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Erik P. Sulman, M.D., Ph.D

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2003 Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, MD, Medicine
2003 Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, PHD, Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics
1993 The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, BA, Biochemistry

Postgraduate Training

2/2006-6/2008 Research Fellowship, Brain Tumor Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Kenneth Aldape, M. D.
7/2004-6/2008 Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Thomas Buchholz, M.D.
7/2003-6/2004 Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, Glenn Eiger, M.D.

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Sulman, EP, Komaki, R, Klopp, AH, Cox, JD, Chang, JY. Exclusion of Elective Nodal Irradiation is Associated with Minimal Elective Nodal Failure in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Radiat Oncol 4:5, 2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMCID: PMC2651897.
2. Sulman EP, Schwartz DL, Le TT, Ang KK, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Ahamad A, Kies M, Glisson B, Weber R, Garden AS. Imrt Reirradiation of Head and Neck Cancer-Disease Control and Morbidity Outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(2):399-409, 6/13/2008. e-Pub 6/14/2008. PMID: 18556144.
3. Klopp AH, Chang JY, Tucker SL, Sulman EP, Balter PA, Liu HH, Bucci MK, Macapinlac HA, Komaki R, Cox JD. Intrathoracic patterns of failure for non-small-cell lung cancer with positron-emission tomography/computed tomography-defined target delineation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(5):1409-16, 12/1/2007. e-Pub 9/27/2007. PMID: 17904303.
4. Pelloski CE, Ballman KV, Furth AF, Zhang L, Lin E, Sulman EP, Bhat K, McDonald JM, Yung WK, Colman H, Woo SY, Heimberger AB, Suki D, Prados MD, Chang SM, Barker FG, Buckner JC, James CD, Aldape K. Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III status defines clinically distinct subtypes of glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol 25(16):2288-94, 6/1/2007. PMID: 17538175.
5. Sulman EP, White PS, Brodeur GM. Genomic annotation of the meningioma tumor suppressor locus on chromosome 1p34. Oncogene 23(4):1014-20, 1/29/2004. PMID: 14749765.

Invited Articles
1. Woodward WA, Sulman EP. Cancer stem cells: markers or biomarkers? Cancer Metastasis Rev 27(3):459-70, 9/2008. PMID: 18437295.
2. Sulman E, Aldape K, Colman H. Brain tumor stem cells. Curr Probl Cancer 32(3):124-42, May-Jun, 5/2008. PMID: 18501775.
3. Rivera AL, Pelloski CE, Sulman E, Aldape K. Prognostic and predictive markers in glioma and other neuroepithelial tumors. Curr Probl Cancer 32(3):97-123, May-Jun, 5/2008. PMID: 18501774.

