Journal of Neuro-Oncology and Neuroscience Open Access

Samuel H. Cheshier

Biography

Education: 1.Robin and Judith Humphreys Fellowship in Paediatric, Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario 2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Neurosurgical Residency 3.Stanford University School of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology, Postdoctoral Fellowship. Awards/Accomplishments: 1.National Science Foundation Center for the Advancement of Mathematics and Science at UCLA Research Scholar 1992-1993 2.Medical Scientist Training Program Research Fellowship,1993-2001 3.U.S. Patent 12041538. Wnts as Therapeutic Tools for Neural Regeneration Co-Inventors: Kalani Y,Cheshier SH; Nusse R, 2006 4.Stanford University School of Medicine Faculty Fellow 2013-2014 Grants: National Institutes of Health-MSTP Fellowship 1993 The Dana Foundation Research Grant-PI 2013 Matthew Larson Foundation Research Grant-PI 2015 Center of Excellence Faculty Scholar- PI 2015 Publications: 1. Feng M, Chen JY, Weissman-Tsukamoto R, Volkmer JP, Ho PY, McKenna KM, Cheshier S, Zhang M, Guo N, Gip P, Mitra SS, Weissman IL. Macrophages eat cancer cells using their own calreticulin as a guide: roles of TLR and Btk. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(7):2145-50. February 2015. 2. Gholamin S, Mitra S, Liu J, A. Feroze A, Zhang M, Kahn S, Esparza R, Richard C, Ramaswamy V, Remke M, Volkmer A, Willingham S, Ponnuswami A, McCarthy A, Storm T, Schubert S, Chu P, Raab E, Harsh IV G, Taylor MD, Monje M, Cho YJ, Majeti R, Volkmer J, Grant G, Steinberg G, Vogel H, Edwards M, Weissman IL, Cheshier S. Disrupting the CD47-Sirpa anti-phagocytic axis by a humanized anti-CD47 antibody is a common and efficacious treatment modality for malignant pediatric brain tumors. In resubmission to Science-Translational Medicine April 2015. 3. Cheshier SH, Proshaka S, Weissman I. Effect of bleeding on hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and self-renewal. Stem Cells Dev. 16(5):707-17, 2007.

Research Interest

Neurosurgery Operative Neurosurgical Techniques Paediatric Neurosurgery Neurology and Neurological Sciences