Frederick F. Lang Jr. MD
Brain & Spinal Tumor
Chair & Professor of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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1515 Holcombe Blvd,Unit 442Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-792-2736
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Education & Training
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterResidency, Neurosurgical Oncology, 1995 - 1996
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1989 - 1995- NYU Grossman School of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 1988 - 1989
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
AZ State Medical License 2024 - 2028
TN State Medical License 2024 - 2028
GA State Medical License 2024 - 2027
LA State Medical License 2024 - 2027
OK State Medical License 2020 - 2027
WA State Medical License 2024 - 2027
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery- Join now to see all
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Listed on Texas Super Doctors List Super Doctors, 2020-2021
- 2020 Annual Andrew Connor Curtis Endowed Featured Speaker Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 2020
- Otis W. and Pearl L. Walters Faculty Achievement Award in Clinical Research The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019
Clinical Trials
- Gene Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Gliomas Start of enrollment: 1999 Feb 25
- Surgery Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Single Brain Metastasis: A Randomized Trial Start of enrollment: 1998 Jan 01
- DNX-2401 (Formerly Known as Delta-24-RGD-4C) for Recurrent Malignant Gliomas Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Relationships Between Surgical Approach, Tumor Classification Scheme, and Early Neurocognitive Outcome After Awake Craniotomy for Resection of Insular Glioma.Evan D Bander, Kyle R Noll, Romulo A Andrade de Almeida, Scott C Seaman, Matei Banu
Operative Neurosurgery. 2026-06-01 - 2 citationsExploring CSF microRNA signatures as diagnostic biomarkers in adult-type diffuse gliomas.Maryam Pirhoushiaran, Kamilah Walker-Charles, Tsung-Hung Yao, Satwikreddy Putluri, Nehal Patel
Non-Coding RNA Research. 2026-06-01 - Oncolytic adenoviral infection of chordoma achieves treatment efficacy associated with immunologic response and tumor microenvironmental alteration.Xizi Wu, Daniel Ledbetter, Jen-Wei Tsai, Sanjay Singh, Joy Gumin
Neuro-Oncology. 2026-06-01
Abstracts/Posters
- Predicting glioblastoma recurrence with hyperpolarized magnetic resonanceSalzillo T, Gumin J, Lee J, Millward NZ, Gammon ST, Lang FF, Bhattacharya P, World Molecular Imaging Congress 2021 Meeting, Miami, FL, 10/2021
- 4th Ventricle Subependymoma: To operate or not to operate?Haider AS, Ene C, Fuller GN, Schomer DF, Gule-Monroe MK, DeMonte F, Ferguson SD, Lang FF, McCutcheon I, Prabhu S, Raza SM, Suki D, Weinberg JS, Sawaya R, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 10/2021
- Predictors of overall survival (OS) in patients (Pts) with melanoma brain metastasis (MBM) in the modern eraHasanov M, Milton DR, Davies A, Sirmans E, Saberian C, Posada E, Gershenwald JE, Torres-Cabala CA, Huse JT, Tawbi HA, Glitza IC, Li J, Chung C, Yeboa DN, Opusunju S, K..., American Society of Clinical Oncology, Virtual, 6/2021
Lectures
- Biological Therapies for Brain Tumors: Oncolytic Viruses & Bone Marrow Stem Cells'NYU Langone Health Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, New York, NY - 10/2021
- Neurosurgical Management of Low Grade Gliomas: Insular Tumors26th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery, Virtual - 9/2021
- Biological Therapies for Gliomas: Viruses and Stem CellsThe University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Dept. of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds - 8/2021
Press Mentions
Intratumoral Viral Delivery Improves Glioblastoma SurvivalMay 17th, 2023- Combined Delivery of Engineered Virus with Immunotherapy Is Safe and Improves Outcomes in Subset of Patients with GlioblastomaMay 15th, 2023
- Physician-Scientist Focused on Improving Brain Metastases TreatmentFebruary 17th, 2023
Grant Support
- SPORE in Brain CancerUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR2008–2029
- Systematic Dissection of Function and Mechanism of Long Non-Coding RNAs in GlioblastomaNIH/NCI2021–2026
- Glioma Therapy with Oncolytic Adenoviruses and Immunometabolic AdjuvantsNIH/NCI2021–2026
- A Novel Adenoviral-Permissive, Immunocompetent Hamster Model to Evaluate Oncolytic Adenoviral Therapy for GlioblastomaUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR2020–2025
- New Therapeutic Approaches for Stratified High-REST GBM SubtypeNIH/NINDS2020–2025
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