Abstracts
1. Sulman, E.P., Goodman, L.D., Le, T.T., Gumin, J., Lang, F.F., Colman, H., Aldape, K.D. Radioresistant glioma stem cells express high-levels of the transmembrane protein podoplanin, a prognostic marker for survival in patients with malignant astrocytomas. Presented at: International Conference on Translational Research and Pre-Clinical Strategies in Radiation Oncology, Geneva, Switzerland., 3/2009.
2. Sulman, E.P., Bonato, V., De La Garza, M., Broom, B.M., Do, K.A., Aldape, K.D. A Prognostic Mesenchymal Gene Signature Identified from Analysis of Multiple Intentional Expression Profiling Datasets Suggests a Sampling Bias in the Cancer Genome Atlas Glioblastoma Cohort. Presented at: American Association for Cancer Research Translation of the Cancer Genome, Boston, MA, 2/2009.
3. Sulman, E.P., Goodman, L.D., Le, T.T., Gumin, J., Lang, F.F., Colman, H., Aldape, K.D. A Novel Biomarker of Glioma Stem Cells, Patient Outcome, and Radiation Resistance Presented at: American Association for Cancer Research Translational Cancer Medicine, Jerusalem, Isreal, 11/2008.
4. Sulman, E.P, Goodman , L.D., Le, T.T., Gumin, J., Lang, F.F., Colman, H. Aldape, K.D. Podoplanin is a novel marker of glioma stem cells that is independent of CD133. Presented at: 2008 ASTRO Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging Symposium, Arlington, VA, 10/2008.
5. Sulman, E.P., Pelloski, C.E., Aldape, K.D. Analysis of patients receiving histone deacetylase inhibiting antiepileptic agents during radiation treatment of glioblastoma. Presented at: 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, 9/2008.
6. Sulman, E.P, Goodman, L.D., Le, T.T., Pelloski, C.E., Bhat, K., Gumin, J., Lang, F.F., Colman, H., Aldape, K.D. Podoplanin is a novel marker of glioma stem cells that is independent of CD133. Presented at: 54th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Boston, MA, 9/2008.
7. Sulman, E.P., Goodman, L.D., Le, T.T., Pelloski, C.P., Bhat, K., Gumin, J., Lang, F.F., Colman, H., Aldape, K.D. A novel marker of glioma stem cells that is prognostic for treatment response and patient outcome. Presented at: American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2008, San Diego, CA, 4/2008.
8. Mirvish, E., Sulman, E, Misra, A., Nigro, J., Smirnov, I., Kapp, L, McDonald, J.M., Long, L., Popoff, S., Colman, H., Berens, M., Aldape, K., Feuerstein, B. AQP1 is associated with GBM survival, and may mediate aggressiveness through increased cell motility. Presented at: Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting 12th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 11/2007.
9. Sulman, E.P., Colman, H., Pelloski, C.E., Aldape, K.D. Podoplanin is an independent prognostic marker of survival in malignant gliomas and is co-expressed with CD133 on tumor-derived stem cells. Presented at: Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting 12th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 11/2007.
10. Sulman, E.P., Colman, H., Le, T.T., Pelloski, C.E., Aldape, K.D. Podoplanin expression in gliomas: association with patient survival, radioresistance, and tumor-derived stem cells. Submitted to: American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology and Radiology Translational Research in Radiation Oncology and Radiology, San Francisco, CA, 9/2007.
11. Sulman, E.P., Pelloski, C.E., McDonald, J.M., Long, L., McGovern, S.L., De La Cruz, C., Aldape, K.D. Long-term survivors of malignant gliomas identified by podoplanin expression analysis. Presented at: 89th Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 5/2007.
12. Sulman EP, McDonald JM, Long L, Popoff SL, Colman H, Aldape KD. Aquaporin-1 is decreased in long-term survivors of glioblastoma. Presented at: American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2007, Los Angeles, CA, 4/2007.
13. Sulman, E.P., Pelloski, C.E., McDonald, J.M., De La Cruz, C., Long, L., Popoff, S.C., McGovern, S.L., Colman, H., Aldape, K.D. Podoplanin expression identifies long-term survivors of low-grade and malignant astrocytomas. Presented at: American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2007, Los Angeles, CA, 4/2007.
14. Sulman, E.P., Schwartz, D.L., Morrison, W.H., Rosenthal, D.I., Chao, K.S., Ahamad, A., Ang, K.K., Garden, A.S. IMRT re-irradiation for locoregionally recurrent or in-field second primary head and neck cancer. Presented at: 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Philadelphia, PA, 11/2006.
15. Sulman, E.P., Krishnan, S., Vadhan-Raj, S., Allen, P.K., Crane, C.H., Janjan, N.A. Impact of anemia on the outcome of patients treated with preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer. Presented at: 88th Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, Maui, HI, 5/2006.
16. Sulman, E.P., Guerrero, T.M., Harvey, M.C., Balter, P.A., Komaki, R. Dynamic and static ventilation derived from radiotherapy planning CT images. Presented at: The European Cancer Conference 13, Paris, France, 10/2005.
17. Sulman, E.P., Chang, J.Y., Liao, Z., Guerrero, T.M., Jeter, M., Stevens, C.W., Cox, J.D., Komaki, R. Exclusion of elective nodal irradiation does not decrease local regional control of non-small cell lung cancer. Presented at: 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Denver, CO, Oct 16-20, 2005. Int. J. of Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 63 (Supplement 1), 2005. (Abstr#1133), 10/2005.
18. Sulman, E.P., Guerrero, T.M., Sanders, K.E., Balter, P.A., Komaki, R. Significant differences are observed between dynamic versus static ventilation derived from radiotherapy planning CT images. Presented at: 6th International Lung Cancer Congress, Kauai, HI,, 6/2005.
19. Woodward, W.A., Sulman, E.P., Cox, J.D., Buchholz, T.A. Adjectives used in letters of recommendation to radiation oncology residency differ by applicant gender. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, Barcelona, Spain., 5/2005.

Book Chapters
1. Sulman, E.P., Guererro, M., Aldape, K. In: Transcriptional Profiling: Tumor Biology and treatment stratification, in CNS Cancer, Models, Prognostic Factors and Targets, Van Meir, E, Ed., Humana Press, 2008.

Last updated: 8/28/2009