Dr. Mike Y. Chen, MD, PhD - Report to SMUSD Board of Directors

If Dr. Mike Y. Chen is provided the opportunity to give the following presentation at the San Marino Unified School District public study session, which will be held this afternoon, October 23, 2012, 5:00-7:15pm, at the Huntington Middle School auditorium (1700 Huntington Drive, San Marino), please see the link for the presentation below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r0fwn6yi4pdaomj/Dr%20Mike%20Chen%20Report%20to%20SMUSD%20Board%20of%20Directors.pdf

UPDATE: October 24, 2012 - Since Dr. Mike Y. Chen was denied by the San Marino Unified School District school board the opportunity to present the following presentation at the San Marino Unified School District public study session, which was held on October 23, 2012, at the Huntington Middle School auditorium, we invite concerned parents to view the following to have a better understanding of what is at stake for our children and the risks involved if we were to allow cell towers to remain on our Valentine Elementary/Huntington Middle Schools and San Marino High School campuses. 

Section Head, Brain Tumor Program Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Member, Developmental Cancer Therapeutics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center Assistant Professor of Surgery Dr. Chen forms the neurosurgical arm of our multi-disciplinary Melanoma team. He has particular clinical and research interests in developing new treatments for melanoma that has spread to the brain or spine. Professional Experience 2007 - present, Assistant Professor, Section head of malignant brain tumor program, Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 2000 - 2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA Research Experience 2004 - present, PhD Thesis: Downregulation of the Wilms Tumor 1 gene enhances glioma chemosensitivity, Dr. William Broaddus, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA  1997 - 2000, Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Macromolecules, Nanospheres and Viruses, Edward H. Oldfield, M.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1992 - 1994, M.S. Thesis:  The effect of partial weight bearing on the biomechanics of gait, Edmund Y. Chao, M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD       1991, Forces generated on the human body during airplane crashes, Angus Wallace, M.D., Queens Medical Center, Nottingham, England Education and Training 2000 - 2006, Medical College of Virginia, Neurosurgery Residency, Ph.D., Anatomy and Neurobiology 1997 - 2000, Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Surgical Neurology Branch 1996 - 1997, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internship in Surgery 1992 - 1994, Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Biomedical Engineering 1988 - 1996, Pennsylvania State University, B.S., Thomas Jefferson University, M.D.- 6 year combined B.S., M.D. program This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 07/08.

Honors and Awards2007, NIH K 12 Grant for $500,000.  The effect of stat3 inhibitors distributed using convenction-enhanced delivery on cell death and chemoreistance in metastatic melanomas of the murine brain. 2003, Crutchfield, Gage and Thomson award for best resident presentation at the annual meeting of the Neurosurgical society of the Virginias 1999, Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health Professional MembershipsAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons Congress of Neurological Surgeons The Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association International Brain Mapping and Intra-operative Surgical Planning Society: Board of Directors