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Brian D. Weiss, MD

Appointment

Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Email

brian.weiss@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-9863

Fax

513-636-3549

Credentials

MD: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1993

Residency and Chief Residency: Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1993-1997

Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1997-2000

Certification

National Medical Board, 1994
Pediatrics, 1996, 2002
Pediatric Hematology-Onoclogy, 2000, 2007

Awards and Honors

  • Frank A. Campini Research Fellow
  • Patriot Award, US Armed Forces
  • Intern teaching Award
  • Editor-in-chief, Northwestern University Medical Center Literary Journal

Research

Principal Investigator for:

  • NF Consortium Study 102: mTOR Inhibitors for NF-Related Plexiform Neurofibromas
  • ANBL07P1: A COG Pilot Study of Intensive Induction Therapy and 131I-MIBG with Myeloablative Carboplatin, Etoposide and Melphalan (CEM) for Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Neuroblastoma

Vice-Chair for:

  • N2007-01: A NANT Phase 1 Study of Ultratrace Iobenguane I 131 in Patients with Relapsed / Refractory High-Risk Neuroblastoma
  • A COG Study of Sorafenib and Low Dose Chemotherapy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

Publications, Most Recent

Connect to Brian Weiss' publications on PubMed

Wagner LM, McLendon RE, Yoon KJ, Weiss B, Billups C, and Danks M: Targeting methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in the treatment of neuroblastoma. Clin Cancer Res 13:5418-25, 2007

Geiger H, Schleimer D, Nattamai KJ, Dannenmann S, Davies SM, Weiss B. Mutagenic Potential of Temozolomide in Bone Marrow Cells In Vivo. Blood 107(7): 3010-1, 2006.

Weiss B and Shannon K. Preliminary Examples of Preclinical Trials, in Mouse Models of Cancer, ed. Eric Holland. Wiley-Liss, 2004.

Presentations, Most Recent

  • International JMML Symposium, December 2007
  • NF Consortium, November 2007
  • Children's Oncology Group, October 2007
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 2007
  • NF Consortium, June 2007
  • Akron Children's Hospital, May 2007
  • Children's Oncology Group, October 2006
  • American Society of Hematology, December 2005
  • Children's Oncology Group, October 2005
  • St. Elizabeth's Hospital, January 2005

Professional Organization Memberships

  • American Society of Hematology
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • International JMML Foundation, Medical Advisory Board Member
  • COG High-Risk Neuroblastoma Task Force
  • Children's Oncology Group-member

Special Interests

  • Targeted Agents for Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Related Malignancies (including plexiform neurofibromas, optic pathway gliomas, and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia)
  • High-risk neuroblastoma and I131-MIBG Treatment for treatment of Neuroblastoma
  • Molecular Investigations of Cyclophosphamide-Induced Myeloid Leukemia (t-AML/t-MDS)
  • New Approaches to Targeting and Killing Neuroblastoma Cells

Related Areas

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