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Office
3400 Spruce Street
3 Silverstein Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 215-662-3487Fax+1 215-349-5534
Summary
- I serve as the Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology and Co-Director of the Penn Brain Tumor Center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. My clinical focus is to obtain the best possible outcomes in patients presenting with complex brain tumors, harnessing the current technology of neuroimaging, computer-guided surgery, and brain mapping. I work with an expert team of nurses, nurse practitioners, residents and colleagues in Anesthesiology, Medical Oncology, Neurology, Neuroradiology, Neuropathology and Radiation Oncology. Current clinical trials include electrical field therapy, vaccine therapy, anti-angiogenesis therapy, and sophisticated brain mapping (connectomics).
Education & Training
- Harvard Medical SchoolCertificate, Surgical Leadership, 2018 - 2019
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1980 - 1981
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 1979 - 1980
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1977 - 1979
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1973 - 1974
- Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1972 - 1973
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1972
- Rutgers UniversityBA, Magna Cum Laude, 1964 - 1968
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2011 - 2024
- NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2021
- FL State Medical License 1995 - 2012
- IL State Medical License 1990 - 2002
- NY State Medical License 1980 - 1992
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2018
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Penicillamine, Low Copper Diet, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 01
- Study of a Drug [DCVax®-L] to Treat Newly Diagnosed GBM Brain Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Dec 01
- Effect of NovoTTF-100A Together With Temozolomide in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 129 citationsCentral Nervous System Cancers, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in OncologyLouis B. Nabors, Jana Portnow, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Joachim Baehring, Henry Brem
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2020-11-02 - 33 citationsThe University of Pennsylvania glioblastoma (UPenn-GBM) cohort: advanced MRI, clinical, genomics, & radiomics.Spyridon Bakas, Chiharu Sako, Hamed Akbari, Michel Bilello, Aristeidis Sotiras
Scientific Data. 2022-07-29 - 66 citationsTractography and the connectome in neurosurgical treatment of gliomas: the premise, the progress, and the potential.Fraser Henderson, Kalil G. Abdullah, Ragini Verma, Steven Brem
Neurosurgical Focus. 2020-02-01
Journal Articles
- Three‐Dimensional Echo Planar Spectroscopic Imaging for Differentiation of True Progression from Pseudoprogression in Patients with GlioblastomaArati Desai, Ronald L Wolf, MacLean Nasrallah, Suyash Mohan, Steven Brem, NMR in Biomedicine
- commentary to Esquenazi Y et al The survival advantage of “supratotal” resection of glioblastoma using selective cortical mapping and subpial techniqueBrem S, Lee JYK, Lucas TH, O’Rourke DM, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
- commentary to Bonney PA et al A simplified method of accurate postprocessing of diffusion tensor imaging for use in brain tumor resectionsBrem S, Operative Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- IMCT-15*Pilot study of T cells redirected to EGFRvIII with a chimeric antigen receptor in patients with EGFRvIII+ glioblastomaO’Rourke DM, Desai A, Morrissette JD, Martinez-Lage M, Nasrallah M, Brem S, Maloney E, Shen A, Mohan S, Wang S, Verma G, Lacey S, Melenhorst J, Navenot J-M, Zheng Z, L..., Neuro-Oncology, 1/1/2015
- Finding the zebra in a herd of horses: using diffusion tensor imaging metrics to aid in the diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma—radiologic-pathologic correlation.Skolnik AD, Wang S, Learned KO, Gopal PP, Stein J, Brem S, Mohan S, American Society of Neuroradiology, Chicago, 1/1/2015
- Factors associate with increased survival after surgical resection of glioblastoma in octogenarians.Abdullah KG, Ramayya A, Thawani JP, Macyszyn L, Martinez-Lage M, O’Rourke DM, Brem S., AANS-CNS Brain Tumor Satellite Meeting, J Neuro-Oncol, Washington, DC, 1/1/2015
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Lectures
- Advances in the Management of Brain TumorsFt. Lauderdale - 1/1/2007
- Early detection of brain tumor response to shaped beam radiosurgery using b-value diffusion-weighted MRI in patients with cerebral metastases: A pilot study in 20 pati...Kyoto, Japan - 1/1/2006
- BCNU-Chemotherapeutic Wafers for Local Control of Brain MetastasesTaipei, Taiwan - 1/1/2005
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Other
- Studies on the Host Response to a Human Brain Tumor. Honors ThesisBrem S, Harvard Medical School
1/1/1972 - Electrophysiological Studies of the Thermoregulatory System in Two Invertebrates. Biology Honors ThesisBrem S, Rutgers University
1/1/1964 - Turning Point: The Race Against CancerPeter Jennings, Host, ABC News
1/29/1998
Press Mentions
- Northwest Biotherapeutics: Data Is Done, Just Wait for ApprovalNovember 23rd, 2022
- Brain Tumor Second Opinion Consults by TelemedicineDecember 20th, 2018
- Penn Medicine Telemedicine Pilots Second Opinions to Brain Tumor PatientsDecember 19th, 2018
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Grant Support
- Approaches To Brain Tumor TherapyNational Cancer Institute1999–2002
- Approaches To Brain Tumor TherapyNational Cancer Institute1998
- Copper And Angiogenesis Control Of CNS MalignancyNational Cancer Institute1992
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- French, Hebrew, Spanish
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