Education

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY M.D 8/2003-7/2008 Medicine Duke University, NC Residency 6/2012 Neurology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Fellowship 6/2014 Neuro-oncology Columbia Summer Research Institute, NY 7/2014-8/2014 Biostatistics

Honors & Awards

  • 1999 Presidential Scholar, New York University, College of Arts and Science
  • 1999 Intel Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist
  • 2002 Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society
  • 2003 University Honors Scholar, New York University
  • 2003 Faculty Memorial Award, New York University
  • 2006 University College London Graduate School Masters Award
  • 2020 American Academy of Neurology Transforming Leaders Program

Selected Publications

  1. Zhang Y, Lucas CG, Young JS, Morshed RA, McCoy L, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor JW, Daras M, Butowski NA, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Cha S, Wrensch M, Wiencke JK, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Phillips JJ, Perry A, Bollen AW, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos P, Chang EF, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS, Clarke JL, Chang SM, Molinaro AM, Solomon DA. Prospective genomically guided identification of "early/evolving" and "undersampled" IDH-wildtype glioblastoma leads to improved clinical outcomes. Neuro Oncol. 2022 10 03; 24(10):1749-1762.  View on PubMed
  2. Garcia JH, Morshed RA, Chung J, Millares Chavez MA, Sudhakar V, Saggi S, Avalos LN, Gallagher A, Young JS, Daras M, McDermott MW, Garcia PA, Chang EF, Aghi MK. Factors associated with preoperative and postoperative seizures in patients undergoing resection of brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2023 01 01; 138(1):19-26.  View on PubMed
  3. Morshed RA, Chung JE, Cummins DD, Sudhakar V, Young JS, Daras M, Hervey-Jumper SL, Theodosopoulos PV, Aghi MK. Surgery for Control of Brain Metastases After Previous Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy. World Neurosurg. 2022 06; 162:e235-e245.  View on PubMed
  4. Gonzalez H, Mei W, Robles I, Hagerling C, Allen BM, Hauge Okholm TL, Nanjaraj A, Verbeek T, Kalavacherla S, van Gogh M, Georgiou S, Daras M, Phillips JJ, Spitzer MH, Roose JP, Werb Z. Cellular architecture of human brain metastases. Cell. 2022 02 17; 185(4):729-745.e20.  View on PubMed
  5. Cummins DD, Morshed RA, Chavez MM, Avalos LN, Sudhakar V, Chung JE, Gallagher A, Saggi S, Daras M, Braunstein S, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Aghi MK. Salvage Surgery for Local Control of Brain Metastases After Previous Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Single-Center Series. World Neurosurg. 2022 02; 158:e323-e333.  View on PubMed
  6. Offin M, Feldman D, Ni A, Myers ML, Lai WV, Pentsova E, Boire A, Daras M, Jordan EJ, Solit DB, Arcila ME, Jones DR, Isbell JM, Beal K, Young RJ, Rudin CM, Riely GJ, Drilon A, Tabar V, DeAngelis LM, Yu HA, Kris MG, Li BT. Frequency and outcomes of brain metastases in patients with HER2-mutant lung cancers. Cancer. 2019 12 15; 125(24):4380-4387.  View on PubMed
  7. Frank MO, Koyama T, Rhrissorrakrai K, Robine N, Utro F, Emde AK, Chen BJ, Arora K, Shah M, Geiger H, Felice V, Dikoglu E, Rahman S, Fang X, Vacic V, Bergmann EA, Moore Vogel JL, Reeves C, Khaira D, Calabro A, Kim D, Lamendola-Essel MF, Esteves C, Agius P, Stolte C, Boockvar J, Demopoulos A, Placantonakis DG, Golfinos JG, Brennan C, Bruce J, Lassman AB, Canoll P, Grommes C, Daras M, Diamond E, Omuro A, Pentsova E, Orange DE, Harvey SJ, Posner JB, Michelini VV, Jobanputra V, Zody MC, Kelly J, Parida L, Wrzeszczynski KO, Royyuru AK, Darnell RB. Correction to: Sequencing and curation strategies for identifying candidate glioblastoma treatments. BMC Med Genomics. 2019 Aug 02; 12(1):114.  View on PubMed
