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Manish Aghi, MD, Neurosurgery, San Francisco, CA, UCSF Medical Center

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Neurosurgery San Francisco, CA

Brain & Spinal Tumor

Professor, Neurological Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine

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Education & Training

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2001 - 2007
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2000 - 2001
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityPh.D., Neurosciences, 1993 - 2000
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2000
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityB.S., Biological Sciences, 1989 - 1993
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityM.S., Biological Sciences, 1989 - 1993

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2001 - 2008
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
  • [415] Top Doctors Marin Magazine, 2011
  • Harold Rosegay Teaching Award UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, 2011
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Genetic Landscape of Gliomas Arising After Therapeutic Radiation  
    Iwei Yeh, Corey Raffel, Mitchel Berger, Joanna J Phillips, James P Grenert, Boris C Bastian, David A Solomon, Nicholas Butowski, Sabine Mueller, Cassie Kline, Manish A..., Acta Neuropathologica
  • Functional Brain Mapping: Overview of Techniques and Their Application to Neurosurgery  
    Manish K Aghi, Jonathan Rick, Neurosurgical Review
  • Single-Cell Profiling of Human Gliomas Reveals Macrophage Ontogeny as a Basis for Regional Differences in Macrophage Activation in the Tumor Microenvironment  
    Daniel A Lim, S John Liu, Manish Aghi, Hideho Okada, Nduka M Amankulor, Arnold R Kriegstein, BioMed Central
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Books/Book Chapters

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Lectures

  • Panelist for the "Pituitary Tumors" breakfast seminar 
    American Association of Neurological Surgeons - 1/1/2014
  • Pituitary Disorders: Advances in Diagnosis and Management 
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California - 9/27/2013
  • Pituitary Disorders: Advances in Diagnosis and Management 
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California - 9/27/2013
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Other

  • UCSF doctors use viruses to attack brain tumors. 
    ABC Bay Area News
    ABC Bay Area News: UCSF Neurosurgeon Manish Aghi becomes the first in the country to deliver a thera - 7/1/2012
  • Neurosurgical Implications of Bevacizumab Therapy of Malignant Gliomas. 
    Aghi M, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Berger MS.
    http://www.benthamdirect.org/pages/b_bookarticle.php
    2/1/2011
  • The healing power of pets. 
    ABC Bay Area News
    ABC Bay Area News: UCSF Neurosurgeon Manish Aghi removes pituitary tumor from visually impaired pati - 4/1/2009

Authored Content

  • Surgically Based Clinical Trials for High-Grade Gliomas — Bringing the Laboratory to the Operating RoomDecember 2022
  • Safety and Outcomes of Resection of Butterfly Glioblastoma RelatedJune 2018
  • Surgical Outcomes After Reoperation for Recurrent Skull Base Meningiomas RelatedMay 2018
  • Surgical Outcomes After Reoperation for Recurrent Skull Base Meningiomas RelatedMay 2018
  • Histopathological Features Predictive of Local Control of Atypical Meningioma After Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy RelatedApril 2018
  • Histopathological Features Predictive of Local Control of Atypical Meningioma After Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy RelatedApril 2018
  • Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas: Grading Scale to Assess Surgical Outcomes Using the Transcranial Versus Transsphenoidal Approach RelatedApril 2018
  • Relationship Between Tumor Location, Size, and WHO Grade in Meningioma RelatedApril 2018
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Press Mentions

  • Surgically Based Clinical Trials for High-Grade Gliomas — Bringing the Laboratory to the Operating Room
    Surgically Based Clinical Trials for High-Grade Gliomas — Bringing the Laboratory to the Operating RoomDecember 1st, 2022
  • A Shocking Glioblastoma Diagnosis, Dreams Not Deferred
    A Shocking Glioblastoma Diagnosis, Dreams Not DeferredJune 28th, 2019
  • Three UCSF Medical Students Awarded HHMI Fellowships
    Three UCSF Medical Students Awarded HHMI FellowshipsMay 7th, 2016

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Hospital Affiliations