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John M. Slopis, M. D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Medical Director, Neurofibromatosis Program, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1983 The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, MD, Medicine
1979 University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, BA, Chemistry

Board Certifications

11/1994 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Rokes C, Ketonen LM, Fuller GN, Weinberg J, Slopis JM, Wolff JE. Imaging and spectroscopic findings in meningioangiomatosis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 53(4):672-4, 10/2009. e-Pub 6/2009. PMID: 19544396.
2. Zou C, Smith KD, Liu J, Lahat G, Myers S, Wang WL, Zhang W, McCutcheon IE, Slopis JM, Lazar AJ, Pollock RE, Lev D. Clinical, pathological, and molecular variables predictive of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor outcome. Ann Surg 249(6):1014-22, 6/2009. PMID: 19474676.
3. Zou CY, Smith KD, Zhu QS, Liu J, McCutcheon IE, Slopis JM, Meric-Bernstam F, Peng Z, Bornmann WG, Mills GB, Lazar AJ, Pollock RE, Lev D. Dual targeting of AKT and mammalian target of rapamycin: A potential therapeutic approach for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Mol Cancer Ther. e-Pub 5/5/2009. PMID: 19417153.
4. Koenig MK, Sitton CW, Wang M, Slopis JM. Central nervous system complications of blastic hyperleukocytosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: diagnostic and prognostic implications. J Child Neurol 23(11):1347-52, 11/2008. PMID: 18984849.

Abstracts
1. Debnam JM, Ketonen L, Slopis JM, McCutcheon IE, Hamberg LM, Hunter GJ. Multidetector CT Evaluation of the Spine in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type I. Presented at the American Society of Neuroradiology 45th Annual Meeting. Submitted.

Last updated: 9/21/2010