  8. Jonsson P, Lin AL, Young RJ, DiStefano NM, Hyman DM, Li BT, Berger MF, Zehir A, Ladanyi M, Solit DB, Arnold AG, Stadler ZK, Mandelker D, Goldberg ME, Chmielecki J, Pourmaleki M, Ogilvie SQ, Chavan SS, McKeown AT, Manne M, Hyde A, Beal K, Yang TJ, Nolan CP, Pentsova E, Omuro A, Gavrilovic IT, Kaley TJ, Diamond EL, Stone JB, Grommes C, Boire A, Daras M, Piotrowski AF, Miller AM, Gutin PH, Chan TA, Tabar VS, Brennan CW, Rosenblum M, DeAngelis LM, Mellinghoff IK, Taylor BS. Genomic Correlates of Disease Progression and Treatment Response in Prospectively Characterized Gliomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 09 15; 25(18):5537-5547.  View on PubMed
  9. Frank MO, Koyama T, Rhrissorrakrai K, Robine N, Utro F, Emde AK, Chen BJ, Arora K, Shah M, Geiger H, Felice V, Dikoglu E, Rahman S, Fang A, Vacic V, Bergmann EA, Vogel JLM, Reeves C, Khaira D, Calabro A, Kim D, Lamendola-Essel MF, Esteves C, Agius P, Stolte C, Boockvar J, Demopoulos A, Placantonakis DG, Golfinos JG, Brennan C, Bruce J, Lassman AB, Canoll P, Grommes C, Daras M, Diamond E, Omuro A, Pentsova E, Orange DE, Harvey SJ, Posner JB, Michelini VV, Jobanputra V, Zody MC, Kelly J, Parida L, Wrzeszczynski KO, Royyuru AK, Darnell RB. Sequencing and curation strategies for identifying candidate glioblastoma treatments. BMC Med Genomics. 2019 04 25; 12(1):56.  View on PubMed
  10. Nevel KS, Pentsova E, Daras M. Clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes of patients with central nervous system involvement in extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 07; 60(7):1677-1684.  View on PubMed
  11. Grommes C, Tang SS, Wolfe J, Kaley TJ, Daras M, Pentsova EI, Piotrowski AF, Stone J, Lin A, Nolan CP, Manne M, Codega P, Campos C, Viale A, Thomas AA, Berger MF, Hatzoglou V, Reiner AS, Panageas KS, DeAngelis LM, Mellinghoff IK. Phase 1b trial of an ibrutinib-based combination therapy in recurrent/refractory CNS lymphoma. Blood. 2019 01 31; 133(5):436-445.  View on PubMed
  12. Omuro A, Beal K, McNeill K, Young RJ, Thomas A, Lin X, Terziev R, Kaley TJ, DeAngelis LM, Daras M, Gavrilovic IT, Mellinghoff I, Diamond EL, McKeown A, Manne M, Caterfino A, Patel K, Bavisotto L, Gorman G, Lamson M, Gutin P, Tabar V, Chakravarty D, Chan TA, Brennan CW, Garrett-Mayer E, Karmali RA, Pentsova E. Multicenter Phase IB Trial of Carboxyamidotriazole Orotate and Temozolomide for Recurrent and Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma and Other Anaplastic Gliomas. J Clin Oncol. 2018 06 10; 36(17):1702-1709.  View on PubMed
  13. Arbour KC, Kris MG, Riely GJ, Ni A, Beal K, Daras M, Hayes SA, Young RJ, Rodriguez CR, Ahn L, Pao W, Yu HA. Twice weekly pulse and daily continuous-dose erlotinib as initial treatment for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant lung cancers and brain metastases. Cancer. 2018 Jan 01; 124(1):105-109.  View on PubMed
  14. Hatzoglou V, Tisnado J, Mehta A, Peck KK, Daras M, Omuro AM, Beal K, Holodny AI. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI perfusion for differentiating between melanoma and lung cancer brain metastases. Cancer Med. 2017 Apr; 6(4):761-767.  View on PubMed
  15. Lin X, Daras M, Pentsova E, Nolan CP, Gavrilovic IT, DeAngelis LM, Kaley TJ. Bevacizumab in high-grade glioma patients following intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Neurooncol Pract. 2017 Mar; 4(1):24-28.  View on PubMed
  16. Li BT, Lou E, Hsu M, Yu HA, Naidoo J, Zauderer MG, Sima C, Johnson ML, Daras M, DeAngelis LM, Fleisher M, Kris MG, Azzoli CG. Serum Biomarkers Associated with Clinical Outcomes Fail to Predict Brain Metastases in Patients with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers. PLoS One. 2016; 11(1):e0146063.  View on PubMed
  17. Daras M, Kaley TJ. Benign brain tumors and tumors associated with phakomatoses. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2015 Apr; 21(2 Neuro-oncology):397-414.  View on PubMed
  18. Daras M, Cone C, Peters KB. Tumor progression and transformation of low-grade glial tumors associated with pregnancy. J Neurooncol. 2014 Jan; 116(1):113-7.  View on PubMed
  19. Daras M, DeAngelis LM. Management of elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2013 May; 13(5):344.  View on PubMed
  20. Daras M, Macaulay W. Total hip arthroplasty in young patients with osteoarthritis. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2009 Mar; 38(3):125-9.  View on PubMed

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