Paul Graham Fisher
Professor
Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Paul Graham Fisher is Chief of the Division of Child Neurology. He started his academic career at Johns Hopkins, and in 1997 he was recruited back to Stanford, where he started the pediatric brain tumor program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. His research explores the epidemiology, natural history, and disease patterns of brain tumors and other cancers in childhood, as well as prospective clinical trials for treating these neoplasms.
Research Interest
Cancer > Neuro Oncology, Neurology - Child Neurology, Neuro-Oncology and Neurology
Publications
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Merrihew LE, Fisher PG, Effinger KE (2015) Divergent Patterns of Incidence in Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 37: 502-506.
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Salloum R, Hummel TR, Kumar SS, Dorris K, Li S (2016) A molecular biology and phase II study of imetelstat (GRN163L) in children with recurrent or refractory central nervous system malignancies: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study. J Neurooncol 129: 443-451.
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Gholamin S, Mitra SS, Feroze AH, Liu J, Kahn SA et al (2017) Disrupting the CD47-SIRPα anti-phagocytic axis by a humanized anti-CD47 antibody is an efficacious treatment for malignant pediatric brain tumors. Sci Transl Med 9: eaaf2968.
