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Ivo W. Tremont, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

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

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1987 Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, MD, Medicine

Postgraduate Training

7/2001-6/2003 Clinical Fellowship, Neuro-Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/1997-6/2001 Clinical Residency, Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
11/1995-6/1997 Clinical Fellowship, Clinical Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Tremont-Lukats IW, Garciarena P, Juarbe R, El-Abassi RN. The immune inflammatory reconstitution syndrome and central nervous system toxoplasmosis. Ann Intern Med 150(9):656-7, 5/5/2009. PMID: 19414855.
2. Tremont-Lukats IW, Ratilal BO, Armstrong T, Gilbert MR. Antiepileptic drugs for preventing seizures in people with brain tumors. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(2):CD004424, 2008. PMID: 18425902.
3. Groves MD, Puduvalli VK, Chang SM, Conrad CA, Gilbert MR, Tremont-Lukats IW, Liu TJ, Peterson P, Schiff D, Cloughesy TF, Wen PY, Greenberg H, Abrey LE, DeAngelis LM, Hess KR, Lamborn KR, Prados MD, Yung WK. A North American brain tumor consortium (NABTC 99-04) phase II trial of temozolomide plus thalidomide for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurooncol 81(3):271-7, 2/2007. e-Pub 9/22/2006. PMID: 17031561.
4. Tremont-Lukats IW, Hutson PR, Backonja MM. A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled pilot trial of extended IV lidocaine infusion for relief of ongoing neuropathic pain. Clin J Pain 22(3):266-71, Mar-Apr, 3/2006. PMID: 16514327.
5. Tremont-Lukats IW, Challapalli V, McNicol ED, Lau J, Carr DB. Systemic administration of local anesthetics to relieve neuropathic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesth Analg 101(6):1738-49, 12/2005. PMID: 16301253.
6. Burton AW, Reddy SK, Shah HN, Tremont-Lukats IW, Mendel E. Percutaneous vertebroplasty--a technique to treat refractory spinal pain in the setting of advanced metastatic cancer: a case series. J Pain Symptom Manage 30(1):87-95, 7/2005. PMID: 16043012.
7. Challapalli V, Tremont-Lukats IW, McNicol ED, Lau J, Carr DB. Systemic administration of local anesthetic agents to relieve neuropathic pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(4):CD003345, 2005. PMID: 16235318.
8. Boeve BF, Tremont-Lukats IW, Waclawik AJ, Murrell JR, Hermann B, Jack CR, Shiung MM, Smith GE, Nair AR, Lindor N, Koppikar V, Ghetti B. Longitudinal characterization of two siblings with frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 associated with the S305N tau mutation. Brain 128(Pt 4). e-Pub 12/22/2004. PMID: 15615814.

Last updated: 9/24/2009