David A. Solomon

Associate Professor of Pathology

Clinical Focus

Neuropathology
Tumor neuropathology
Molecular neuropathology
Brain tumors
Nerve sheath tumors

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor - University Medical Line, Pathology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Administrative Appointments

Director of Neuropathology, Stanford University School of Medicine (2024 - Present)

Honors & Awards

R01 NS140465, Role: PD/PI, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH (2025)
Emerging Leader Award, The Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation (2025)
NF1 Next Generation Models Award, Gilbert Family Foundation (2024)
Molecular Pathology Award (role: PI/mentor), Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) (2023)
New Frontiers Research Award, UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (2022)
Rubinstein Award (role: PI/mentor), American Association for Neuropathologists (AANP) (2022)
Cotran Early Career Investigator Award, American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) (2022)
Moore Award (role: PI/mentor), American Association for Neuropathologists (AANP) (2021)
Ramzi S. Cotran Young Investigator Award, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2020)
Rubinstein Award, American Association for Neuropathologists (AANP) (2019)
Developmental Research Program Award, UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE (2019)
UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar Program, University of California, San Francisco (2016)
NIH Director's Early Independence Award (DP5), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (2015)
Career Development Research Award, UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE (2015)
Best abstract presentation at USCAP annual meeting, Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society (2015)
Best abstract presentation at USCAP annual meeting, International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology (2014)
Stowell-Orbison Award, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2014)
Julius R. Krevans Award for clinical excellence by an UCSF intern, San Francisco General Hospital (2013)
Stowell-Orbison Award, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2013)
Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2012)
Future Leaders in Basic Cancer Research Award, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (2012)
Robert Dickson Graduate Prize, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center (2011)
Clifford C. Kaslow Research Achievement Award, Georgetown University Medical Center (2011)
Best poster presentation, Lombardi Research Day, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center (2011)
Robert Dickson Graduate Prize, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center (2010)
Best poster presentation, Student Research Day, Georgetown University Biomedical Graduate Exposition (2010)
Best poster presentation, Student Research Day, Georgetown University Biomedical Graduate Exposition (2009)
Clifford C. Kaslow Research Achievement Award, Georgetown University Medical Center (2008)
Best poster presentation, Student Research Day, Georgetown University Biomedical Graduate Exposition (2008)
Strauss Physician-Scientist Training Fellowship, Georgetown University School of Medicine (2004)
Winning image, Cell of the month image competition, Nature journals (2004)
Scholar-in-training travel grant to Genes, Environment & Disease Conference, Harvard Medical School, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH) (2003)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute student research grants, College of William and Mary Undergraduate Science Education and Research Program (2000)
William and Mary Monroe Scholar, College of William and Mary (1998)
National Merit Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Program (1998)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Adult Molecular Tumor Board Leadership, Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) (2025 - Present)
Molecular Pathology Track Chair, Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) (2024 - Present)
Senior Associate Editor, Brain Pathology (2020 - Present)
Pediatric Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee standing member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (2020 - 2023)
Editorial board, Acta Neuropathologica (2018 - Present)
Awards Committee member, American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) (2019 - 2022)
Member, American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) (2018 - Present)
Member, Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) (2018 - Present)
Awards Committee member, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2017 - 2020)
Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (2016 - Present)
Member, American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) (2015 - Present)
Member, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2013 - Present)
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002 - Present)

Professional Education

Board Certification, American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Neuropathology (2017)
Neuropathology Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, Neuropathology (2016)
Pathology Residency, University of California, San Francisco, Anatomic Pathology (2014)
Ph.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, Tumor Biology (2012)
M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, Medicine (2012)
Post-baccaulareate research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cancer Biology (2004)
B.S., College of William and Mary, Molecular and Cellular Biology; Chemistry (2002)

Contact

Academic solomond@stanford.edu

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Department of Pathology 300 Pasteur Dr Rm L235 MC 5324 Stanford CA 94305 Tel: (650) 723-7211 Fax: (650) 723-7409

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David A. Solomon

Associate Professor of Pathology