Selected Presentations & Appearances
From Forgotten to Focus: The Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
· 2018
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke Oncology Network,
Durham, NC
Filling a Void: The Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
- Grand Rounds
· 2018
Invited Talk
Duke Dept of Hematology Oncology,
Durham, NC
Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Minimally Invasive Tool for Lesion Ablation
- Grand Rounds
· 2018
Invited Talk
Duke Dept of Neurology,
Durham, NC
Arresting Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration in GBM
· 2018
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
National Brain SPORE Meeting,
Amelia Island, FL
Forging an Academic Neurosurgery Career
· 2018
National Scientific Meeting
Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
Houston, TX
An Update on Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma
· 2018
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
New Orleans, LA
An Update on Glioma Reclassification: Distilling it down to what you need to know
· 2018
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
New Orleans, LA
Trapped! A T cell Horror Story in GBM
· 2018
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
New Orleans, LA
Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Minimally Invasive Tool for Lesion Ablation
· 2018
Visiting Professorship Lecture
Methodist Hospital,
Houston, TX
Arresting Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration in GBM
· 2018
International Meeting or Conference
International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy,
Solstrand, Norway
Arresting Bone Marrow T cell Sequestraiton in GBM
- Duke Cancer Review
· 2018
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke Cancer Institute,
Cary, NC
Sad, Scrawny, and Sequestered: The Plight of the T cell in GBM
· 2017
Visiting Professorship Lecture
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD
An Update on Intracranial Tumors: From Mutations to Lasers to T cells
· 2017
Invited Talk
Johnston-Willis Hospital,
Richmond, VA
Countering T cell Exhaustion: Awakening the Anti-Glioma Immune Response
· 2017
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
National Brain SPORE Meeting,
Cary, NC
Filling the Void: The Duke Center for Brain Metastasis
- Annual Meeting of the Shingleton Society
· 2017
Keynote/Named Lecture
Duke Cancer Institute,
Durham, NC
Lost and Found: Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration and GBM
· 2017
Visiting Professorship Lecture
Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL
An Update on Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma
· 2017
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Los Angeles, CA
Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Minimally Invasive Tool for Lesion Ablation
- Grand Rounds
· 2017
Lecture
Duke Dept of Radiation Oncology,
Durham, NC
Forging a Career as a Physician (or even Neurosurgeon) Scientist
- Annual Retreat
· 2017
Keynote/Named Lecture
Medical Scientist Training Program,
Wilmington, NC
Sad, Scrawny, and Sequestered: The Plight of the T cell in GBM
· 2017
Visiting Professorship Lecture
University Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Sad, Scrawny, and Sequestered: The Plight of the T cell in GBM
- The Christopher Davidson Forum
· 2017
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Washington University,
St. Louis, MO
Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Minimally Invasive Tool for Lesion Ablation
· 2017
Visiting Professorship Lecture
University of Buffalo,
Buffalo, NY
Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Minimally Invasive Tool for Lesion Ablation
· 2017
Visiting Professorship Lecture
Miami Cancer Institute,
Miami, FL
Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma: Opportunities for Interface with Industry
· 2017
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Los Angeles, CA
An Update on Glioma Reclassification: Distilling it down to what you need to know
· 2017
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Los Angeles, CA
Forging an Academic Neurosurgery Career
- R25 Workshop
· 2016
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD
Forging an Academic Neurosurgery Career
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
San Diego, CA
Barriers to Effective Immunotherapy in GBM: A Primer on T cell Dysfunction
- Annual Retreat
· 2016
Keynote/Named Lecture
Duke Dept of Pathology,
Durham, NC
Barriers to Effective Immunotherapy in GBM: A Primer on T cell Dysfunction
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
Scottsdale, AZ
Informed Immunity: Steering the Ship Toward Intolerance
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
Scottsdale, AZ
Clinical Trials Update: Act IV
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
San Diego, CA
Barriers to Effective Immunotherapy in GBM: A Primer on T cell Dysfunction
- The Christopher Davidson Forum
· 2016
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Washington University,
St. Louis, MO
Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration and GBM
· 2016
Visiting Professorship Lecture
New York University,
New York, NY
Vaccines and Other Immunotherapies for Glioblastoma (Made Easy)
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Chicago, IL
An Update on Glioma Reclassification: Distilling it down to what you need to know
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Chicago, IL
GBM: A Propagator of Ignorance
· 2016
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Sontag Foundation,
Palm Springs, CA
T cell Dysfunction in GBM: Barriers to Effective Immunotherapy
· 2016
International Meeting or Conference
Prince Mahidol Award Conference,
Bangkok, Thailand
Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration and GBM: The Dilemma of the T cell Ignoramus
· 2016
International Meeting or Conference
International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy,
Okinawa, Japan
An Update on Surgical Thinking for Brain Tumors: A Practical, Bottom-Line Guide to Incoporating New Understanding
- Grand Rounds
· 2016
Lecture
Duke Dept of Radiation Oncology,
Durham, NC
Cancer Vaccines for Glioblastoma (Made Easy)
· 2016
International Meeting or Conference
Prince Mahidol Award Conference,
Bangkok, Thailand
Mechanisms of Immunosuppression in Glioblastoma
· 2015
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
San Antonio, TX
Barriers to Effective Immunotherapy in GBM: A Primer on T cell Dysfunction
· 2015
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
San Antonio, TX
Cancer Vaccines for Glioblastoma
· 2015
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
San Antonio, TX
The Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment: Breaking the Stalemate, Battling T-cell Exhaustion along the Road to Rejection
· 2015
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Washington, D.C.
