Michael W. McDermott, MD

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

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Education

University of Toronto, Ontario, 1978, Chemistry
University of Toronto, Ontario, MD, 1982, Medicine
St. Michaelʻs Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Intern, 1982 - 1983, Mixed Internship
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Resident, 1983 - 1988, Neurosurgery

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Professional Experience

• 1988-1989
  Clinical Instructor, Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 1990-1992
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1992-1996
  Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 1996-2000
  Assistant Professor In-Residence, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2000-present
  Associate Professor In-Residence, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2001-present
  Vice Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA

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Honors & Awards

• I.B. Holubitsky Award (Graduating Residents Award, Department of Surgery, U of British Columbia)
• June 1991
  Master Teacher in Surgery Award, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia
• June 1995
  Harold Rosegay Resident Teaching Award, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

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Selected Publications

1. 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.
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2. Davies JM, Trinh VT, Sneed PK, McDermott MW. Radiotherapy for recurrent epidermoid cyst. J Neurooncol. 2013 Apr; 112(2):307-13.
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3. 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.
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4. Ma L, Sahgal A, Nie K, Hwang A, Karotki A, Wang B, Shrieve DC, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA. Reliability of contour-based volume calculation for radiosurgery. J Neurosurg. 2012 Dec; 117 Suppl:203-10.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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8. Barajas RF, Phillips JJ, Parvataneni R, Molinaro A, Essock-Burns E, Bourne G, Parsa AT, Aghi MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Cha S, Chang SM, Nelson SJ. Regional variation in histopathologic features of tumor specimens from treatment-naive glioblastoma correlates with anatomic and physiologic MR Imaging. Neuro Oncol. 2012 Jul; 14(7):942-54.
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9. Bloch O, McDermott MW. Lumboperitoneal shunts for the treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Aug; 19(8):1107-11.
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10. Patel SH, Robbins JR, Gore EM, Bradley JD, Gaspar LE, Germano I, Ghafoori P, Henderson MA, Lutz ST, McDermott MW, Patchell RA, Robins HI, Vassil AD, Wippold FJ, Videtic GM. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® follow-up and retreatment of brain metastases. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jun; 35(3):302-6.
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11. Clark AJ, Lamborn KR, Butowski NA, Chang SM, Prados MD, Clarke JL, McDermott MW, Parsa AT, Berger MS, Aghi MK. Neurosurgical management and prognosis of patients with glioblastoma that progresses during bevacizumab treatment. Neurosurgery. 2012 Feb; 70(2):361-70.
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12. Ivan ME, Cheng JS, Kaur G, Sughrue ME, Clark A, Kane AJ, Aranda D, McDermott M, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. Association of morbidity with extent of resection and cavernous sinus invasion in sphenoid wing meningiomas. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2012 Feb; 73(1):76-83.
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13. Wieduwilt MJ, Valles F, Issa S, Behler CM, Hwang J, McDermott M, Treseler P, O'Brien J, Shuman MA, Cha S, Damon LE, Rubenstein JL. Immunochemotherapy with intensive consolidation for primary CNS lymphoma: a pilot study and prognostic assessment by diffusion-weighted MRI. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 15; 18(4):1146-55.
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14. Caballero JA, Sneed PK, Lamborn KR, Ma L, Denduluri S, Nakamura JL, Barani IJ, McDermott MW. Prognostic factors for survival in patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent brain metastases after prior whole brain radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 May 1; 83(1):303-9.
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15. Ma L, Lee L, Barani I, Hwang A, Fogh S, Nakamura J, McDermott M, Sneed P, Larson DA, Sahgal A. Shot sequencing based on biological equivalent dose considerations for multiple isocenter Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Phys Med Biol. 2011 Nov 21; 56(22):7247-56.
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16. Rutkowski MJ, Bloch O, Jian BJ, Chen C, Sughrue ME, Tihan T, Barani IJ, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Parsa AT. Management of recurrent intracranial hemangiopericytoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Nov; 18(11):1500-4.
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17. Rutkowski MJ, Jian BJ, Bloch O, Chen C, Sughrue ME, Tihan T, Barani IJ, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Parsa AT. Intracranial hemangiopericytoma: clinical experience and treatment considerations in a modern series of 40 adult patients. Cancer. 2012 Mar 15; 118(6):1628-36.
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18. Ma L, Sahgal A, Hwang A, Hu W, Descovich M, Chuang C, Barani I, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA. A two-step optimization method for improving multiple brain lesion treatments with robotic radiosurgery. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Aug; 10(4):331-8.
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19. Hwang TN, Rofagha S, McDermott MW, Hoyt WF, Horton JC, McCulley TJ. Sunken eyes, sagging brain syndrome: bilateral enophthalmos from chronic intracranial hypotension. Ophthalmology. 2011 Nov; 118(11):2286-95.
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20. Kaur G, Bloch O, Jian BJ, Kaur R, Sughrue ME, Aghi MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Chang SM, Parsa AT. A critical evaluation of cystic features in primary glioblastoma as a prognostic factor for survival. J Neurosurg. 2011 Oct; 115(4):754-9.
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