@bnamdphd

pediatric/adult neuro-oncologist & NF-ologist at @ucsfhospitals @ucsfchildrens | #NF #SWN #AYA

 San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2020
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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFOct 21
Congratulations to @RaminMorshedMD, David Raleigh, MD, PhD (@LabRaleigh), and their colleagues for receiving the @CNS_Update Paper of the Year Award for tumor! 🏆 🎉 @CNS_Update @NeurosurgeryCNS #meningioma journals.lww.com/neurosurger…
Graphic highlighting the 2026 Paper of the Year: Tumor Award that shows headshot photos of Ramin Morshed, MD, and David Raleigh, MD, PhD, the study's corresponding authors. Text below their photos is the publication citation. The Impact of MRI-Defined Extent of Resection Across Meningioma DNA Methylation Groups: Re-Evaluating Surgery in the Era of Meningioma Molecular Classification. Morshed et al. (2025) Neurosurgery 97(2): 310-319.

ALT Graphic highlighting the 2026 Paper of the Year: Tumor Award that shows headshot photos of Ramin Morshed, MD, and David Raleigh, MD, PhD, the study's corresponding authors. Text below their photos is the publication citation. The Impact of MRI-Defined Extent of Resection Across Meningioma DNA Methylation Groups: Re-Evaluating Surgery in the Era of Meningioma Molecular Classification. Morshed et al. (2025) Neurosurgery 97(2): 310-319.

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Honored to have a great translational research partner and collaborator - excited to continue to build on this foundation through excellent clinical care, research, and education to serve our #NF patients and families. #EndNF
UCSF Radiation Oncology@UCSFRadOncOct 14
Exciting 2 papers from @VasuLabUCSF advancing clinical risk stratification & biomarker discovery for neurofibromatosis (NF)! Understanding & assess NF-associated tumors @bnamdphd academic.oup.com/neuro-onc-p… & *Kanish Mirchia academic.oup.com/neuro-oncol… @NeurosurgUCSF @NeuroOnc
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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFOct 13
In a new #NeuroOncologyPractices study, UCSF neurosurgery resident @JoeSChen_, @UCSFHospitals neurosurgeon @RaminMorshedMD, and their colleagues show that maximal safe resection is an important part of the multimodal treatment of oligometastic disease. 🔗 academic.oup.com/nop/advance…
Graphic showing headshots of Joseph Chen, MD, and Ramin Morshed, MD, over a background histology image of a brain metastasis. Text banner has the publication citation: Development of a Patient Selection Algorithm for Surgical Resection in Brain Oligometastases. Chen JS et al. Neuro-Oncol Pract. 2026 Oct 6: npag099. Online ahead of print.

ALT Graphic showing headshots of Joseph Chen, MD, and Ramin Morshed, MD, over a background histology image of a brain metastasis. Text banner has the publication citation: Development of a Patient Selection Algorithm for Surgical Resection in Brain Oligometastases. Chen JS et al. Neuro-Oncol Pract. 2026 Oct 6: npag099. Online ahead of print.

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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
Michelle Monje 🟦
@michelle_monjeSep 20
Brain cancers take advantage of neural circuit activity. Re-purposing an anti-seizure med called levetiracetam disrupts an important neuron-cancer interaction in #DMG #DIPG, slowing growth and extending survival in mice and retrospective patient data. nature.com/articles/s41591-0…

Levetiracetam therapeutically targets GABAergic synapses in diffuse midline glioma

Nature Medicine - Results of this study show in experimental models and data from patient cohorts that the antiseizure medication levetiracetam is associated with longer survival and reduced tumor...

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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
Manish Aghi, MD PhD@ManishKAghiAug 14
Excited to publish the latest story in my lab's long-standing collaboration with @kumarlabucb in which we continue our efforts to use bioengineered hydrogels and large-scale screens to identify novel druggable mediators of the invasion that is a defining hallmark of glioblastoma.
JCI insight
@JCI_insightAug 14
Envisioning therapeutic agents that target invasion in aggressive brain cancer: doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.… Here, Sanjay Kumar @kumarlabucb @UCBerkeley, Manish K. Aghi @ManishKAghi & team @UCSFCancer applied a druggable genome screen to #Glioblastoma cells invading brain-mimetic hydrogels, revealing Aurora B and LMW-PTP as invasion mediators. Time-lapse video of 3D hydrogel invasion shown at 10x original playback @the_asci
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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFApr 9
In a new @JAMAOnc study, @LabRaleigh and colleagues report the results from a prospective genomic profiling analysis of more than 1100 meningiomas. Their findings could help guide evolving diagnostic criteria and clinical trial design: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… @UCSFRadOnc
Graphic showing an MRI scan of a meningioma. Text banner with the publication citation reads, Prospective Genomic Profiling of Consecutive Meningiomas. Nguyen MP, Mirchia K, Braman BC, et al. (2026) JAMA Oncol.

ALT Graphic showing an MRI scan of a meningioma. Text banner with the publication citation reads, Prospective Genomic Profiling of Consecutive Meningiomas. Nguyen MP, Mirchia K, Braman BC, et al. (2026) JAMA Oncol.

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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFApr 10
A philanthropically supported phase 1 clinical trial led by @UCSFHospitals neuro-oncologist Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH, shows that a personalized treatment strategy with multiple targeted therapies is feasible for recurrent #glioblastoma: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/ne… #PrecisionMedicine
An illustration of DNA double helices is shown next to UCSF neuro-oncologist Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH.

