Professional Experience

2001 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology/Hematopoetic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2001 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2002, Visiting Scientist, Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1999 - 2002, Senior Research Scientist, Layton BioScience Inc., Sunnyvale, CA

1999 - 2000, Visiting Scientist/Industry Fellow in Neurology, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Med School, Boston, MA 

1997 - 1998, Research Fellow, Neural Stem Cells, Department of Neurology, Division of NHeuroscience & Joint Program in Neonatology Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1994 - 1997, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Neurogenetics Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA

1993 - 1994, Pathology Intern/Clinical Fellow in Pathology Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical Sch. Boston, MA

1992 - 1994, Medical Student- Neuropathology Research Assist., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

1990 - 1991, Research Assist, Molecular Neurobiology Lab, Dept of Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA

Education and Training

1998 - 2000, Children's Hopital/Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, Neural Stem Cells

1994 - 1997, Massachusetts General Hospital/HMS, Boston, MA, Post-Doctorate, Molecular Neurogenetics

1993 - 1994, Beth Israel Hosp/Harvard Medicine School, Boston, MA, Intern, Pathology

1993, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, M.D., Medicine

1984, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, B.A., Biological Basis of Behavior Medicine

Professional Memberships

2007 - 2008, International Society for Cellular Therapeutics, member, presenter

2006, Internatl Soc for Oncodevmentl Biol & Med; Cancer Stem Cells organizing committee; session chair

2003-2007, COH Beckman Symposium “The Biology of Stem Cells”, organizing committee

2003-2008, International Society for Stem Cell Research, member, presenter

2003-2007, Glial Invasion Forum, speaker, member; session chair

2003-2007, Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Task Force, speaker, member

2000-2008, Society for Neuro-Oncology,  platform presenter, member

2000-2008, AACR, AACR Neuro-Tumor Club, speaker, member

1998-2008, American Academy for Cancer Research, platform presenter, member

1999-2004, Am Society for Neural Transplantation & Repair, platform presenter, member,  awardee

2000, Am Association of Neurological Surgeons, platform presenter, awardee

2000 - 2003, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology Society, member

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 10/08.

2004, Research Award Recipient, Phi Beta Psi Sorority

2003, Career Development Award, Stop Cancer Foundation

2000, Young Investigator Award - CNS Section on Tumors, American Association of Neurosurgical Surgeons

1999, Student Travel Fellowship Awardee, American Society of Neural Transplantation & Repair

1998 - 1999, NICHD-NRSA Neurobiology Training Grant Awardee, Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

1997, Fellowship Awardee, Leffler Foundation, MGH, Harvard Medical School

1991 - 1993, Clinical Honors: Psychiatry, Ambulatory Medicine, Pathology, Neuropathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine