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Jeffrey S. Weinberg, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor (tenure track), Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Director of Training, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1993 New York University, New York, NY, MD, Medicine
1989 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science), School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Postgraduate Training

7/2000-4/2001 Fellow, Neurosurgical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/1998-6/2000 Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Bellevue Hospital and Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospitals, New York, NY
7/1998-6/1999 Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
7/1994-6/1998 Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY
7/1993-6/1994 Intern, General Surgery, New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY

Board Certifications

5/2006 American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Honors and Awards

2007 Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Texas Center for Biomedical Engineering, Houston, TX
2006 Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Texas Center for Biomedical Engineering, Houston, TX
2005 Achievement Award in Science, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
2005 Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
2004 Excellence in Research Mentorship, The University of Texas Center for Biomedical Engineering
1989 Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Rolling Meadows, IL
Member, 2002-present
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Information Technology Committee, Washington, DC
Member, 4/2007-5/2009
American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section
Regional Membership Coordinator for the Academic Community Alliance (ACA), 7/2007-present
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Schaumburg, IL
Member, 2002-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Groves MD, Hess KR, Puduvalli VK, Colman H, Conrad CA, Gilbert MR, Weinberg J, Cristofanilli M, Yung WK, Liu TJ. Biomarkers of disease: cerebrospinal fluid vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and stromal cell derived factor (SDF)-1 levels in patients with neoplastic meningitis (NM) due to breast cancer, lung cancer and melanoma. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 94((2)):229-34, 9/2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMID: 19267183.
2. Kong LY, Wei J, Sharma AK, Barr J, Abou-Ghazal MK, Fokt I, Weinberg J, Rao G, Grimm E, Priebe W, Heimberger AB. A novel phosphorylated STAT3 inhibitor enhances T Cell cytotoxicity against melanoma through inhibition of regulatory T Cells. Cancer Immunol Immunother 58(7):1023-1032, 7/2009. e-Pub 11/2008. PMID: 19002459.
3. Kim SS, McCutcheon IE, Suki D, Weinberg JS, Sawaya R, Lang FF, Ferson D, Heimberger AB, DeMonte F, Prabhu SS. Awake craniotomy for brain tumors near eloquent cortex: Correlation of intraoperative cortical mapping with neurological outcomes in 309 consecutive patients. Neurosurgery 64(5):836-45, 5/2009. PMID: 19404147.
4. Suki D, Hatiboglu MA, Patel AJ, Weinberg JS, Groves MD, Mahajan A, Sawaya R. Comparative risk of leptomeningeal dissemination of cancer after surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery for a single supratentorial solid tumor metastasis. Neurosurgery 64(4):664-74, 4/2009. PMID: 19197219.
5. Nayar VV, Foroozan R, Weinberg JS, Yoshor D. Preservation of visual fields with the inferior temporal gyrus approach to the atrium. J Neurosurg 110(4):740-743, 4/2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMID: 19199472.
6. Armstrong TS, Gning I, Mendoza TR, Weinberg J, Gilbert MR, Tortorice ML, Cleeland CS. Clinical Utility of the MDASI-BT in Patients with Brain Metastases. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 37(3):331-40, 3/2009. e-Pub 8/2008. PMID: 18676120.
7. Wei J, Deangulo G, Sun W, Hussain SF, Vasquez H, Jordan J, Weinberg J, Wolff J, Koshkina N, Heimberger AB. Topotecan enhances immune clearance of gliomas. Cancer Immunol Immunother 58(2):259-70, 2/2009. e-Pub 7/2008. PMID: 18594817.