ALT An illustration of DNA double helices is shown next to UCSF neuro-oncologist Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH.

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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFFeb 24
We’re proud to be partnering with Montage Health to bring advanced neurosurgical care to the Monterey Bay Area! At the first annual Monterey Neuroscience Symposium, experts from our team described the innovations reshaping the treatment of brain tumors, stroke & spinal disorders.
(L to R) Tyler Cole, MD, Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD, Dragan Dimitrov, MD, Keiko Fukuda, MD and Edward Chang MD attend the 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium.

ALT (L to R) Tyler Cole, MD, Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD, Dragan Dimitrov, MD, Keiko Fukuda, MD and Edward Chang MD attend the 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium.

Dragan Dimitrov, MD, Medical Director at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for UCSF, presenting his talk, “Avoiding the Wrong Surgery: When Fusion Helps and When it Hurts."

ALT Dragan Dimitrov, MD, Medical Director at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for UCSF, presenting his talk, “Avoiding the Wrong Surgery: When Fusion Helps and When it Hurts."

Attendees of the 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium.

ALT Attendees of the 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium.

Brian Toyota, MD, UCSF’s Regional Director of Neurosciences Network, attends the 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium.

ALT Brian Toyota, MD, UCSF’s Regional Director of Neurosciences Network, attends the 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium.

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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFFeb 3
We’re pleased to welcome Martin van den Bent, MD, PhD, as an adjunct professor! In addition to mentoring faculty and residents, he is helping increase @UCSF's role in large international clinical trials: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/ne… @UCSFHospitals @ErasmusMC @EANOassociation
Quote card for neuro-oncologist Martin van den Bent, MD, PhD: "...for some of the questions that we are studying, you need to collaborate to make sure what you are finding is not just true at your institution but across institutions."

ALT Quote card for neuro-oncologist Martin van den Bent, MD, PhD: "...for some of the questions that we are studying, you need to collaborate to make sure what you are finding is not just true at your institution but across institutions."

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What a great #NF1 Family Symposium at @ChildrensLA! Thankful for the invitation to present on Transition to Adult Care & Adult/#AYA #NF1 Care by the CHLA NF Team - I learned a lot too. Grateful for our dedicated community; I definitely do not miss the traffic, though! #EndNF
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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSFJan 6
More than five years later, @Cronutt1 is still seizure-free and living his best life @sixflagsDK after receiving an experimental therapy with transplanted interneuron progenitor cells developed by the @BarabanLab: youtu.be/hZpFH5J5lbo @UCSF @Claire_Simeone @UCI_EpiCenter
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Holding the fort down at @NeurosurgUCSF #NeuroOnc Day after #Christmas Fri-YAY clinic with fellow junior faculty! Missing @JennieWTaylor (who is on a much needed vacation but still answering emails, lol). Happy to report that all patients were seen and cared for. :)
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Congratulations to @UCSF physician scientist @sjohnliu for being named one of this year's @sontagfdn Distinguished Scientists! 🎉 This award supports his lab's research using functional genomics to study treatment resistance in #glioblastoma: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/u… @UCSFRadOnc
The Liu lab with Scott Davis, the managing director of the Sontag Innovation Fund, and Hilary Keeley, the executive director of the Sontag Foundation.

ALT The Liu lab with Scott Davis, the managing director of the Sontag Innovation Fund, and Hilary Keeley, the executive director of the Sontag Foundation.

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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
JCI insight
@JCI_insight6 Oct 2025
NF1 is frequently mutated in #glioblastoma, yet therapies targeting this alteration often fall short. @VasuLabUCSF & team @UCSF now show NF1 mutant glioblastomas exhibit prognostic signatures with distinct sensitivity to MEK inhibition: insight.jci.org/articles/vie…
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Looking forward to working with Chris and her amazing team to applying what she and our Neuro-Cognitive Team has learned for our pediatric brain tumor survivors! #pediatricbraintumors
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSF23 Nov 2025
Congratulations to Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD, for receiving the 2025 Survivorship Award for her research on tele-cognitive rehabilitation for adult lower grade glioma. 🎉 Check it out here ➡️ virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/… #SNO2025 @NeuroOnc
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On behalf of our #Neurofibromatosis Program, I was honored to present our initial findings at #SNO2025 on our 369 #NF1 patient cohort at @ucsfhealth - looking forward to building on these findings with @VasuLabUCSF and colleagues at @UCSF & beyond. #EndNF
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Brian Na, MD PhD retweeted
RaleighLab@LabRaleigh23 Nov 2025
Zora Arum from @LabRaleigh presenting on the development and implementation of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary #meningioma program at #sno2025. @NeurosurgUCSF @UCSFRadOnc @UCSF @UCSFCancer
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.@NeuroOnc president-elect Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, giving a beautiful overview of advances in mapping and image-guided neurosurgery for brain tumors. Surgical goals have evolved with better subgroup analysis and techniques have evolved alongside to maximize safey. #SNO2025
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David Raleigh, MD, PhD, presenting data from @LabRaleigh on genomic profiling of over 1000 consecutive, prospective meningiomas to a full house at #SNO2025. Understanding the molecular alterations of these tumors is leading to better biomarkers of treatment response.
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An inspiring keynote lecture by @UCSFChildrens pediatric neuro-oncologist Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD, on her work with @PNOC_kids to launch international clinical trials of effective combination therapies for children diagnosed with #DIPG and #DMG. #UCSFProud #SNO2025
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