Current Research and Scholarly Interests
My research interests were quite varied. I provided pathology support for several Stanford radiologists using MRI-guided minimally-invasive therapies for the ablation of prostate cancer (focused ultrasound, cryoablation, laser). Histopathological evaluation of induced lesions provided the radiologists with feedback necessary to optimize their procedures, and interpret real-time MR images in order to guarantee the most effective cancer treatment. I also worked with several radiation oncologists who studied and tested hypoxic cytotoxic drugs as cancer treatments. Other interests of mine were phenotypic analysis of transgenic and knockout mice, the use of genetically engineered mice to understand host pathogen interactions, and infectious diseases of frogs.