Balancing the Attack: Research and clinical innovations in the treatment of intracranial tumors
- Grand Rounds
· 2015
Invited Talk
Duke Dept of Neurology,
Durham, NC
Lost and Found: Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration and GBM
· 2014
Visiting Professorship Lecture
Cornell University,
New York, NY
Lost and Found: Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration and GBM
· 2014
Visiting Professorship Lecture
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Sydney, Australia
Lost and Found II: The Bone Marrow as Harbor for Lost T-cells in Patients and Mice with Glioblastoma
- Brain Tumor Center Lecture Series
· 2014
Invited Talk
Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke,
Durham, NC
Lost and Found: Therapeutic Implications of Bone Marrow as Harbor for Lost T-cells in Glioma
- Grand Rounds
· 2013
Lecture
Massachusetts General Hospital Dept of Neurosurgery,
Boston, MA
Of Mice and Men
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
San Francisco, CA
Lost and Found: Bone Marrow T cell Sequestration and GBM
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
American Academy of Neurological Surgeons,
Newport Beach, CA
Lost and Found II: The Bone Marrow as Harbor for Lost T-cells in Patients and Mice with Glioblastoma
- Grand Rounds
· 2013
Lecture
Massachusetts General Hospital Dept of Neurosurgery,
Boston, MA
Malignant Brain Tumors: The Path to Intolerance
· 2013
Visiting Professorship Lecture
University of California San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Lost and Found: Therapeutic Implications of Bone Marrow as Harbor for Lost T-cells in Glioma
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
New Orleans, LA
Lost and Found: Therapeutic Implications of Bone Marrow as Harbor for Lost T-cells in Glioma
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
New England Neurosurgical Society,
Brewster, MA
Of Mice and Men
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
New England Neurosurgical Society,
Brewster, MA
Malignant Brain Tumors: The Path to Intolerance
· 2012
Visiting Professorship Lecture
Montreal Neurologic Institute,
Montreal, Quebec, CA
Malignant Brain Tumors: The Path to Intolerance
· 2012
Lecture
Dana Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, MA
Malignant Brain Tumors: The Path to Intolerance
- Grand Rounds
· 2012
Lecture
Massachusetts General Hospital Dept of Neurosurgery,
Boston, MA
Fostering Intolerance: Preclinical modeling of CTLA-4 Blockade in Glioblastoma
· 2012
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
Washington, D.C.
Glioblastoma: Ushering in a New Standard of Care
- Grand Rounds
· 2009
Lecture
Massachusetts General Hospital Dept of Neurosurgery,
Boston, MA
The Role of Regulatory T-cells as Barriers to Cellular and Anti-tumor Immunity in Patients with Malignant Glioma
· 2006
Keynote/Named Lecture
Society for Neuro-Oncology,
Orlando, FL
Partnering Regulatory T-cell Depletion with Radiotherapy
· 2006
National Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
San Francisco, CA
Academic & Administrative Activities
Director, Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
Director, Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program
Associate Deputy Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke
Associate Program Director, Duke Neurosurgery Residency
Director, Duke Neurosurgery Clinical Research Unit
Director for Third Year Research in the Neurosciences, Duke University School of Medicine