8. Scheurer ME, El-Zein R, Thompson PA, Aldape KD, Levin VA, Gilbert MR, Weinberg JS, Bondy ML. Long-term Anti-inflammatory and Antihistamine Medication Use and Adult Glioma Risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17(5):1277-81, 5/2008. PMID: 18483351.
9. Feiz-Erfan I, Rhines LD, Weinberg JS. The Role of Surgery in Management of Metastatic Spinal Tumors. Semin Oncol 35(2):108-117, 4/2008. PMID: 18396196.
10. Suki D, Abouassi H, Patel AJ, Sawaya R, Weinberg JS, Groves MD. Comparative risk of leptomeningeal disease after resection or stereotactic radiosurgery for solid tumor metastasis to the posterior fossa. J Neurosurg 108(2):248-257, 2/2008. PMID: 18240919.
11. Chang EL, Shiu AS, Mendel E, Mathews LA, Mahajan A, Allen PK, Weinberg JS, Brown BW, Wang XS, Woo SY, Cleeland C, Maor MH, Rhines LD. Phase I/II study of stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastasis and its pattern of failure. J Neurosurg Spine 7(2):151-160, 8/2007. PMID: 17688054.
12. Nguyen QN, Chang EL, Allen PK, Maor MH, Ater JL, Mahajan A, Wolff JE, Weinberg JS, Woo SY. Focal and craniospinal irradiation for patients with intracranial germinoma patients and patterns of failure. Cancer 107(9):2228-36, 11/2006. PMID: 17019739.
13. Mahajan A, McCutcheon I, Chang E, Weinberg J, Allen P, Shiu A, Kumar A, Hassenbusch III S, Maor M, Woo S. The evolution of MRI changes in brain metastasis treated with stereotactic radiosurgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2006.
14. Giglio P, Weinberg JS, Forman AD, Wolff R, Groves MD. Neoplastic meningitis in patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. Cancer 103(11):2355-62, 6/2005. PMID: 15856426.
15. Mahajan A, McCutcheon IE, Suki D, Chang EL, Hassenbusch SJ, Weinberg JS, Shiu A, Maor MH, Woo SY. Case-control study of stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurosurg 103:210-217, 2005. PMID: 16175848.
16. Hlatky R, Jackson EF, Weinberg JS. Intraoperative neuronavigation using diffusion tensor MR tractography for the resection of a deep tumor adjacent to the corticospinal tract. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 83(5-6):228-232, 2005. PMID: 16534255.
17. Heimberger AB, Hlatky R, Suki D, Yang D, Weinberg J, Gilbert M, Sawaya R, Aldape K. Prognostic effect of epidermal growth factor receptor and EGFRvIII in glioblastoma multiforme patients. Clin Cancer Res 11(4):1462-1466, 2005.
18. Prabhu SS, Aldape KD, Bruner JM, Weinberg JS. Cowden disease with Lhermitte-Duclos disease: case report and review of the literature. Can J Neurol Sci 31(4):542-549, 11/2004. PMID: 15595264.
19. Chang EL, Shiu AS, Lii MF, Rhines LD, Mendel E, Mahajan A, Weinberg JS, Mathews LA, Brown BW, Maor MH, Cox JD. Phase I clinical evaluation of near-simultaneous computed tomographic image-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59(5):1288-94, 8/2004. PMID: 15275711.
20. Cohen ZR, Suki D, Weinberg JS, Marmor E, Lang FF, Gershenson DM, Sawaya R. Brain metastases in patients with ovarian carcinoma: prognostic factors and outcome. J Neuro-Oncol 66(3):313-325, 2/2004. PMID: 15015663.
21. Hentschel SJ, McCutcheon IE, Ginsberg L, Weinberg JS. Exophytic ependymoma of the cervical spinal cord: a report of two cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 146(9):1047-1050, 2004. PMID: 15340819.
22. Selek, Chang EL, Hassenbusch SJ 3rd, Shiu AS, Lang FF, Allen P, Weinberg J, Sawaya R, Maor MH. Stereotactic radiosurgical treatment in 103 patients for 153 cerebral melanoma metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59(4):1097-106, 2004.

Grant & Contract Support

Title: Interactive image guided closed loop thermal therapy
Funding Source: State of Texas
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 8/1/2006 - 1/31/2008
 
Title: Interactive image guided closed loop thermal therapy.
Funding Source: NIH
Role: Collaborator
Principal Investigator: Jason Stafford, M.D. (MDACC); Dr. Roger McNichols (BioTex PI)
Duration: 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2008

Last updated: 9/22/2009