Congrats to our amazing MD PhD student @CKRamsoomair on receiving his NCI F30 grant this week to study pediatric brain tumors! Chris is an rockstar student, scientist and friend! We’re lucky to have him in the @um_svilab! He is co-mentored w/ the epigenetic guru @ReinbergDanny

Congrats @AllanLeviMD for receiving the Mary and Sash Spencer endowed chair in Neurosurgery. Beautiful ceremony today at Lois Pope Life Center to support critical neurological research ! @umiamimedicine @UMneurosurgery .@HenriFordMD

Proud of @CKRamsoomair for his dedication to pediatric diffuse midline Glioma research. @chadtough is supporting the next generation of brain tumor scientists! Orgs like this are what allow breakthroughs in cancer treatment, uniting patient advocates, scientists and clinicians!.

Grateful for this dream job to tackle brain tumors using viral/immunotx! Thank you to my colleagues and chair for their unwavering support as we continue the fight against brain cancer @AllanLeviMD @michaelivanmd @Ricardokomotar @delaFuenteNOnc @UMneurosurgery @SylvesterCancer.

Inaugural tumor soirée for the tumor section. Thank you to all the panelists and presenters for making the event and @chandraankush @hadjiMDPhD @EsquenaziMD for making it happen!! @UMneurosurgery @UTHNeuro @AANSNeuro

Great talk by @CKRamsoomair discussing the role of neurosurgeons in brain tumor clinical trials! Christian is a rising superstar in neurosurgery! @UMneurosurgery @um_svilab

Exceptional and poetic presidential address from one of my cherished mentors @jacquesmorcosmd :) congratulations! @UTHNeuro.

Thrilled that we are enrolling for STARLITE phase 1 trial for newly diag. unresectable GBM. We will combine FDA-approved antiretroviral drugs +Laser ablation+SOC. The trial leverages the anticancer effects of ART to target treatment resistant GBM stem cell niche. NCT06428045

RT @jclinicalinvest: Tapping ancient viral DNA in the treatment of glioblastoma! . @AshishHShah4 @SeetharamDeepa @jaychandar5 & team @umiam….

@NimaSharifiMD @d_bayik @michaelivanmd @CKRamsoomair @delaFuenteNOnc @KenFigueroaLab @ChiappinelliLab @victorlumd @Emmanuel_Thomas !.

And to our colleagues! @NimaSharifiMD @d_bayik @michaelivanmd @CKRamsoomair @delaFuenteNOnc @KenFigueroaLab @ChiappinelliLab @victorlumd.

Also, thank you to @AllanLeviMD @DrSDNimer for their support as we set up our lab a few years ago! . This work would not be possible if it’s wasn’t for the support of @NIH and several important foundations @NREFORG @StacheStrong #pardeefoundation.

Thrilled to share our @um_svilab work published today in @jclinicalinvest focused on harnessing viral mimicry to activate immunotherapy for #GBM. Thanks to all of my @SylvesterCancer @UMneurosurgery colleagues for their invaluable contributions! .

@michaelivanmd @chandraankush @pascalzinn We agreed early re-resection was the best option and recently @NeurosurgeryOSU published a paper demonstrating exactly this: that early-re-resection within 8 weeks had similar oncological outcomes to upfront GTR. Images below.

@michaelivanmd @chandraankush @pascalzinn.

What is your treatment plan?.

70 yo M undergoes subtotal resection at OSH of this lesion 4 weeks ago. Presents to your office for second opinion prior to starting adjuvant therapy with this scan. Pathology is GBM. What is your treatment algorithm?

Inspiring weekend learning about cutting edge devices and tech to deliver gene and cell therapies to the brain at the IGNITE conference in Solana Beach! Thanks @RussellLonser @ClearPointNeuro for the invite!!

Excited about this inaugural tumor section event at the AANS! @NSTumorSection @hadjiMDPhD @chandraankush @UMneurosurgery @jacquesmorcosmd.

Ran my first 5K at the @MiamiDolphins Cancer Challenge with my amazing @SylvesterCancer brain tumor colleagues! @UMneurosurgery @TaylorJ_MD @BradleyGampelMD @delaFuenteNOnc @um_svilab #runningforacure