Key Documents
Curriculum Vitae available Online
Griffith Harsh
- Professor - Med Center Line, Neurosurgery
- Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
- Member, Bio-X
- Member, Cancer Center
Contact Information
- Clinical Offices
Neurosurgery 875 Blake Wilbur Dr Clinic D Stanford, CA 94305 Telephone Work (650) 736-9976 Fax (650) 498-4686
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email gharsh@stanford.edu Tel (650) 725-0701Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Clinical Focus
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Acoustic Neuroma - Head and Neck Surgery
- Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors
- Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neuro Oncology
- Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neurosurgery
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Germ Cell Tumors - Neurosurgery
- Leptommeningeal Disease
- Leptommeningeal Disease - Neurosurgery
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias - Neurosurgery
- Neuroendocrine
- Neuroendocrine - Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Pituitary Adenomas
- Pituitary Adenomas - Neurosurgery
- Skull Base Tumors
- Skull Base Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery
- Skull Base Tumors - Neurosurgery
- Spinal Cancer
- Spinal Cancer - Neurosurgery
- Spinal Cancer - Surgery
Department
- Cancer > Neuro Oncology
Administrative Appointments
- Program Director, Stanford Neurosurgery Resident Training Program , (2004– 2006 )
- Surgical Director, Stanford Pituitary Center , (2004– 2006 )
- Director, Stanford Surgical Neuro-oncology , (1998– 2006 )
Honors and Awards
- Excellence in Resident Teaching, Stanford Neurosurgery (2000)
- Outstanding Teacher Award, MGH Neurosurgery (1994)
- Golden Amygdala Teaching Award, UCSF Neurosurgery (1990)
- Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes Trust (1975-1978)
Professional Education
- University of Pittsburgh (1990) PA
- Board Certification: Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery (1989)
- UCSF Medical Center (1986) CA
- UCSF Medical Center (1985) CA
- UCSF Medical Center (1981) CA USA
- Harvard Medical School (1980) MA
- MBA, Boston University Business Administration (1990)
- MD, Harvard Medical School Medicine (1980)
- MA, Oxford University Neuroscience (1978)
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Research Interests
Microsurgical treatment of tumors of the brain, spinal cord, pituitary gland and skull base;
Radiosurgery of tumors;
Molecular biology of brain tumors.
Clinical Trials
- Phase I Vorinostat Concurrent with Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) in Brain Metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Recruiting
- Phase I/II Study of Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Treat Large Brain Metastases Recruiting
- An Open-Labeled, Extended-Use of XERECEPT (hCRF) for Patients in Studies NTI 0302, 0303, or Other Designated Studies Completed
- Phase I Trial of Arsenic Trioxide and Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Recurrent Malignant Glioma Completed
- XERECEPT® (hCRF) for Patients Requiring Dexamethasone to Treat Edema Associated With Brain Tumors Completed
- XERECEPT® (hCRF) for Primary Glioma Patients Requiring Dexamethasone to Treat Peritumoral Brain Edema No longer recruiting
Publications
- Neurosurgery. 2008; (3): 435-40; discussion 440-2
- Neurosurg Focus. 2007; (3): E7
- Pituitary. 2007; (1): 19-25
- J Clin Oncol. 2006; (2): 274-87
- Cancer Res. 2005; (10): 4088-96
- Hum Pathol. 2005; (6): 665-9
- J Neurosurg. 2005; (5 Suppl): 446-50
- Neurosurgery. 2005; (6): E1316; discussion E1316
- Cancer Res. 2005; (19): 8679-89
- Cerebrovasc Dis. 2005; (1): 23-7
- Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2005; (1): 107-31, ix
- J Mol Diagn. 2005; (2): 171-82
- Anticancer Res. 2004 Jan-Feb; (1): 1-10
- J Magn Reson Imaging. 2003; (5): 530-6
- J Adolesc Health. 2003; (1): 89-93
- Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003; (4): 1159-73
- Neurol Res. 2003; (7): 729-38
- J Neurosurg. 2003; (5): 1120-3
- J Neurosurg. 2002; (2): 368-72
- Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2002; (1): 35-44
- J Neurooncol. 2001; (1): 27-32
- Neurosurg Focus. 2001; (3): E8
- Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000; (5): 1737-41
- J Neurosurg. 2000; (5): 804-11