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Keith L. Black, MD

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience

Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute

Professor, Neurosurgery

Keith L. Black, MD

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Keith L. Black, MD

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience

Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute

Professor, Neurosurgery

  • Neurosurgery
  • Brain Tumor

Acoustic Neuromas

Astrocytoma

Brain Cancers (Glioma)

Brain Stem Glioma

Brain Tumors

Cavernous Angioma

Cerebellopontine Angle Syndrome

Colloid Cysts

Ependymomas

Glioblastoma Multiforme

Hemangioblastomas

Intraventricular Tumors

Meningiomas

Neuroblastomas

Neuromas

Oligodendrogliomas

Orbital Tumors

Pineal Tumors

Pituitary Tumors

Schwannoma

The research of Keith L Black, MD, focuses on biology of blood-brain barrier (BBB) and biochemical modulation of the blood-brain tumor barrier (BTB), targeted drug delivery, tumor immunology, cancer vaccines, cancer stem cells, microwave tumor ablation, nanotechnology for drug delivery, optical guided surgery for brain tumors, and Alzheimer's retinal imaging.

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  • Medical School: University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1981
  • Internship: University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1982
  • Residency: University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1987

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  • Editorial Board: Public Library of Science (PLoS), Current
  • Cedars-Sinai Pioneer in Medicine Award, 2018
  • Whitney M. Young, Jr. Living Legend Award, National Urban League, 2011
  • America's Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America, 2007, Current
  • Jacobs Javitz Award, NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2000

Click here for a list of peer-reviewed publications.

  • Sun T, Patil R, Galstyan A, Klymyshyn D, Ding H, Chesnokova A, Cavenee W, Furnari F, Ljubimov V, Shatalova E, Wagner S, Li D, Mamelak AN, Bannykh S, Patil CG, Rudnick J, Hu J, Grodzinski Z, Rekechenetskiy A, Falahatian V, Lyubimov A, Leoh LS, Chen YM, Daniels-Wells T, Penichet P, Holler E, Ljubimov A, Black KL, Ljubimova JY. Blockade of a laminin-411 - Notch axis with CRISPR/Cas9 or a nanobioconjugate inhibits glioblastoma growth through tumor-microenvironment crosstalk. Cancer Res 2019 Jan 18. pii: canres.2725.2018. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-2725.
  • Kittle D, Vasefi F, Patil CG, Mamelak AN, Black KL, Butte PV. Real time optical Biopsy: Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy instrumentation and validation. Scientific Reports. 2016 Dec 8;6:38190. doi: 10.1038/srep38190
  • Chou S, Gangalum PR, Patil P, Cavenee WK, Furnari F, Galstyan A, DingH, Chesnokova A, Mashouf A, Fox I, Black KL, Holler E, Ljubimov AV, Ljubimova. JY. Simultaneous blockade of CK2 and EGFR pathways by tumor-targeted nanobioconjugates significantly improves therapeutic efficacy against glioblastoma multiforme. J Control Release. 244 (2016) 14-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.11.001.

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