Berger MS, Forsayeth JR, Bankiewicz K, James CD. Comparing routes of delivery for nanoliposomal irinotecan shows superior anti-tumor activity of local administration in treating intracranial glioblastoma xenografts. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Feb; 15(2):189-97.
View on PubMed - Kaur G, Kane AJ, Sughrue ME, Madden M, Oh MC, Sun MZ, Safaee M, El-Sayed I, Aghi M, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. The prognostic implications of Hyam's subtype for patients with Kadish stage C esthesioneuroblastoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Feb; 20(2):281-6.
View on PubMed - Silber J, Hashizume R, Felix T, Hariono S, Yu M, Berger MS, Huse JT, Vandenberg SR, James CD, Hodgson JG, Gupta N. Expression of miR-124 inhibits growth of medulloblastoma cells. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Jan; 15(1):83-90.
View on PubMed - Kaur G, Kane AJ, Sughrue ME, Oh M, Safaee M, Sun M, Tihan T, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. MIB-1 labeling index predicts recurrence in intraventricular central neurocytomas. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Jan; 20(1):89-93.
View on PubMed - Lau CY, Greysen SR, Mistry RI, Han SJ, Mummaneni PV, Berger MS. Creating a culture of safety within operative neurosurgery: the design and implementation of a perioperative safety video. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Nov; 33(5):E3.
View on PubMed - Tarapore PE, Martino J, Guggisberg AG, Owen J, Honma SM, Findlay A, Berger MS, Kirsch HE, Nagarajan SS. Magnetoencephalographic imaging of resting-state functional connectivity predicts postsurgical neurological outcome in brain gliomas. Neurosurgery. 2012 Nov; 71(5):1012-22.
View on PubMed - Bloch O, Han SJ, Cha S, Sun MZ, Aghi MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Impact of extent of resection for recurrent glioblastoma on overall survival. J Neurosurg. 2012 Dec; 117(6):1032-8.
View on PubMed - Garvin JH, Selch MT, Holmes E, Berger MS, Finlay JL, Flannery A, Goldwein JW, Packer RJ, Rorke-Adams LB, Shiminski-Maher T, Sposto R, Stanley P, Tannous R, Pollack IF. Phase II study of pre-irradiation chemotherapy for childhood intracranial ependymoma. Children's Cancer Group protocol 9942: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Dec 15; 59(7):1183-9.
View on PubMed - Jenkins RB, Xiao Y, Sicotte H, Decker PA, Kollmeyer TM, Hansen HM, Kosel ML, Zheng S, Walsh KM, Rice T, Bracci P, McCoy LS, Smirnov I, Patoka JS, Hsuang G, Wiemels JL, Tihan T, Pico AR, Prados MD, Chang SM, Berger MS, Caron AA, Fink SR, Halder C, Rynearson AL, Fridley BL, Buckner JC, O'Neill BP, Giannini C, Lachance DH, Wiencke JK, Eckel-Passow JE, Wrensch MR. A low-frequency variant at 8q24.21 is strongly associated with risk of oligodendroglial tumors and astrocytomas with IDH1 or IDH2 mutation. Nat Genet. 2012 Oct; 44(10):1122-5.
View on PubMed - Engler JR, Robinson AE, Smirnov I, Hodgson JG, Berger MS, Gupta N, James CD, Molinaro A, Phillips JJ. Increased microglia/macrophage gene expression in a subset of adult and pediatric astrocytomas. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e43339.
View on PubMed - Crane CA, Han SJ, Ahn B, Oehlke J, Kivett V, Fedoroff A, Butowski N, Chang SM, Clarke J, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Prados MD, Parsa AT. Individual Patient-Specific Immunity against High-Grade Glioma after Vaccination with Autologous Tumor Derived Peptides Bound to the 96 KD Chaperone Protein. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Jan 1; 19(1):205-14.
View on PubMed - Felicella MM, Hagenkord JM, Kash SF, Powers MP, Berger MS, Perry A. A common 8q (MYC) amplification detected in a multifocal anaplastic astrocytoma by SNP array karyotyping. Clin Neuropathol. 2012 Jul-Aug; 31(4):210-5.
View on PubMed - Mueller S, Phillips J, Onar-Thomas A, Romero E, Zheng S, Wiencke JK, McBride SM, Cowdrey C, Prados MD, Weiss WA, Berger MS, Gupta N, Haas-Kogan DA. PTEN promoter methylation and activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in pediatric gliomas and influence on clinical outcome. Neuro Oncol. 2012 Sep; 14(9):1146-52.
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