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Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Administrative Director, National Brain Tumor Translational Research Grant, awarded by AANS/CNS Tumor section, National American Academy of Neurological Surgery, National American Association for Cancer Research, National American Association for the Advancement of Science, National American Association of Neurological Surgeons , National American Association of Neurological Surgeons Research Foundation , National Congress of Neurological Surgeons , National Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review Program, Department of Medical Research, National Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia , Local National Institutes of Health Challenge Grant Program, National National Institutes of Health Oncological Sciences Study Section (Pathology B, C, Cancer Molecular Pathobiology, Tumor Cell Biology, Tumor Progression & Metastasis, Developmental Therapeutics Study Sections), National National Institutes of Health, Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments SBIR/STTR Panel, National National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Brain Cancer Review Cluster Panel , National Osler Institute, Annual Neurosurgery Oral Board Review Course , National Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, National Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society, Local Philadelphia Neurological Society , Local Section on Tumors, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons, National Society for Neuro-Oncology , National Society for Neuro-Oncology, National Society for Neuroscience , National Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institutes for Health, National The Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom, Scientific Review Committee, International

Hospital Privileges:

• Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Selected Publications:

Bloch O, Lim M, Sughrue ME, Komotar RJ, Abrahams JM, O’Rourke DM, D’Ambrosio A, Bruce JN, Parsa AT.: Autologous Heat Shock Protein Peptide Vaccination for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: Impact of Peripheral PD-L-1 Expression on Response to Therapy. Clin Cancer Res. : 2017.

Spaethling JM, Na Y-J, Lee J, Ulyanova AV, Baltuch GH, Bell TJ, Brem S, Chen HI, Dueck H, Fisher SA, Garcia MP, Khaladkar M, Kung DK, Lucas TH, O’Rourke DM, Stefanik D, Wang J, Wolf JA, Bartfai T, Grady MS, Sul J-Y, Kim J, Eberwine JH.: Primary cell culture of live neurosurgically resected aged adult human brajn cells and single cell transcriptomics. Cell Reports 18 (3): 791-803,2017.

Sahin N, Mohan S, Maralani PJ, Duddukuri S, O'Rourke DM, Melhem ER, Wolf RL.: Assignment Confidence in Localization of the Hand Motor Cortex: Comparison of Structural Imaging With Functional MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 207 (6): 1263-1270,2016.

Huang Menggui, Liu Tianrun, Ma Peihong, Mitteer R Alan, Zhang Zhenting, Kim Hyun Jun, Yeo Eujin, Zhang Duo, Cai Peiqiang, Li Chunsheng, Zhang Lin, Zhao Botao, Roccograndi Laura, O'Rourke Donald M, Dahmane Nadia, Gong Yanqing, Koumenis Constantinos, Fan Yi: c-Met-mediated endothelial plasticity drives aberrant vascularization and chemoresistance in glioblastoma. The Journal of clinical investigation 126 (5): 1804-14,2016.

Akbari Hamed, Macyszyn Luke, Da Xiao, Bilello Michel, Wolf Ronald L, Martinez-Lage Maria, Biros George, Alonso-Basanta Michelle, OʼRourke Donald M, Davatzikos Christos: Imaging Surrogates of Infiltration Obtained Via Multiparametric Imaging Pattern Analysis Predict Subsequent Location of Recurrence of Glioblastoma. Neurosurgery 78 (4): 572-80,2016.

Macyszyn Luke, Akbari Hamed, Pisapia Jared M, Da Xiao, Attiah Mark, Pigrish Vadim, Bi Yingtao, Pal Sharmistha, Davuluri Ramana V, Roccograndi Laura, Dahmane Nadia, Martinez-Lage Maria, Biros George, Wolf Ronald L, Bilello Michel, O'Rourke Donald M, Davatzikos Christos: Imaging patterns predict patient survival and molecular subtype in glioblastoma via machine learning techniques. Neuro-oncology 18 (3): 417-25,2016.

Bilello M, Akbari H, Da X, Pisapia JM, Mohan S, Wolf RL, O'Rourke DM, Martinez-Lage M, Davatzikos C.: Population-based MRI atlases of spatial distribution are specific to patient and tumor characteristics in glioblastoma. Neuroimage Clin. 12 : 34-40,2016.

Chowdhury Imran H, Ojerholm Eric, McMillan Matthew T, Miller Denise, Kolker James D, Kurtz Goldie, Dorsey Jay F, Nagda Suneel N, Geiger Geoffrey A, Brem Steven, O'Rourke Donald M, Zager Eric L, Gangadhar Tara, Schuchter Lynn, Lee John Y K, Alonso-Basanta Michelle: Novel risk scores for survival and intracranial failure in patients treated with radiosurgery alone to melanoma brain metastases. Radiation oncology (London, England) 10 : 248,2015.

Vogel Jennifer, Ojerholm Eric, Hollander Andrew, Briola Cynthia, Mooij Rob, Bieda Michael, Kolker James, Nagda Suneel, Geiger Geoffrey, Dorsey Jay, Lustig Robert, O'Rourke Donald M, Brem Steven, Lee John, Alonso-Basanta Michelle: Intracranial control after Cyberknife radiosurgery to the resection bed for large brain metastases. Radiation oncology (London, England) 10 : 221,2015.

Coban G, Mohan S, Kural F, Wang S, O'Rourke D M, Poptani H: Prognostic Value of Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced and Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Patients with Glioblastomas. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 36 (7): 1247-52,2015.

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