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Paul Graham Fisher

Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Fisher/

Contact:
Name: Gina Anderson
Title: Administrative Assistant
Email: ganderson@stanfordmed.org
Phone: 650-725-8630

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Associate Professor - Med Center Line
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Associate Professor - Med Center Line
Pediatrics
Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy)
Neurosurgery
Member
Cancer Center
Clinical Specialties
Neuro Oncology: Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors, Leptomeningeal Disease, Skull Base Tumors, Spinal Cancer  

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Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Neurology and Neurol Sciences ; Neurosurgery ;
 
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
B.A.
Stanford University
Human Biology
1985
M.D.
UCSF
Medicine
1989
Research Interests

Clinical neuro-oncology: My research explores the epidemiology, natural history, and disease patterns of brain tumors in childhood, as well as prospective clinical trials for treating these neoplasms. Research interests also include neurologic effects of cancer and its therapies, and childhood headaches.

Publications
  • Dearlove JV, Fisher PG, Buffler PA "Family History of Cancer Among Children With Brain Tumors: A Critical Review." J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2008; 30: 1: 8-14 More »
  • Fisher PG, "The value of transillumination in the diagnosis of hydraencephaly." J Pediatr 2007; 150: 1: 88 More »
  • Minn AY, Fisher PG, Barnes PD, Dahl GV "In cyclosporine-induced neurotoxicity, is tacrolimus an appropriate substitute or is it out of the frying pan and into the fire?-Response." Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007; More »
  • Schiffman JD, Chun N, Fisher PG, Dahl GV, Ford JM, Eggerding FA "Identification of a novel p53 in-frame deletion in a Li-Fraumeni-like family." Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007; More »
  • Fisher PG, "50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics The social management of the epileptic child and his parents." J Pediatr 2007; 151: 2: 172 More »
37 publications:   view full list