John A. Boockvar

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John A. Boockvar
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Occupation neurosurgeon
Employer Weill Cornell Medical College
Known for Cancer research
Title Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Co-Director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology, and Director of the Brain Tumor and Stem Cell Research Laboratory

John A. Boockvar is an American neurosurgeon. He is an associate professor of neurosurgery, co-director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology, and director of the Brain Tumor and Stem Cell Research Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medical College (New York City). He is also a board-certified adult neurosurgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital.[1]


Career

Boockvar received a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his M.D. degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1997.[2] He did a surgical internship and a neurosurgical residency at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He joined the staff at Weill Cornell Medical College in 2004. In 2005 he was named the first recipient of the Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professorship of Neurological Surgery, an endowed position for a junior faculty member who has "shown exceptional promise in the field of neurological surgery."[3]

Practice

In 2009 he led a trial using microcatheters to deliver the chemotherapeutic agent bevacizumab directly to a malignant brain tumor (a glioblastoma) intra-arterially.[4]

Biopharmaceutical industry

Since 2010 he has been a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Weill Cornell Physicians - John A. Boockvar, Biography page on Weill Cornell's website.
  2. ↑ "Open Medical Institute". aaf-online.org. Retrieved 19 March 2012. 
  3. ↑ "New Assistant Professorships for Neurological Research and Medicine", Weill Cornell Dean's Bulletin, August 23, 2005
  4. ↑ Grady, Denise (November 16, 2009). "Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier With Avastin to Fight Glioblastoma - NYTimes.com". The New York Times (New York). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 March 2012. 
  5. ↑ "John Boockvar: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 19 March 2012. 

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