Forum for Advanced Imaging Research (FAIR): Brain Tumor Update

Date

May 27, 202005/27/2020 12:00pm 05/27/2020 12:00pm Forum for Advanced Imaging Research (FAIR): Brain Tumor Update

Connect via Zoom at: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zq7LSV3-QTahjvR81yJrCg

2111 America/Los_Angeles public

Type

FAIR

Time Duration

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

Virtual Meeting

Speakers

Yan Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiology
School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

"MR Metabolic Imaging in Brain Tumors"

Dr. Yan Li joined UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging as an Assistant Professor in March 2019. Dr. Li received her medical degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, Master of Science in Biochemistry from McGill University in Canada, and PhD from the UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering. Before accepting current position, she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Sarah Nelson as a post-doctoral fellow and later as an assistant research scientist. See more.

Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiology
School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

"PET in Neuro-Oncology at UCSF"

Javier Villanueva­-Meyer, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Neuroradiology subspecialty section in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and he completed his one-year internship at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke. Dr. Villanueva-­Meyer completed his four-year diagnostic radiology residency at the UCSF, followed by a Neuroradiology fellowship at UCSF. He also completed a NIH T32 post-doctoral fellowship in the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. See More.

Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

"Optimizing Radiotherapy Delivery for High Grade Glioma"

Dr. Braunstein is a radiation oncologist with a clinical interest in the treatment of pediatric, central nervous system, and soft tissue malignancies. He has expertise in modern radiation therapy techniques including stereotactic radiotherapy (Gamma Knife, Cyberknife, Linac-based SBRT), intraoperative radiotherapy, and intensity modulated radiation therapy. See more.